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81 Wins…And It’s Not Even Labor Day Yet?
.500 seasons are rare for us. It wasn’t until 2004 that the Cubs enjoyed back-to-back .500 seasons for the first time since 1972, which also happened to be the year I was born. In that time, the Cubs finished a season .500 or better a ten times–with last night’s thrashing of Pittsburgh [...]
It’s Beginning To Feel Alot Like October
Okay folks. Make your plans. While those of us at Hire Jim Essian have been quietly confident in this Cubs team the entire season–often needing to beat back a lot of the shrieking pantywaists who oddly feel entitled to that ever-rare totally stress-free 162-game season– I feel I can now boldly proclaim, without [...]
Party Like It’s 1989
Thanks to Reed Johnson’s stunning pinch-hit home run yesterday (which still ranks behind this game as his most stunning home run), the Cubs moved to 22 games over the .500 for the first time since nineteen eighty nine.
Courtesy of Wikipedia, here are some interesting things that were going on in the world the last time [...]
It’s August First. Do You Know Where Your Baseball Team Is?
A quick scan of baseball-reference tells me that these are the seasons, since 1945, in which the Cubs were in first place in their league or division on August first:
1969
1977
1984
2001
2007
Yeah. That didn’t take long.
Mi Casa, Mi Casa
We here at Hire Jim Essian! don’t really do much by way of in-depth statistical analysis. You can, of course, find that type of stuff here and here, two fine sites that we heartily endorse. But we’re here mostly for the dick jokes.
Nevertheless, I have spent a good deal of [...]
Let’s All Take A Minute To Point And Laugh
A lot going on around these parts. More than 25% of the Cubs roster will prepare to head to Gotham for the All-Star Game, the team is about a week away from being fully healthy, and they survived the most treacherous stretch of the season while battling alluded-to injuries without once relinquishing their position [...]
Lou’s Addiction
Sung to the melody of Jane Says
It’s Nitpicking Time!
On Saturday, in front of a fan base whose hobby of obsessing over them is exceeded only by their penchant for hurling racial epithets at minorities who walk in front of their bungalows as they sit on their stoop and drink gin made in their bathtub, the Cubs will play their eighty-first game of the [...]
Do You Remember What You Were You Doing The Last Time The Cubs Lost At Home?
I do. I was helping my buddy Mike move out of his townhouse in South Elgin. He and his wife were moving to Arizona. Everything was packed, so of course we had no TV or radio to follow. I had checked in to the game and heard the Cubs winning 3-1. [...]
High Times
Do you want to know how you can tell that your team is having a strong year? No? Well, too bad–I’m going to tell you anyway. Among other things, it is the fact that somebody actually cares about some exhibition game in upstate New York Had this been say, [...]
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