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I'm sure the four of you still reading HJE will be sad to know that we're going to be on vacation for a while. Until October 8th, to be exact. Lou was smart enough to bail on the season with nearly a month and half left. We're bailing with about a week and a half left. ... Read More

I don't know if it's intentional or not, but I think Carrie is trying to hide the Muskbox from me. It's come out on Thursdays the past few times. You know the Weekly BROWSing happens on Friday, Carrie, you clever minx. Conspiracies aside, This week's Muskbox sics the DEA on Jim Hendry and Ryne Sandberg, continues Starling Castro's NL ... Read More

Don't forget about the Mathematical Elimination Party tonight. Or do forget about it. I won't be there, anyhow. What do I care? Your BROWSing tips are as appreciated as the city of St. Louis staying downwind of me. Oh, and I do appreciate the multiple-link e-mails. I still have several links from some of ... Read More

You probably weren't watching, but the Cubs just completed a three-game sweep of the Cardinals at Busch Stadium II. The Cubs hadn't swept the Cardinals in St. Louis in the last twelve seasons. The late-season dramatic pennant race against the Cardinals reminds me of 2003 when the Cubs took four of five (and should have taken all five) ... Read More

After you've enjoyed listening to Pat Hughes for four solid innings of baseball, Judd Sirott's Screaming Fifth Inning, brought to you by Fifth Third Bank, is as jarring as walking in on your parents boning. Not MY parents. YOUR parents. But I think I finally figured out what I find so annoying about Judd. I'm just ... Read More

The Muskbox must be in late-season crunch mode. It appears that all of your stupid questions will be answered in the order in which they are received. If you would just please form an orderly line behind the man in the mask, Carrie will field each question in turn, starting with those in this week's Muskbox. If ... Read More

Another year finds us teetering on the brink of mathematical elimination as we head into our weekend series with the Brewers, and the Reds get the only team in the NL Central that is somehow worse than we are. Hell, at least last year we made it until September 27th before we were officially eliminated. In fact, if ... Read More

If the end of the summer crept up on you as quickly as it did on me, you'll probably be even more surprised to hear that the Cubs are a mere four games away from being mathematically eliminated from the postseason. Yes, indeed, the mathematical elimination number is now four in the NL Central. If you're still harboring ... Read More

This week's Muskbox answers all of your late-season questions. But who will answer MY late-season questions, such as, "Why the hell does anyone have late-season questions?" Or, "When does the late season mercifully transmogrify into the offseason?" Muskbox AWAY! Reading one of your blog posts about salaries, you said... I'm going to stop you right there. Your dangling ... Read More

There is no more satisfying sound after a terrible baseball season than the flip of a coin and the gleeful shout of "HEADS!" College football is back to take your mind off the fact that we are a mere ten games away from postseason elimination. If all goes perfectly, that means you officially won't have to watch us ... Read More