Hire Jim Essian

First of all, if you want a link to the brilliant comic or loads more hilarious ones, TOO BAD. Nah, just kidding. It's here. SMBC does loads of good work, and there's new content every day. I don't know how he does it, but he does. And you get to reap the benefits. For those of ... Read More

So, I read. Sometimes. And if I ever read something interesting and/or relevant enough to distract you from watching Cubs baseball, I promise I'll pass that information along to you. I recently stumbled across The Baseball Codes, a book by Jason Turbow and Michael Duca that came out in 2010. Though the premise of writing down ... Read More

It's an unprecedented week for the Muskbox. For once, there are more answers than questions. More tit than tat. More John Grabow jokes than zero. And, most importantly, injury reports! It's everything you dreamed the Muskbox could be before you woke up in a cold sweat, terrified that you're dreaming about the Muskbox. It's the culmination ... Read More

Did you sit through the idiotic circus that was the Cubs-Red Sox series this weekend? Did you enjoy watching no fewer than 100 references to the 2003 playoffs? That series was ugly way before the Cubs started James Russell and lost two of three. But this isn't about that series. This is about the random autocomplete that I ... Read More

Ed. Note: As many of you are aware, since the departure of Lou Piniella, the Friday link dump has sought its own unique voice. Whether its content be true or not, this comment from Apex sparked in the dark corner of my brain the flicker of an idea. My freshman high school baseball coach was a weird ... Read More

I've been meaning to write about Mike Quade for some time now. I'm not questioning whether or not Mike Quade will or will not be a good manager. But he's been driving me nuts so far. In the first 39 games of the 2011 season, Quade has penciled in 32 different lineups. Starlin Castro, the Cubs' ... Read More

I hope you've survived the majority of this Friday the 13th, and that the unluckiest thing that's happened to you is that you had to do work this morning instead of BROWSing. And if something worse has happened to you today, then hopefully you're Ryan Theriot. Your tips are more appreciated than an 11-4 beatdown of the defending ... Read More

It's going to be late today, folks.� Talk amongst yourselves until then.� Possible topics include the following: How did the Cubs get themselves into a position where they have to start Doug Davis? How lame was Kyle Lohse's Genius impression? What would you rather do today than watch Ryan Dempster pitch? ... Read More

I know you're already anticipating next week's Muskbox, when someone from Terrae Haute suggests that the Cubs take a flyer on Milton Bradley and start him at first base over Pena. Sadly, you and I still have to get through this week's Muskbox, however. But, because we're Americans, we get up, we read our Muskbox even though we ... Read More

Add Seattle to the ever-growing list of cities that can't stand having Milton Bradley living there. In honor of the utter waste of oxygen that is Milton Bradley, here are a bunch of pictures of him acting like a total asshole. Enjoy! ... Read More