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Category Archives: Cubs
Acceptance does not equal ledge-jumping.
There’s no point in whining any further after a week in baseball that ranks among the most painful in memory. There’s no point in whining any further about an offense that refuses to click, sluggers who refuse to slug, and … Continue reading
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/Growls just like Dr. Cox…
First, this is just stupid. Stupid stupid stupid. And you heard it here first – of course Zach Braff will return as the lead. Last I checked, no one is dying to make Garden State 2. This is going to … Continue reading
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Your Chicago Cubs – now habitually played off…
You’re wondering how quickly I’m yanking out tufts of my hair – beyond annoyed at the excruciating behavior of the Cubs. While in Dallas, I neglected to watch the Cubs, who apparently forgot how to hit immediately after Rich Harden’s … Continue reading
Envision the “no” symbol, and a Heilman jersey.
I’m away from my Photoshop, and annoyed beyond belief anyway, so you’ll just have to picture your own Ghostbusters circle-slash around an Aaron Heilman jersey. Or wait, how about this: The Mets’ Aaron Heilman finally shows up. Let me be … Continue reading
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Maybe everything is a harbinger, after all.
All right, fine. Maybe I jumped the gun dismissing all this witchraft stuff. Maybe, perhaps, cats do cast some inexplicable spell over our heroes. Maybe, perhaps, some twist in the space-time continuum permits negative karma to seep into the Cubs’ … Continue reading
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Seriously, everything’s a harbinger?
Apparently, it’s not enough that the Cubs’ 100-year countdown with no title passed last year with only a flicker in the playoffs. Imagine, 100 years come and gone, the autotext story hopefully erased from most hapless writers’ laptops – and … Continue reading
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Exasperation and hyperbole, as usual
(cracks knuckles) (begins snide letter) Dear Cubs Fans: Please raise your hand if any of you could possibly have foreseen Jason Marquis blowing back into the Windy City, surviving a catcall of boos, and routinely dominating his former team, on … Continue reading
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One down
That’s right, I’m already back in. As if you couldn’t tell. But quite honestly, a couple things pushed me over the edge on a night I would have preferred to calmly enjoy an Opening Day win. First, even after claiming … Continue reading
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Hey, Chicago … uh, what do you say?
Well, here we are again. Deep breath. It all starts again in Houston, tomorrow, against one of our best friends, Roy Oswalt. It all starts, for us (and ends, really), with Carlos Zambrano on the bump, in dreadful Minute Maid … Continue reading
Sunday morning, tomorrow looming (part 2)
I’m staring at the email not unlike a kid packing his backpack before the first day of school. I don’t really want to go. I mean, I’ve enjoyed the time away. Six months of the NFL and college basketball and … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cubs, Melancholy
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Sunday morning, tomorrow looming…
From last October, some time. Yeah, don’t let them say that it’s just a game. Well, I’ve seen other teams, and it is never the same. When you go to Chicago, you’re blessed and you’re healed, The first time you … Continue reading
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Where Eddie has no name…
Apparently I need to shell out some dollars and attend (sigh) Cubs Fantasy Camp if this is the stuff that goes on. (via Deadspin) Alternatively, shouldn’t this mean that a new album is done? Do they really expect Into the … Continue reading
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Evaluation of a deal
Yesterday the Cubs shipped mediocre and possibly brain-dead shortstop Ronny Cedeno to the Mariners for former maligned Mets reliever Aaron Heilman. (note: it’s possible he was actually much-maligned.) Is this a good deal? Hmmm. Let’s check here for an opinion. … Continue reading
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He’s a gamer
Speaking of our other favorite dominant regular-season team that flamed out in the postseason … By now all this offseason Cubs stuff is totally old news. The North Siders parted ways with Kerry Wood, sadly dealt Mark DeRosa, smartly dealt … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Colts, Cubs, Irony?
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Disappointing Day
Not exactly a banner news day for humorous Cub fans. First, the news broke from the Las Vegas baseball winter meetings – and not just as a floaty tidbit from Peter Gammons – that formidable Padres starter Jake Peavy would … Continue reading
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