April Done, On To May
April is done. The Cubs played 26 games so far, with a record of 10-16. In these games (minus two rainouts to be made up later in the season), the Cubs scored 92 runs and allowed 111, so their actual...
View ArticleDreamcast 14 – A 25 lb. Bag of Carrots Being Thrown At You
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View ArticleJed Hoyer on Cubs Weekly
Jordan Bernfield, who is now hanging out with the fine folks at Cubs Den, hosted Cubs GM Jed Hoyer on his Cubs Weekly show on WGN Radio today. I very rarely listen to the radio, but because I...
View ArticleAnthony Rizzo just got PAID
We’ve been fapping for Anthony Rizzo for quite a while. Can he hit left-handed pitching consistently? Is he really the first baseman of the future? Did the Cubs win the Andrew Cashner trade? Is he...
View ArticlePositive reactions to the Anthony Rizzo extension
It’s amazing how drastically a baseball career can progress. Rizzo said 5 years ago he was in hospital w/ cancer: “Crazy how everything has come full circle.” — Paul Sullivan (@PWSullivan) May 13,...
View ArticleIf you ran the Cubs…
This is a relatively short post but I thought I’d ask for opinions and to see how many of you folks decide to use our poll and comment functions. We’ve seen tons of very passionate opinions on what the...
View ArticleLate night purely platonic Matt Garza thoughts
Matt Garza did in fact return to the mound on Tuesday and actually pitched rather well despite his bullpen failing. Garza was coming back from injury and thus was subject to a pitch count as the Cubs...
View ArticleWhat is Jeff Samardzija’s trade value?
Before anyone freaks out, we’ll preface this with a disclaimer. Among many reports, the Cubs have been trying to hammer down an extension with Jeff Samardzija for a while, but Jeff has been resistant...
View ArticleWhat I Am Seeing So Far In 2013
It has been a little while since I last wrote something about our beloved Cubbies. However, my school year is over and things are settling down a bit which offers me more time to do other things. One...
View ArticleRice Cube’s Five Stages of Grief Because All Our Shit Keeps Breaking
Let’s get it out of the way. Kyuji Fujikawa is broken and needs to be fixed: Cubs announce Fujikawa will need Tommy John surgery. — Patrick Mooney (@CSNMooney) May 29, 2013 Hoyer on Fujikawa: “It...
View ArticleAlmost Halfway
Three months into the 2013 season, we’ve seen many things happen. We’ve seen quality start after quality start blown by an inconsistent bullpen. We’ve seen the departure of some not-so-popular Cubs...
View ArticleThe pre-All Star Game Cubs rundown
There are way too many storylines to go through this time of year. Between the promotion and successes of various Cubs prospects in the minor leagues, the impending trades of certain Cubs assets such...
View ArticleMy Life As A Cubs Fan
I was born in December 1965 at Skokie Valley Hospital and raised primarily in the suburbs of Hoffman Estates and Schaumburg. My father, of course, was a Cubs fan and of course I grew up a Cubs fan as...
View ArticleThe Cubs and a bit of cognitive dissonance
Let us begin this one with a Tweet: No #Cubs in top 4! WOOT! RT @BillShaikin Most errors, MLB: #Brewers 89, #Astros 87, #Angels 85, #Dodgers 84. — Rice Cube (@CubicSnarkonia) August 12, 2013 So...
View ArticleDamn Yankees!
As you may know, we at WSD are very interested to see whether the Cubs make good on the rumor that they are prioritizing the signing of Japanese super-pitcher Masahiro Tanaka. Dabynsky had previously...
View ArticleWhat should the Cubs do?
We continue to think about how the Cubs will build the next great contender. The disconnect relates to what the time table is for contention (is it next year? The year after? 2020?) and what the...
View ArticleFriday night thoughts with Dave Kaplan
I know fans have differing opinions of Dave Kaplan, but the man does have connections and will have access to interviews with people in the know of Cubs business. Tonight it seemed that he got to chat...
View ArticleSaturday Night Shark Attack
Jeff Samardzija is a name that is being bandied around as the Cubs look to retool (or whatever it is they’re doing) prior to Opening Day. Previously, we had looked at the Arizona Diamondbacks as a...
View ArticleAnatomy of a Franchise
There were times in the early days of the Ricketts family ownership where fans (myself included) might have thought that they didn’t know what they were doing. Maybe that is still true to an extent...
View ArticleTanaka may be off the table; who wants a shot at Samardzija?
We’ve been on pins and needles ever since MLB and the Nippon Pro Baseball league ratified the new posting system; will the Rakuten Eagles post their prize pitcher, Masahiro Tanaka? Tonight, we got...
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