Someday We’ll Go All the Way
You know, if J-Kerm ever decides to leave me, I suspect it’s going to be for Eddie Vedder. She called me today, excited to the point of being–dare I say–breathless. I had heard Eddie Vedder’s “Someday We’ll Go All the Way” a while ago, but completely forgot to post about it. Well, [...]
Muskbaggery
This week’s Muskbag is chock full of personal questions, propositions, and SAM FULD. Hurray!
Yankee Stadium is a Dump. There. I Said It.
Don’t freak out, Yankees fans. For one thing, I am not taking anything away from all of the self-proclaimed great Red Sox games that have taken place in Yankee Stadium. I’m sure the House that Ruth Built was a marvel when it was first built. I’m sure it’s an incredibly intimidating place [...]
Ryan Theriot Proves that Anyone Can Have a Mailbag
I guess my good friend PAUL SULLIVAN must have lost my phone number. He had a perfect opportunity to give his old pal Bad Kermit an opportunity to berate a bunch of dopey Cubs fans, and he wasted it on Ryan Theriot (be sure to check out the post-Mailbag comments; brilliant!). Fortunately, the [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Home Is Where You Kick The Hell Out Of The National League
Remember back in the spring, when a certain segment of Cub Nation–an embarrassing collection of toe-jam Cub “fans”–was outraged at the very idea that Sam Zell would sell the naming rights to the 84-year concrete baseball stadium at Clark and Addison?
I was so driven to annoyance by these misguided sentimentalists that I envisioned writing [...]
The Mailbag: A Very Special “There Are Cubs Fans in the Midwest!” Edition
If you haven’t seen it yet, the latest Mailbag is delightful. It’s like watching a bunch of six-year-olds playing soccer. They’re doing it wrong. Everyone knows they’re doing it wrong. You want to tell them they’re doing it wrong, but you know they won’t understand, anyhow. So you just sit [...]
This Is Exactly Why We Look Like Assholes
What’s worse? Cynicism or stupidity? Maybe I’m jaded (but at my age, I really have no right to be). Maybe I’m cranky. Maybe I’m bitter. But at least I’m not stupid. The majority of the “Cubs fans” weighing in on the FRONT-PAGE STORY of the Sun-Times this morning, on [...]
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