My Grantland audition

My Grantland audition

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...
Lousy teams just wanna have fun?

Lousy teams just wanna have fun?

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,...
Marking their territory

Marking their territory

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...
Cubs want to be exempt from amusement

Cubs want to be exempt from amusement

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...
Wait, who owns the Cubs?

Wait, who owns the Cubs?

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...
Franchester needs a new act

Franchester needs a new act

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...