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This week's Muskbag somehow manages to revisit Rich Hill. No one revisits Rich Hill. Rich Hill isn't even going to have visitors at his house for Thanksgiving. But the Muskbag has all the Rich Hill coverage you could possibly want. I've been hearing that the Cubs are trying to shop Kosuke Fukudome. I'm not sure why they're trying ... Read More

How long has this chili been in the fridge? I don't remember the last time I had chili. Did J-Kerm say, "Don't forget to throw out that chili" before she left? Or was that, "Don't forget to wear your coat when it's chilly"? Is that a green pepper in there? Back in the days when people killed ... Read More

I'm already annoyed with the 3-3 Notre Dame-Syracuse game, so I might as well finish watching it at the gym. Which is a less-embarrassing hat to wear right now? Cubs baseball, or Notre Dame football? ... Read More

November 22, 1:55 p.m.: It wasn't so long ago that "going out" meant having a couple of drinks at the dorm, getting a cab at around 10:30 or 11:00, heading out the bars with a group until 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning, and then coming back to the dorm and watching Can't Hardly Wait (not my choice) until ... Read More

November 21, 3:51 p.m.: Why did I think reheated nachos and beer were a reasonable choice for last night's dinner? I feel like someone inflated a balloon in my colon. Less than 24 hours in, and there's a good chance that I have done irreparable damage to my alimentary canal. I'm considering swallowing a handful of ... Read More

What the hell is going on around here? Up is down. Down is up. We got that clown Dempster saying we weren't ready for the goddamn playoffs. I'm saying we were. We've got the Orioles saying that they want to be a competitive baseball team, yet they're looking at Cesar Izturis. We've got the Muskrat saying that we're ... Read More

November 20, 2008: Well, it's finally happened. J-Kerm has abandoned me to spend Thanksgiving with her family out of state. I am left for the next nine days to my own foibles. Abandoned with my own thoughts. Anything can happen. Perhaps Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci will try to break into my house. ... Read More

It looks like the Cubs and Ryan Dempster have agreed to a four-year, $52-million deal. To recap the offseason so far: Jake Peavy--Not Yet a Cub Kerry Wood--Not a Cub Ryan Dempster--A Cub ... Read More

First, I should point out that the pioneers of the internet takedown, the writers at Fire Joe Morgan, are done blogging. Sad news for fans of funny. Kerry Wood will be missed, no doubt. But that's not going to stop the other Carrie from reminding us one more time that Wood sometimes had issues with his health. ... Read More

It�s been fifty days since the Cubs ended their season with the resistance of rice paper, and I�m still ANGRY. When the playoffs began, Kerm had set up a Magic Number=11 thread, in the hopes of counting down the number of wins for a World Championship. Pathetically, for the second straight season, not one goddamned number was taken off. So ... Read More