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I feel like I've seen this image from last night's game before. I can't quite put my finger on it. Oh, well. It'll come to me. ... Read More

The joke is on me. I sat through that disaster of a game last night along with a bunch of other idiots. I don't want to relive the nightmare in my head, but I do want to know from you guys. Is this team better or worse than you expected? I think I said on Kaplan's ... Read More

Well, the Cubs finally broke Lou Piniella's brain. After yesterday's loss, George Castle asked Lou a reasonable question about whether Lou considered bunting Marlon Byrd to third base with no outs in the bottom of the 8th inning while trailing by a run. Bunting in that situation is a completely reasonable baseball strategy that would have made perfect ... Read More

I had a long night on Tuesday night. Long enough to cause me to doze off during the Cubs-Braves game last night. It was a mercy doze. I was awake for long enough to hear Len Kasper say, "You want to be careful here," to John Grabow. Through half-closed eyes, I saw Chipper Jones hit a ... Read More

This is going to be the year that Carlos Zambrano kills someone. The Year One (or whatever the hell people are calling it) version of Zambrano is a seething cauldron of rage. This is like a horror movie. When Zambrano was smashing Gatorade jugs, punching catchers, and ejecting umpires, at least you knew where he was and ... Read More

Well, that was awful nice of Lou Piniella to apologize to Shane Victorino. Poor Shane was the victim of a drunken idiot in the bleachers who decided to douse him with a nearly full cup of beer. Incidentally, I apologize to Section 242 and flannj. So help me God, I thought Victorino dropped the ball and the ... Read More

Except for the fact that no one on the team got their foot caught in a bear trap, last night's game was pretty close to the perfect summary of the 2009 season so far, wasn't it? Not only was Rich Harden was perfect until the sixth inning, but he had looked brilliant in striking out six Phillies in his ... Read More

I've been at some strange Cubs games in my life. I was at the game in 2000 against the Dodgers when some enterprising Cubs fan nearly incited a riot by swiping the hat off the head of Chad Kreuter while Kreuter was seated in the Dodger bullpen. I was at the game against the Rockies in 2001 when ... Read More