Pictures and catchers report

Pictures and catchers report

Feb 21, 2012 | Cubs, Featured

The Cubs have started spring training, so winter is officially over.  To celebrate, I burned all of my winter coats and threw my shovel onto my neighbor’s roof.  Those kinds of traditions never get old. When they allow him to use his actual camera, and not...
Theo and Jed are taking out the trash

Theo and Jed are taking out the trash

Dec 22, 2011 | Cubs, Featured

Our good friend Dave Kaplan breathlessly tweeted yesterday “Breaking Cubs news: Cubs to completely rebuild.” That was breaking news in the same way that “Breaking Bears news: Caleb Hanie still sucks,” would be breaking news.  Did I miss...
Happy Thanksgiving, Morans

Happy Thanksgiving, Morans

Nov 24, 2011 | Cubs, Featured

Has it really been two years since the Ricketts celebrated their first Thanksgiving as Cubs owners?  Let’s go back to that magical time.   And when you’re done reminiscing about that, you can enjoy one of the greatest Thanksgiving episodes of any TV...
Off his Gord

Off his Gord

Jan 16, 2011 | Cubs

Friday night we celebrated the first night of the poorest attended Cubs Convention in 20 years with our annual Desipio – Hire Jim Essian drunkfest at Shitty O’Keas at the Hilton and Towers. The usual gang of miscreants showed up and, as in years past, some...
Todd says it fits

Todd says it fits

Nov 19, 2010 | Cubs

At a hastily thrown together press conference in the left field women’s bathroom at Wrigley Field that Todd Ricketts has dubbed “The Throne Room” the assembled media horde (me, the StreetWise guy and of course, George Castle), Todd refuted the idea...