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Take THAT, English language! After a three-week hiatus, the Muskbox is back! One forgets how much one truly loves the Muskbox until one goes three weeks without one. And then, when one is one question into said Muskbox, one recalls why one enjoyed the three-week respite from it. One. I've always been a Reed Johnson fan from ... Read More

In case you haven't noticed, David Kaplan has gradually been changing color from pasty white to Oompa Loompa. I can only imagine the change is for one of the following reasons: The Caucasian race has officially kicked him out. He's so dumb, his skin doesn't even realize he's white. He's going on a hunting trip with the Monsters in the Morning this ... Read More

This week's Muskbox answers those questions you've been dying to ask all offseason. Such as who is going to take over the Cubs' blogging duties now that THE PULSE is in Cleveland. Seriously. That's one of the best questions that was asked. Just watch: How closely is the performance of the players participating in the World Baseball ... Read More

In yet another move clearly designed to get Jake Peavy in a Cubs uniform, Jim Hendry traded Felix Pie and his out-of-control testicles to the Baltimore Orioles for LHP Garrett Olson and RHP Henry Williamson. I'm assuming this is part of the increasingly-more-complicated Peavy-for-Gathright, Miles, some dudes from the Indians, and some other dudes from the Orioles trade. Olson sucked ... Read More

Sorry I'm late. As you know, this week the Cubs signed Aaron Miles and shipped Mark DeRosa to Cleveland. Presumably, Mike Fontenot and Miles will get the lion's share of the playing time at second base. Which brings us to our Friday Night Fukudome. VS. Mike Fontenot Aaron Miles ... Read More

Ha ha ha ha ha! Get it? Because the Cubs just signed Aaron Miles? What does this mean? Well, I'm guessing The Pulse is getting shipped out of town, meaning that Jake Peavy trade isn't as dead as Kevin Towers was pretending it was. If Jim Hendry manages to trade Jason Marquis, land Peavy, and sign Milton ... Read More

Hello, everyone. This is guest blogger Aldolf, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of one of the most critically-acclaimed Cubs blogs on the internet. If you're wondering why I'm doing the Roundup this week, click here. It's Friday once again, my flock. And you know what that means? It means I'm going to spend the night unhappy and ... Read More

There aren't a whole lot of things you can say about Greg Maddux which Kermit didn't already say. But this Roundup is going to be dedicated to the Ph.D. of pitchers, anyhow. Thanks for all of the memories, Greg. Here's the Roundup: If HJE hasn't done a good enough job professing our man love for Maddux, is it ... Read More

Jeff Conine has been beating up on the Cubs since before you were born. At least if you're in high school. Conine's seventeen-year career was marked by consistency. You were pretty safe counting on Conine for about a .285/.350/.450 line throughout the course of his career. Unless, of course, he was playing the Cubs. In ... Read More