Hire Jim Essian

Now that some of the Blackhawks hysteria has worn off, it's time to focus on America's pastime. THE WORLD CUP! Unless you'd rather be watching Ryan Theriot lead off, you should probably get on the soccer bandwagon. USA! USA! USA! Your blue-blooded American tips can be sent here. Some of those tips end ... Read More

Oh, happy day! Today is the first official day of the rest of your 2010 Cubs season. Why are we celebrating that? I don't know. Will this season be as difficult to watch as last season? Probably. Are our hopes at least down, meaning tickets will be easier to find? Hopefully. If ... Read More

Every time I want to punch Jim Hendry in the fleshiest part of his neck, he has an offseason like this one, in which he has unloaded both terrible Aarons. There's only one thing to do when you're all out of Aarons. Put them in the Fukudome on their way out! At first blush, this might seem ... Read More

As our good friend Paul Sullivan pointed out in his Twitter feed, we're finally down an Aaron (Heilman), and have only Miles left to purge. (HT: Luis) If I didn't think Jim Hendry was going to trade Aramis, Marmol, Lee, Zambrano, and Lilly for Curtis Granderson, I might actually pat him on his pasty white back. As ... Read More

In this week's Muskbox, we learn that Cubs fans still don't understand how trades work, someone actually likes Aaron Heilman, and there is a person outside the Harry Potter universe named "Mordy." Is there a possibility Ryne Sandberg could be the Cubs' hitting coach next year? If not, could Sandberg be the manager of the Triple-A Iowa Cubs? Either position should ... Read More

Oh, Jim Hendry. For a guy with what appears to be the correct number of chromosomes, you sure don't understand baseball very well. Here we are on September 1st and, just as I suspected, you are still pretending that your mediocre team can make the postseason. In case you were wondering, Jim, Baseball Prospectus has you at ... Read More

Earlier this week, both Rich Harden and Aaron Heilman were claimed by other teams off waivers. Clearly, Harden is the better pitcher, and I think I can speak for most Cubs fans when I say I would love to have him back next year. However, trading Harden to a team desperate for pitching could reap a large reward ... Read More

Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. I'm going to staaaaaaaab this team in the eyyyyyyyyyeballs. And I smell like one, too. If I had one birthday wish, it would be that I would wake up tomorrow morning and realize this whole "managing the Cubs" thing was just a nightmare and that I was still ... Read More

You can't make up the explanation for the return of the Muskbox. More than a few Cubs fans in Southern California said they missed the Inbox, and so did several e-mailers, so it's back. Well, thanks a LOT, California. You already gave us USC, horrible earthquakes, The Hills, and a cyborg governor who took the first major step for the machines ... Read More

Okay, it's reality-check time. Even if the Cardinals go one game under .500 for the rest of the way, they'll finish 88-74. For the Cubs to reach 88 wins, they'll have to go 28-17, a .622 winning percentage. Unlikely, since they're playing .513 baseball this year and are in danger of getting swept by a terrible 51-70 ... Read More