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I wish Steve Rosenbloom understood that contrarian arguments are only good if the contrary view is at least reasonable. Like, the growing "The Walking Dead is dreadfully boring with horrible acting and bad writing" movement that I fully support. But Rosenbloom just takes ANY popular topic and says the exact opposite. Which is why his latest masterpiece essentially posits, "WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD THE CUBS WANT PRINCE FIELDER OR ALBERT PUJOLS???"

As Theo Epstein Week continues, two things have occurred: I feel absolutely terrible for Jed Hoyer. He's a damn good general manager. Has anyone seen HIM at Starbucks? Has anyone stalked HIM and said creepy things about how they've been waiting for him for 103 years? Has anyone introduced HIM to Ronnie Woo-Woo? Steve Rosenbloom has declared the ... Read More

Steve Rosenbloom must be amazing at covering poker, because he's comically bad at covering every other "sport." The man who doesn't own a collared shirt is at it again, implying that the Theo Epstein hire is "so Cub" for all the wrong reasons! (HT: Jim) That is "so Rosenbloom." Rosey gets fisked gently below. This seems like the perfect ... Read More

I haven't intentionally read a Steve Rosenbloom article ever. But after inadvertently reading the lede of his latest succinctly-titled article, "Losing to the Pirates shows how much better the Cubs pitching needs to be," I couldn't resist. I didn�t expect the Cubs to win 90 games this season, but I sure didn�t expect them to blow a series to the ... Read More

Is Steve Rosenbloom the stupidest baseball writer in Chicago? Seriously. Does he even watch baseball games? Because it seems to me that someone who occasionally writes about the Cubs would be somewhat familiar with the former superstar of their division-rival Cincinnati Reds, Adam Dunn. But if he knows anything about Dunn, certainly he wouldn't dare try ... Read More

Well, I guess the big news around here is that someone else is going to be signing my paychecks really soon. And that someone is J. Joe Ricketts. The team is supposedly going to be sold for $900M. That's $9M for each year this team hasn't won a World Series, if you're into doing "math." Rest ... Read More

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: Bud Selig is a cockbag, and I hope Mark Cuban sues him and the courts threaten to take away Major League Baseball's antitrust exemption. I'm actually for coin flips deciding the playoffs, ... Read More

There's only one thing frustrating about having the Cubs emerge as one of the dominant forces in baseball. More success means more interest. More interest means more coverage. More coverage means more Steve Rosenbloom. At one point in our lives, we all had as much baseball knowledge as Steve Rosenbloom. At that point, I had ... Read More