Hire Jim Essian

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 his life, who is currently ... Read More

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 caps ... Read More

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 out the bad players, and ... Read More

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. Entering tonight's matchup, only a ... Read More

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 ... Read More

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 two months? Do they ... Read More

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 let your pictures go outside ... Read More

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. EXT.--CHASE FIELD IN ARIZONA--DAY LOU PINIELLA stands on the field at Chase Field, where his players prepare for that night's game against the Diamondbacks. Players are jogging around, throwing, and fielding ground balls. Lou's ... Read More

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 iron out, so bear with ... Read More

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 Essian podcast entitled (at least ... Read More