Cubs Sign Paul Maholm. Can a Trade of Matt Garza Be Too Far Behind?
Theo Epstein’s busy off season for the Chicago Cubs continues to roll as late Monday night, they reached a deal with left handed starting pitcher Paul Maholm. Ironically enough, Maholm announced his...
View ArticleRice Cube is a Nostradumbass
Okay, so previously I had written a predictions blog summarizing what I thought would happen to various Cubs players and Cubs transaction targets. Let’s see how many I got wrong, because while the...
View ArticleCubs Convention 2013- Mixed review.
After a whirlwind weekend and trying to get back to “real life”, I finally have a chance to sit down and give my take on the Convention this past weekend. Now, keep in mind, I went to the Convention...
View ArticleExpectations
On the eve of one of the days we have been waiting for all winter, pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Training, I feel like it is the eve of Christmas Eve. I can say with 99.9999% belief that...
View ArticleAn Opening Day flashback
I was going through some of my old journals and came across this one of Opening Day 2008. I wrote it down after I got home trying to just capture the whole experience on paper so that during those...
View ArticleRoad to Opening Day: #25
Welp…the Cubs didn’t win on Wednesday. Final #Rockies 7, #Cubs 5. Baez and Kottaras hit back to back HRs. Att: 10,598 — Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) March 5, 2014 There was what was termed a...
View ArticleDreamcast 38: Part I – Trade Some Players!
We’re live and recorded! This is Part I of this week’s edition of the Dreamcast. Part II is here. Please check out the show notes here. Thanks as always for listening!
View ArticleYour All Time Chicago Cubs Team
With this being the All Star break for Major League Baseball, and there being no real baseball for fans of the Chicago Cubs to enjoy until at least Friday. The Cubs, of course, have two All Stars...
View ArticleFalse Narratives About Cubs, Rebuild Too Much to Handle
Forgetting that the collective bargaining agreement instituted in 2011 changed the way teams are able to build a winning team and how quickly they are able to do it, the number of false narratives...
View ArticleCubs Left With Nothing but Bad Options for E-Jax
Problems with finding a stadium that he spent his first spring with the Cubs working at aside, Edwin Jackson‘s time with the Cubs has been a colossal disappointment. After signing a 4 year, $52M deal,...
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