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.
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 [...]
Milwaukee Season Prognosis: NEGATIVE
It was a good run, Milwaukee, but there’s no need to show up for the rest of your games. You’re not going to recover from scoring only ONE run after loading the bases twice in five innings against Rich Harden. And surrendering four runs in the bottom of the 9th inning when you [...]
The Astros and Their Fans Sound Like Tina Turner
Have you ever heard anyone complain about Ike more than the Astros and their fans are doing this week? Yesterday, Cecil Cooper sat down with his long-time drinking Bud(dy) Selig to voice his “frustration” that the poor, poor Astros had to play two “home” games against the Cubs up at Miller Park. This [...]
It’s a Terrible Time to Turn on the Large Hadron Collider
If the Cubs decide to follow my clever plan to sweep the Brewers at Wrigley Field this week, they will have wrapped up their second playoff berth in two years. That hasn’t happened since, oh, 1907 and 1908, the only two years in which the Cubs have won the World Series. So, is [...]
The Perfect Storm
Why wouldn’t the first Cub no-hitter in 36 years happen under the most unusual of circumstances? With Hurricane Ike doing a number on the Houston area, the Astros were forced to play a “home” game against the Cubs at Wrigley North. No one looked more at home at Miller Park than Carlos Zambrano [...]
Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “Everything Blows!” Edition
Not a lot of time for a Roundup this week, what with us avoiding hurricanes and gun-toting Texans. Thanks to someone whose real name I’m not sure I can use, but who I think is Poon for the picture. Anyhow, here’s your Roundup:
Muskbaggery
This week’s Muskbag is chock full of personal questions, propositions, and SAM FULD. Hurray!
Ned Yost Should Be Indicted
With Dusty Baker in town with his old familiar dumbassery and excuse-making in tow, it’s easy to think he is the stupidest manager in the National League Central, and he very well may be. But Ned Yost is sure making it interesting, isn’t he? Yost’s handling of CC Sabathia in Sabathia’s nine starts [...]
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