Jun 10, 2011 | Featured, Media Hacks
I should probably admit that I was a little confused when I was asked to write some stuff for SB Nation Chicago. I erroneously thought I was being asked to contribute to the new Bill Simmons fiasco, Grantland. Hey, I can sell out as quickly as the next guy, so I...
Mar 17, 2011 | Featured, Media Hacks
In the past 12 days I’ve been in eight different states. I finally get home, settle in to see what I’ve been missing and sure enough, I’m greeted by more incomprehensible nonsense from Chicago Tribune national baseball dipshit…I mean expert,...
Feb 13, 2011 | Featured, Media Hacks
The monumental Ricketts-Yellon sit down is over. Al ran the third part of his largely uninformative, unintentionally hilarious interview on Friday. If you’re wondering why the Cubs would grant somebody like Yellon this access and not a real writer like...
Feb 10, 2011 | Featured, Media Hacks
Yesterday Al Yellon ran part one of his three part epic miniseries of pedantism, his interview with a guy he’s pretty sure isn’t the owner of the Cubs, Tom Ricketts. While part one consisted mostly of Al trying to get himself invited to the next...
Feb 9, 2011 | Featured, Media Hacks
Wednesday on his award-winning Cubs Web site (three-time winner of the Webby for dullest blog ever) Al Yellon posted the first of what he promises (threatens?) will be a three-part interview with Cubs “owner” Tom Ricketts. When it was first pointed out to...
Feb 8, 2011 | Featured, Media Hacks
Our old pal Franchester Martin Brennaman is at it again. Everybody’s favorite tone deaf hack got paid to give a speech at Marshall University in West Virginia over the weekend and he gave the people what they came to hear. It was basically all of...