Archive for July, 2008
Here? In Chicago? Why, I Didn’t Even Know They Still Had a Team!
LOU PINIELLA enters a room where a party is taking place. The party-goers look rich and snobby. Lou appears as though he has just been thrown out of a bar, which he has. Lou has crashed the party for one purpose and one purpose only. To win back the love of [...]
The Enemy is Watching Me Sleep: Rooming with an (Imaginary) Brewers Fan
The other day, Tyler from Right Field Bleachers, a Brewers blog, wrote a post about his peaceful coexistence with his Cubs fan roommate. His point?
But I suppose the real reason
for this post is not to explain
why I like Bobby, but it is to
remind fans of both the Brewers
and the Cubs that beneath
the embroidered [...]
The Muskbags: Now a Weekly Affair!
A baseball analogy for you. Suppose you owned a baseball league filled with horrible players. Fan interest was waning. Games were turning into 17-15 affairs. The league was a laughing stock. You, as the owner, made a decision. Instead of paring down the number of players and teams, weeding [...]
Showdown in the City That Never Exercises
First of all, the second Podcast is up, during which Andy and I talk about batting orders, hot girls on horses, and, of course, the upcoming Milwaukee Brewers series.
Going into the final two months, the Cubs are about to start the most important series of the season, a four-game set with the second-place Brewers. [...]
Friday Night Fukudome: Hester vs. Samardzija
Jeff Samardzija is in Chicago and Devin Hester is the dumbest athlete in Chicago. So, which one would you rather have lining up for the Bears?
VS.
Devin Hester
Jeff Samardzija
Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “Do Brewers Fans Realize They’re Still in Second?” Edition
Just curious. Do people in Wisconsin know how standings work? Are they aware that we’ve been in first since May 11th, and they haven’t been in first since April 8th? Are they aware that we were without our starting left fielder, who has performed equally as well as Ryan Braun, for about [...]
Photoshop #17: “Wanged in the Face”
It’s been too long since we’ve done a Photoshop, and it’s time to remedy that. Thanks to Jon, we have a target. Click the image for a much larger version.
*You might want to post a link to your picture rather than the full picture (at least until I can figure out how to [...]
Okay, Since NOT Taking Batting Practice Didn’t Work…
Since HJE has insider access that even the cameras don’t have, allow me to present this scene which unfolded prior to last night’s game in Arizona.
Change is Afoot
Andy’s renovation of Desipio’s front page made me jealous, so I messed with the look of HJE. Rather than hiding the Shoutbox, I gave it its own page (the popout function still obviously works). I think the new design looks cleaner and less cluttered, but there are probably still things I need to [...]
Introducing “The Other Fifteen Percent”
A few months ago, Andy Dolan of Desipio fame approached me with an idea he had for a Cubs podcast. A podcast that had no standards, no significant topics, and no sense of timing and rapport. Well, that podcast finally became reality last night, as Andy and I completed the inaugural Desipio/Hire Jim [...]
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