Sixty-Seven Percent of This Week’s Muskbox is About Blogging; I SHIT YOU NOT
This week’s Muskbox has done something so amazingly meta, that it’s hard to believe it’s not on purpose. It’s a Muskbox about a blog. Now, are you ready for this? Here’s where it gets even funkier. You’re about to read another blog mock the Muskbox about being about a blog. Take a few deep breaths [...]
Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “Peace, Love, Dopes” Edition
Sigh. I leave you guys for one week, and all hell breaks loose around here. Can’t you nerds just realize that you’re all nerds and embrace one another at the next Star Trek convention? Or do MORE than hug? Look, for a bunch of people who root for a team that hasn’t done dick in [...]
Weis, Caray Fired; Carrie Survives Another Day
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 [...]
The Muskbox Plays GM
At the Mathematical Elimination Party this Saturday, one of my friends told me she was rooting for the Cardinals to win the World Series. “Why the hell would you do that?” I asked. “Because you have to root for the NL Central when your team gets eliminated,” she replied. “Why the hell would I do [...]
Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “Are You Ready for Some Football?” Edition
This is apparently the time of year when most of your favorite Cubs blogs have abandoned talking about baseball for talking about football, and I can hardly blame them. But HJE is going to keep covering baseball, dammit. Look, after this week’s sweep of the Pirates, we’re only- Let’s see- STILL ELEVEN AND A HALF [...]
Skip’s Comment of the Week: August 21, 2009
Hello, gang! It’s good to see you all back after a very rough week of Cubs baseball. Though there is a bright side to having a rough week. The angst-filled comments by you guys get better and better the worse the team plays. So, I’m declaring all of you owners of the Comment of the [...]
You’re Out of It, Cubs. Don’t Be Stupid.
Okay, it’s reality-check time. Even if the Cardinals go one game under .500 for the rest of the way, they’ll finish 88-74. For the Cubs to reach 88 wins, they’ll have to go 28-17, a .622 winning percentage. Unlikely, since they’re playing .513 baseball this year and are in danger of getting swept by a [...]
Gregg Set to Blow Games in 6th, 7th, 8th Innings
Kevin Gregg is officially the least-popular man in Chicago. Not even Lou Piniella can defend him after another dick-kicking blown save in the ninth inning of last night’s Padres game. According to Lou, Gregg is no longer the closer. I sure hope Lou means it this time. Lou has a penchant for saying he’s going [...]
Okay, Now THAT Was the Worst Game of the Season, Right?
Except for the fact that no one on the team got their foot caught in a bear trap, last night’s game was pretty close to the perfect summary of the 2009 season so far, wasn’t it? Not only was Rich Harden was perfect until the sixth inning, but he had looked brilliant in striking out [...]
The Pain in My Brain is From the Veins on Dave’s Cranium
Of all the melodramatic reactionary stupidity that swept across the media over Kevin Gregg’s back-to-back blown saves on Saturday and Sunday (I’m looking at you, Marc Silverman, you couch-slapping, walking panic attack), David Kaplan’s reaction was, predictably, the worst. The worst thing to come of the weekend series loss to the Marlins was clearly the [...]
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