Thanks Dusty
I was strolling down Clark St., just in front of Wrigley Field earlier this week. I had just finished meeting with a ticket broker, discussing a business transaction. As I glanced over towards the new Ernie Banks statute, I noticed a man sitting on the new benches that surround Banks. Dressed all in black, clutching a cell phone, I wasn't [read more...]
Maybe Baker Should Stay…
It could happen any day. Soon, Dusty Baker may no longer be the Cubs manager. But a case can be made, and will be made here, for keeping Baker. Granted, it goes against my nature to support a manager of the second worst team in the league, but I'll give it a try. A real effort. To start, let's review [read more...]
A Matter of Time?
Dusty Baker is frequently accused of ruining Kerry Wood and Mark Prior. The guilty verdict is not so obvious. Wood has a long history of arm troubles that predates Baker. As for Prior, there's no doubt Baker rode his best pitcher heavily in 2003. But if the team had managed to win it all, few Cub fans would care if [read more...]
Not a Rivalry? Rrrright
It's odd to write or use the term "rivalry" to describe what the city - and nation - saw this weekend, because prior to the affair, Ozzie Guillen, his players, and even Dusty Baker and the Cubs summarily dumped the notion that this weekend was anything more than a three-game set each side wanted to win. Same as every other, they [read more...]
Clueless Cubs Falsely Mimic Sox
There's no point in comparing the talent level of the Cubs and Sox because, well, there's no comparison. But it might be worthwhile to compare the philosophies of the two teams … to understand why one is on its way back to the playoffs and the other is headed for a second straight sub-.500 year. The conventional thinking about the '05 [read more...]
Early Cubs, Sox Assessments
Assessing the virtues or fallibility of a baseball team after one week feels a bit disingenuous, as though we are giving a thumbs up or down guess as to whether a marriage will last based upon the success of the honeymoon. The Cubs marriage with winning may have just honeymooned with a killer deal at the Bellagio, whereas the White Sox [read more...]
The Downfall of Corey Patterson
The Corey Patterson era in Chicago, such as it was, is over. Patterson, once considered the crown jewel of the Cubs farm system, was sent to the Baltimore Orioles for a couple of middling minor league prospects. The decline of Corey Patterson into perhaps the worst player in major league baseball - well, look at the numbers - as he [read more...]
Passion of the Cubs Started Early – Too Early
For Chicago Cubs cronies, the controversy surrounding Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson's new film, is old news. Sacrilegious, sure, but Northsiders have been for weeks dealing with the Passion -- of the Cubs.Perhaps the greatest threat to the success of either? Overwhelming expectations. Gibson's film is purported to contain the most graphic and realistic representation of the last hours of [read more...]
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