Friday Night Fukudome: Harden vs. Peavy

Shockingly, it appears that the Cubs are somehow the frontrunner in the Jake Peavy sweepstakes. If Jim Hendry pulls this trade off, he will have traded for Rich Harden and Peavy, two of the best pitchers in the game, over the course of about four months. And he will have done it with [...]


How to Break a 97-Win Team

The only time I read Bleed Cubbie Blue is when someone on Desipio links it. For someone on Desipio to link it, the writing must be worse than normal. So when I saw a link to the hilariously stupid “Building A Cubs Champion: Introducing Your 2009 Chicago Cubs” I had to click it. [...]


Magic Number Countdown: 11

11 more wins. That’s all the Cubs need to collect to make the unthinkable thinkable and to set off what will be the most ridiculous party in the history of the city of Chicago. You know HJE has a plan to count this down in style. Below are my top eleven moments [...]


Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “Is the Regular Season Already Over?” Edition

First of all, thanks to TJ Brown for the picture. Secondly, holy crap. Is it really the end of September? It seems like just yesterday I was celebrating the birth of our country by firing explosives into the air and stuffing Lee Greenwood into a dumpster. Whaddya mean, “That WAS just [...]


The Muskbag Features a Question About ERA! No, It’s Not What You Think.

Well, I’m back from my New York/Boston trip, and I’m planning on posting about them when I get around to it. I got back just in time to sink my teeth into this week’s Muskbag. It tastes like what I imagine Daryle Ward’s locker smells like.


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 [...]


HJE Presents…The Dumbest Muskbag Ever

Prepare to have your mind blown. This Muskbag is a Muskbag so astonishingly stupid. So incredibly ridiculous. So offensively bad, you very well may stop rooting for the Cubs. And you would be right to do so. There are, apparently, Cubs fans who inhabit the deepest, darkest, dumbest corners of [...]


Lou Piniella Hates Carlos Marmol

CARLOS MARMOL enters the office of manager LOU PINIELLA. Lou sits behind his desk writing out a lineup card.


Lou’s Addiction

Sung to the melody of Jane Says


Friday Night Fukudome: Ryan Dempster vs. Carlos Marmol

Carlos Marmol is out of his mind when it comes to striking dudes out. The surprising Ryan Dempster is out of his mind with WACKINESS! Only one of them can finish the season with more strikeouts. Unless they tie. But let’s not acknowledge that.

VS.