Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “Historic Vote” Edition

I was hoping Bacon and Fries would run on the same ticket. The same delicious ticket. Thanks to Holy Taco for the picture. Anyhow, it’s Roundup time:


Hooray for Hollywood

The Cubs are in Hollywood, where dreams come true, or something like that.  Strange things happen whenever the Cubs go out to Southern California. In the 1930s, the Cubs trained in Catalina Island. Des Moines radio station WHO sent a young radio reporter to spring training two years in a row to report on the [...]


T79 #62: Howard Johnson “Hotel and Lodge”

This five-foot-eleven-inch, former third baseman is spacious, bright, and cheery. With convenient locations in Detroit, New York, Colorado, and Chicago, there is always availability at #62 on The Top 79 Cub Killers of My Time.


A Very Special, Completely Lucid Muskbag!

Nah, just kidding. It’s dumb again. That’s 1,023 horrible questions in a row, if you’re keeping track. Of course, if you are, you’re dumber than a Muskbag. I only do it because it’s my job. My free job.


A Very Special “Ivy Chat” Muskbag; No, LITERALLY

Thank God these Muskbags are a weekly affair. If they weren’t, we would have had to listen to three ivy questions in one Muskbag instead of listening to one ivy question each of the last three weeks. PROGRESS! Time for the Muskbaggery:


Happy Greg Maddux Day

We here at Hire Jim Essian! like our holidays. Just in the past month we’ve had Daryle Ward Day and Lee Elia Day. We’ve also celebrated Dusty Baker Week and even Armenian Appreciation Day.
So it’s only fitting that we take time to honor a man who will [...]


Greg, You’re the Best…Around

With baseball villain Roger Clemens digging a deeper and deeper grave for himself, one happy thought has been running through my mind. If Clemens’ is guilty of using performance-enhancing drugs, that makes Greg Maddux the greatest pitcher of the modern era.