Cole Hamels, Chicago Cub! (UPDATES: Official)
The Cubs went and won themselves a ball game (the come from behind variety, again) while I was in the midst of moving all my stuff for relocation to California. That was fun, but I suppose we should...
View ArticleThe Cubs’ Full House
The Chicago Cubs will be home for the majority of the remainder of the 2018 season, which on the surface should be good for them to secure another NL Central division title. The recent trade for Daniel...
View ArticleA Renewed Sense of Urgency
And so, the night after the unthinkable happened, it has come to this… The Cubs are going home for the winter. With an optimist’s point of view, maybe it was best to give the players an extended rest...
View ArticleLooking Ahead to the 2019 Cubs…
As the Division Series in both leagues wind down, and with the Cubs watching from the outside, I suppose the most relevant Cubs thing we could do around here is to look to the future. The good news, I...
View ArticleAssuming There’s a Plan…
Hey look, it’s December! As you all know, I moved back home to California a few months ago, and I finally have an actual full-time job to grow with as I become a scientist yet again. Yay me. In the...
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Where’s The Action?
The Winter Meetings are over, and the Chicago Cubs have…basically done nothing. Now, there could still be a plan involved, and the front office could just be biding its time, not to mention the...
View ArticleDreamcast 45: The Return
After a very long hiatus, Rice returns with a new edition of the Dreamcast to ring in the 2019 season, with guest star Crawly hanging out with us. You should check out his stuff too. The second video...
View ArticleThe Next Phase For the Cubs
The Cubs unfortunately met a premature end to their 2019 season, but this window of contention is not yet shut completely, so there is some work to be done to retool rather than rebuild what could...
View ArticleHope Springs Eternal
As I motor on in my current (new) job and am about to take on another (part-time) job, I realized that I haven’t touched this blog since January, so it’s time to start doing something again,...
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Courts Rule That Angel Hernandez is Bad at His Job
In a ruling that pretty much surprises no one, a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by noted Very Bad Ump Angel Hernandez: Umpire Ángel Hernández has lost his lawsuit against Major League...
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