Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “Can We Score More than the U.S. World Cup Team?” Edition
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 up in [...]
The Top 79 Cub Killers of My Time #49: Luis “Long” Gonzalez
Oh, what the 2001 Cubs season might have been if the Cubs hadn’t allowed outfielder Luis Gonzalez to walk at the end of the 1996 season. Sosa wouldn’t have had to single-handedly attempt to carry the Cubs into the playoffs. Gonzalez’s 57-home run, 142-RBI season would have paired nicely with Sosa’s unbelievable campaign. But, alas, [...]
The Top 79 Cub Killers of My Time #55: Brian “Beast of” Barden
One of the difficulties of taking so long to finish writing the list of the Top 79 Cub Killers of My Time is that the list includes many active players. Some of them completely dominated the Cubs when I first wrote the list. For example, Zach Duke, of all people, was a top-ten Cub killer [...]
The Top 79 Cub Killers of My Time #56: Tony “Tales of” Womack
Because Tony Womack was the starting shortstop on the World Champion 2001 Diamondbacks, it’s sometimes easy to forget how terrible he actually was in his 13 seasons as a Major League Baseball player. It’s probably far easier to forget how terrible he was if you’re a Cubs fan. After all, when Womack wasn’t busy killing [...]
I Hate the NL West
Maybe I’m just annoyed with how the weekend series has gone so far. Maybe it’s because it seems like Todd Helton hits .800 against the Cubs. Maybe it’s because such piles of shit as Neifi Perez, Aaron Miles, Shawn Estes, and Dusty Baker have associations with NL West teams. Maybe it’s because of the outcome [...]
Grace Booed at Wrigley Field
Why is Kermit lying again? Click HERE to find out. In game two of the Diamondbacks’ three-game series at Wrigley Field, Cubs fans booed former Cub and current Diamondbacks’ announcer Mark Grace for failing to get out of the fourth inning. A confused Gordon Wittenmyer desperately tried to accuse Cubs fans of being racist, finally [...]
Saving Grace
I’m going to guess that this is going to incense some of you. Others are going to read it, pull a Bob Sugar, and say, “Finally, someone said it!” Some of you will question my baseball acumen. Others will say, “Hey, maybe Kermit wears a diaper for a reason other than his stupidity.” But I [...]
Not With a Bang, But a Whimper…Again
Every time I do my stomach the disservice of reliving the Cubs’ three-game sweep at the hands of the mighty, mighty 84-78 Dodgers, one word keeps floating to the surface of bile in my throat. Pathetic.
Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “But It’s Only Wednesday” Edition
Kermit is going out of town tonight and staying out of town until Monday, so the whole HJE gang is allowed take a breather if they want to. I can’t speak for Mike D., but I’m going to take advantage of it. But I wouldn’t dare leave you idiots without anything to read this week, [...]
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