Friday Night Fukudome: Fontenot vs. Theriot
After this week’s trade of Mike Fontenot to the San Francisco Giants, the Cubs have rid themselves of both members of the stupidly-named “Cajun Connection.” Which former LSU double play teammate will you miss most of all, Scarecrow? VS. Mike Fontenot Ryan Theriot
The Muskbox Returneth to the Relevance It’s Always Enjoyed
There’s no slumpbuster like a Muskbox slumpbuster. Thanks to the idiocy of people who read Cubs.com and the continued nightmare that is the 2010 edition of the Chicago Cubs, the Muskbox continues to shine. In this week’s Muskbox, a guy from Valparaiso asks about a player from Valparaiso, an Iowan is sick of watching Darwin [...]
The Muskbox Unravels the Mystery of Gary Pressy’s Organ
You’re so predictable, Cubs fans. More predictable than the Cubs losing the first two games of every single series. More predictable than Randy Wells getting lit up in the first inning. More predictable than Ryan Theriot swinging at a first pitch. The five people who are still watching Cub baseball all wrote in to the [...]
Rejected Cubs Giveaways
I thought the Cubs had officially given up on non-ridiculous promotional giveaways when they gave out Mia Hamm jerseys or bobbleheads or ovaries, or whatever they gave out when Nomar Garciaparra was a Cub. But if you have the pleasure of going to today’s game against the Oakland A’s, you might be the recipient of [...]
Is Anyone Still Watching?
I think I’m having a Cub mid-life crisis. I had no idea who the Cubs were playing last night until I logged on to MLB At-Bat to watch highlights from Stephen Strasburg’s debut. I wasn’t surprised to learn that the Cubs had suffered another one-run loss to another terrible team. I can’t remember the last [...]
Therminated?
There’s a reason I like to pick on Ryan Theriot. That reason is because he’s not a very good hitter. In case you were fooled by Theriot’s “awesome” start to the season, when he put up a .337/.370/.386 line good for a .757 OPS, you probably weren’t fooled by his May. Because it was awful.
Skip’s Comment of the Week: May 28, 2010
Hello again, gangsters! It’s been a while since the Comment of the Week. But I’m not going to apologize, because it’ll almost definitely happen again. This Comment of the Week comes from this week’s Muskbox. I believe we have a first-time winner. Mike Fontenot in A Few Good Fontenots writes: Because deep down, in places [...]
Someone in the Muskbox is Inexplicably Mad that Castro has a 133 OPS+
Folks, we have reached a new low, even by Muskbox standards. Someone actually took the time to write in and complain about Starlin Castro. Starlin is currently sporting an excellent .328/.386/.469 line. As Dolan recently pointed out, he has reached base at least once in every single game he’s played. All seventeen of them. He [...]
Okay, One Post Celebrating a Real Shortstop
Just when you think your site is screwed, your team just got swept by one of the worst-pitching teams in baseball (while scoring five runs in three games), you’re looking up at the Pirates and Reds in the standings, and your day can’t get any worse, the Cubs try to cheer me up by calling [...]
We Don’t Need No Water, Let the Second Baseman Burn
If you were wondering why Jeff Baker had several consecutive days off at the end of April and beginning of May, Son of Jim Essian Edelweiss may have discovered the answer.
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