Hire Jim Essian

Here follow the words between myself and the Millar. When Lou Piniella had ended his career in a Cub uniform, in the entire crowd was there nobody, young or old, who did not say it was a noble history and worthy to be called to mind; and especially each of the gentle people. "Back-to-back playoff appearances!" one shouted. "Four and seventeen ... Read More

Hey, did you notice how me and Carlos have what us Spaniards might call a relationship that has gone "frio"? We barely speak anymore, he doesn't return my phone calls, and he's only pitched 7 2/3 innings since he was moved to the bullpen. So, what gives? More importantly, does anyone care? It's been a loooooong ... Read More

The joke is on me. I sat through that disaster of a game last night along with a bunch of other idiots. I don't want to relive the nightmare in my head, but I do want to know from you guys. Is this team better or worse than you expected? I think I said on Kaplan's ... Read More

Thanks to the MLB Network, your Kevin Millar hate can live on in broadcast form. The formerly-respectable network hired Millar as a studio analyst. His debut will be next Tuesday, April 27th at 4:30 p.m. CT. I will be busily finding something better to do. Like watch John Kruk analyze something on ESPN. ... Read More

Everyone's crying about the length of games, from Joe West to Bud Selig. Not me. I wish the MLB had longer commercial breaks and mound visits. That way, I wouldn't have to come running out to argue a call in mid-piss. Oh, well. I got a lot of great tips this week. Keep them ... Read More

Another week, another bunch of comments. Many, many of them were excellent. So you should all give yourselves a hearty dugout clap. But there can be only one Comment of the Week! I believe we have a first-time winner this week. JayT posted this beauty in "The Best $162 I've Ever Spent" thread. So if the Cubs end ... Read More

Just when you think the Cubs have wised up and are going to start making good decisions, such as the one to release Kevin Millar and keep Chad Tracy, they do something stupid. For example, hire Millar to be their roving minor league hitting coach. Millar presumably will spend the majority of his time with the AAA Cubs, where I ... Read More

Ed. Note: Mike D. wrote this prior to Millar's glorious departure from the 2010 Cubs, but I just got around to posting it. Mike D. thinks it might be moot, but I say there's no worse crime against humanity than wasting a perfectly good Mike D. rant. Enjoy. Some of you may have noticed that I haven�t contributed ... Read More

For once, common sense prevails in Cubland. Kevin Millar was cut (presumably for saying "Cubbies") and Chad Tracy made the team. This is great news for the Cubs, but even better news for the American Diabetes Association. I'm going to wait until the end of the season to make my donation, just in case they do something ... Read More

I normally let Kermit take care of the details around here.� The basic stuff like paying for things, spending time with Kaplan, writing articles, starting up the site, remembering how to log in to write an article, etc etc.� However, sometimes someone needs to step up and write a crazy long rant to make Kermit's articles seem short.� So ... Read More