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Yesterday was a glorious day if you're a Cubs fan, a Notre Dame fan, and a fan of Chip Caray getting leprosy. I am all three of those. Charlie Weis' removal as the head football coach at Notre Dame was expected, but Chip Caray's dismissal from TBS was a pleasant surprise (thanks to all who alerted me to ... Read More

The ALCS begins tonight with your host, Greg Marmalard Joe Buck. As you know, Chip Caray is doing the play-by-play for the NLCS. No question, Buck is clearly the better technical play-by-play guy. How does he hold the advantage? Oh, by waiting until the play actually happens before he calls it. So I won't ask ... Read More

In the 90's, many of you probably spent hours staring at a white Bronco leading the lowest-speed chase in California history. In the 00's, the captivating chase was even slower. You probably spent some time yesterday watching an empty helium balloon floating through the Colorado sky. A balloon. You're a grown person. Even toddlers lose ... Read More

So, everyone from Richard Sandomir to Bwuce Levine is complaining about Chip Caray's awful call of the thrilling Game 163 between the Tigers and the Twins, followed up by his equally-brutal call of Game One of the ALDS. Everyone is absolutely right in their assertion that Caray is as terrible as he has ever been. On The Score ... Read More

Since there was no Roundup last week due to the fact that I was in a turkey coma, I have a lot of catching up to do. Plus, we have the Winter Meetings coming up next week in Las Vegas, so I have to help Hendry pick out a bunch of Hawaiian fat guy shirts. So, here we ... Read More

BAD KERMIT: There's not much interesting going on this week. SWEET UNCLE LOU: That's bad. BAD KERMIT: Well, I guess the World Series might be an interesting matchup. SWEET UNCLE LOU: That's good! BAD KERMIT: But the Tampa Bay Rays are playing in it. SWEET UNCLE LOU: That's bad. BAD KERMIT: But the National League won Game One. SWEET UNCLE ... Read More

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. Just pathetic. The Cubs aren't a kicked dog. At least a kicked dog has a chance of putting up a fight. They're a ... Read More

Thanks to Reed Johnson's stunning pinch-hit home run yesterday (which still ranks behind this game as his most stunning home run), the Cubs moved to 22 games over the .500 for the first time since nineteen eighty nine. Courtesy of Wikipedia, here are some interesting things that were going on in the world the last time the Cubs reached these heights: George ... Read More