CHICAGO- Tom Ricketts and family kicked off the 25th Annual Chicago Cubs Convention by throwing out the first pitches during the opening ceremonies. The fans packed into the Grand Ballroom cheered when the Ricketts family were first introduced. The ball that Tom Ricketts threw actually almost hit Ronnie Woo-Woo in the head. Ronnie later commented [...]
Chicago’s Biggest FAILS of 2009
With January in Chicago in full force, it’s time for us Chicagoans to look back at the year that’s gone by. Lots of shit has happened in the Windy City this year—and the most of it, not so good. Like some great philosopher once said, ‘Learn from the past, lest it repeat itself.’ So what [...]
Chicago Sports Years In Review: July-December 2009
July: Cubs: Aramis Ramirez continues to carry the Cubs with a .348 average going into August at 54-47. Lilly proves to be one of Hendry’s finer moves; Lilly leads the club in all categories but strikeouts. White Sox: Mark Buherle was getting into a rhythm and on July 23rd he joined a very prestigious club, [...]
Chicago Sports Years In Review: January-June 2009
Let’s face it fellow Chicagoans, 2009 was not a great sports year for our beloved. Read below for the year in Chicago sports as we saw it in 2009. January: Cubs: Just another cold, dark winter for players and fans to reflect on what went wrong, the funny thing is that one year later we’re [...]
Hendry’s Focus For 2010, Fixing Bad Moves Of 2009
The GM with the hottest seat around baseball is quite possibly Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry. Many die-hard Cub fans grow more and more impatient with Hendry’s lack of forward progress this offseason. While great potential future Cubs–Chone Figgens and Curtis Granderson–found new homes, Cubs fans feared the worst. Jim Hendry confirmed it himself at [...]
The Last Week In Review
As you know, I have been documenting the 2009 Cubs season week-by-week in order to truly document the rollercoaster ride that is the MLB season for each team. The endgame in theory was to look back and understand how the Cubs got into the playoffs; the truth is that nobody wants to read a documented [...]
Chicago Cubs Week In Review: August 10th-16th
The Results: 8/10 L vs. Rockies 5-11 8/11 L vs. Phillies 3-4 8/12 L vs. Phillies 5-12 8/13 L vs. Phillies 1-6 8/14 W vs. Pirates 17-2 8/15 W vs. Pirates 3-1 8/16 PPD vs. Pirates The Story: This last week was a painful reminder of how this Cub’s team stacks up against the best [...]
Beer Bastard
To the now Infamous “Beer Tosser,” I just want to thank you, whoever it was that tossed the beer on Victorino! I mean it wasn’t bad enough that we were getting stomped on 12-2 but then you had to go ahead and make us look even worse. And I truly say “us” at this point [...]
Chicago Cubs Week In Review; August 3rd – 9th
The Results: 8/3 W vs. Reds 4-2 8/4 W vs. Reds 6-3 8/5 L vs. Reds 0-4 8/7 L vs. Rockies 2-6 8/8 W vs. Rockies 6-5 8/9 L vs. Rockies 5-11 The Story: The Cubs found themselves in a soft spot in their schedule this week but could not make any ground on the [...]