Starlin’s no Corey Patterson

Starlin’s no Corey Patterson

If you didn’t know Chris Deluca still had a job at a Chicago newspaper, you’re not alone.  But sure enough, there he was on Sunday twatting away about how the Cubs were going to ruin Starlin Castro just like they ruined Corey Patterson. Apparently, Deluca...
Cubs could use a little trim

Cubs could use a little trim

Opening day is next Friday (April Fool’s Day, appropriately) and the Cubs are getting to the serious business of figuring out what 25 guys will be on that roster. Granted, the roster that starts the season normally looks nothing like the one that ends it, but...
Cubs cook up new ticket plans

Cubs cook up new ticket plans

The Cubs released information today on new ticket options, including a 13-game ticket plan that includes tickets to one home game each against the Yankees, White Sox and Cardinals.  Then you pick the next ten out of an assortment that includes less attractive games...
Cubs add to all-nuthouse rotation

Cubs add to all-nuthouse rotation

Today, the Cubs struck a blow for freedom of the press (or something.)  It was just three days ago that the pigment challenged beat writer of the Sun Times stuck his little pencil neck out and declared the Cubs the front runner to acquire the talented, but batshit...
A musky Winter Meeting Preview

A musky Winter Meeting Preview

The Baseball Winter Meetings are being held next week in the very place that I got married just four short years ago.  No, they’re not being held in the rumpus room at Del Boca Vista, but rather at the Swan and Dolphin Resort at Walt Disney World in Orlando....