Another Night Time Pow-Wow with Dave Kaplan
I couldn’t watch Breaking Bad while the kid was still up, so I decided to catch up on old MacGyver episodes instead. While I was busy with Netflix, apparently Dave Kaplan had Cubs general manager Jed...
View ArticleThe Cubs Just Signed Some Guy
We all know that it’s very likely that humanity is causing global climate change due to our energy usage, pollution, and other artificially created factors that are invading into the environment. So...
View ArticleYoung Pitching Can Accelerate Cubs Timeline
All we have heard about since Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer have taken over is a business plan and a baseball plan matching up and this magical time of “the plan” all coming together. The baseball side...
View ArticleOne week until Tanaka-mas
It has been a very interesting couple of weeks. In between Jeff Passan’s epic take-down of Cubs financial strategy (or lack thereof), the new mascot, and the deadline to sign players tomorrow before...
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Winds of Change, Uncertainty Blow Around 2014 Cubs Convention
Billy Williams Signs an Autograph for an Appreciative Young Fan This year’s annual opportunity for adult fans to complain ask questions to the team’s leadership and for children to get autographs,...
View ArticleDreamcast 35: The Long-Awaited OH-MAN Edition
Welcome back to the Dreamcast! This is the 35th edition, which we name for former Cub Will Ohman, LOOGY extraordinaire, who wore the number 35 during the 2000 and 2001 seasons. This is a short podcast...
View ArticleLosing On Tanaka a Blessing in Disguise
After a couple of days of Masahiro Tanaka hangover, it seems like as good a time as ever to say it: we’re probably better off without him. Maybe it was a stroke of good luck for the Cubs to not have...
View ArticleWhen Will Epstein’s Time Here Run Out?
At the end of the 2011 season, Tom Ricketts and the Chicago Cubs hired Theo Epstein to be the new President of Baseball Operations. In addition to Epstein, the Cubs also hired Jed Hoyer to be the new...
View ArticleFor Jeff Samardzija, There Are Plenty of ‘Gaps’
Jeff Samardzija looks in the mirror, sees an ace, and expects to be paid like one. Yesterday, on the first day of Cubs’ Spring Training, he told assembled reporters and beat writers that, “If there...
View ArticlePotential Darwin Barney Trade Partners
As we sit today, the Cubs have a pretty well stocked system of position prospects. With Starlin Castro being under contract for the next six years, there is one infielder whose value is tied to what...
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Road to Opening Day: #15
On Saturday, the Cubs won one and lost one. In the one they lost, Anthony Rizzo found some power (probably thanks to the thin air in the Las Vegas desert, but still…GONE x2): Back in Arizona, Brett...
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The Shark List: Ranking the Potential Landing Spots
As we move into June, and past the amateur draft next week, trade winds are going to start blowing just a bit harder than they have been over the first two months of the season. With so few teams...
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No Excuses Tour Starts in 2015
There has been a lot of talk about Theo Epstein lately, and whether he has been good, or has been bad at his job while with the Chicago Cubs. After three losing seasons (yes, I am waving the flag of...
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Moneyball, Cubs Edition
I was thinking about this the other day, and it’s not like I’m super original because Joe Posnanski happened upon this first. But have you noticed that the Cubs are collecting lots of bats? Not just...
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Cubs Need To Consider Trading Travis Wood
The sentiment in this is going to be wildly unpopular for two reasons: 1. Because of the trade that just happened, sending Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel to Oakland; and 2. Because Travis Wood is a...
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It’s Looking Sunny at Wrigley
For the first time since 2008, the fans of the Chicago Cubs have something to be excited about at the end of July and for the final two months of the season. No, the Cubs are not in contention for the...
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Were We All Duped by Team Theo?
I have seen several fans talking about the Chicago Cubs lately wondering if Theo Epstein, Jed Hoyer and Tom Ricketts pulled the wool over our eyes. Many fans have been complaining that they bought...
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If the Cubs Hire Maddon, All Bets Are Off
With the World Series set to end tonight, unless Mother Nature decides to wreak havoc and delay tonight’s game, all eyes will turn to the Chicago Cubs and the developing situation with former Tampa...
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Joe Maddon Will Not Cure What Ails the Cubs
Removing ourselves from the pep rally press conference introducing Joe Maddon as the new manager of the Cubs by a day, one thing remains true about this team…they’re not ready to compete as...
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Cubs Trading Castillo Shouldn’t Be a Foregone Conclusion
This entire post should (and is going to) be prefaced with it is highly likely that the Cubs trade Welington Castillo sometime this January. But, what if they don’t? Keeping three catchers seems...
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