Ex-Cubs
Bye-Bye Bob?
The Milwaukee Brewers, who change managers three times more frequently than Jiffy Lube recommends you change your oil, are reportedly interviewing Cubs television commentator Bob Brenly, who managed the Diamondbacks to the 2001 World Series title before spending the last four seasons in the Cubs booth.
Brenly has made no secret of his desire to manage [...]
Cry me a tropical storm, Astros fans
It’s been awhile since I stopped by, and I apologize. It’s just that Jim Essian Signing Day came, and I went on a bender. As soon as the glow of Signing Day came, the ledge jumpers had me scared off. I’m too old for this crap.
Anyway, I just wanted to note all that whining and [...]
Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “Completely Useless By September” Edition
It’s time for HJE to combat this losing streak and our alleged “slide” with an anti-jinx. We’re calling down the thunder and tempting the fates. Bring it, stupid fates. Forget the doomsayers. Focus on the Roundup:
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 [...]
The Cubs Have The Best Record In Baseball And I’m Gonna Rant About That Little Prick Marcus Giles?
It appears that, underneath all of Mark Prior’s recent injuries has lingered a whole other injury, that is the likely result of:
traumatic events, usually from a fall.
If said “traumatic event” turn out to be Prior’s full-on collision with the gnomish Marcus Giles in 2003, then I guess that little prick Giles can now [...]
Michael Barrett–So Glad You’re Gone.
Ahhhhhh, Mikey. Meathead. Maroon. How your emotion-filled approach to baseball helped blunder this team through the maddening retardedness that was Cubs baseball from late 2004 until you were dealt last June. Seeing you on the opposite side of the field this week where even Ted Lilly was prepared to steal a [...]
Mark Prior, You Are Ridiculous
As if a 7-0 homestand, an MLB-best 36-21 record, and an upcoming road trip against the hapless San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers aren’t reason enough for a Cubs fan to be damn near giddy about the 2008 season, the good news keeps rolling in. When Jim Hendry refused to give Mark Prior [...]
The 18th Jim Essian Day
Skip Johnson, aka Jim Essian here. Thought I’d stop in with the season 47/162nd of the way through.
If you’ve checked the Cubs’ May 2008 schedule, you might have noticed a couple of things:
1) The Cubs are 11-9 so far this month, not bad for starting the month 1-5 and having to play three [...]
Happy Greg Maddux Day
We here at Hire Jim Essian! like our holidays. Just in the past month we’ve had Daryle Ward Day and Lee Elia Day. We’ve also celebrated Dusty Baker Week and even Armenian Appreciation Day.
So it’s only fitting that we take time to honor a man who will [...]
Being a Manager is Not THAT Hard, Dusty
Making the decisions of when to hit-and-run, when to pull a struggling pitcher, and how to construct a lineup aren’t easy, and those decisions are the ones for which MLB managers get paid the big bucks. The actual process of managing, though, isn’t hard. Put nine guys in a lineup in some kind [...]
CT
bocaj
BigFlax
StPatrick
TDubbs