MISTER FADED GLORY
I'd call this blog a "Critique of Life," except that sounds way too pretentious.
Watch for my first novel, These Monks, a comedy about friendship, frustration, and Des Moines, available later this year.
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Category Archives: Cubs
Brief explanation: Not much left, you see.
Granted, it’s tough to gain an audience when you disappear as a writer for two weeks. So I’m sorry. You’ll have to make do with my pithy asides on Twitter. Rest assured, I’ll be back soon. No, I’m not out … Continue reading
Posted in Cats, Colts, Cubs, Television
Tagged 1991, Alternative Nation, Anthony Gonzalez, AV Club, Backspacer, Bob Sanders, Dallas Clark, Donald Brown, Joseph Addai, Mad Men, Mike Hart, Mike Quade, NFL, Rubicon, Sophie B. Cat, Speed of Sound, Stardog Champion, Tedy Bruschi Douchebag
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Cubs fans: Tortured only by stereotypes
Bill Simmons’ Twitter feed reports he’s driving to Miami, so in his absence his editors conveniently cherry-picked several readers’ poor imitations of Bill responses to his “Most Tortured Teams” list from last Friday. Of course, Bill chose the Cubs No. … Continue reading
Posted in Cubs, Fail, fail
Tagged Bill Simmons, Cubs, FJM, unnecessary vitriol, White sox
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Oh, right. (Quick Cubs mea culpa.)
Speaking of the Cubs and Red Sox, our friend Joe Posnanski offered a quick shout-out to esteemed Boston GM Theo Epstein. Poz rightfully lauded Epstein’s front-office philosophy on RBIs, which the Boston GM highlighted in a radio interview defending J.D. … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cubs
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Quick baseball diatribe …
I doubt I can put together a decent Cubs epitaph anytime soon. Maybe later. Maybe never. (We’re still waiting for a 4-0 Colts preview, by the way. Um, guess they’re good. The Gonzalez injury is actually a blessing in disguise. … Continue reading
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Season over now.
Kevin Gregg or Mel Rojas, Cubs fans? You pick. Now we’re done.
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The sky? It fell.
Remember the halcyon days of, uh, Monday, when I wrote this tempered column, warning us Cub fans not to panic or become infuriated? Even I didn’t foresee the worst three games of the season. Harden losing a no-hitter, then the … Continue reading
Posted in Cubs
Tagged /whine, Antoine Bethea, aramis, Bob Sanders, Colts, Cubs, Lilly, Marmot, Pedro, Sori, Soto, suck, Terrible draft choices, TRDE, Z
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The sky is not falling. Repeat.
Don’t bother rolling your eyes, I’m basically trying to calm myself. Actually, I’m not that desperate, even though we’re all frustrated with the latest pathetic showing in Colorado. A full third of the season remains, and there’s no point in … Continue reading
We are all stupid
Yesterday I briefly mentioned the idiocy of Cubs fans and writers in passing. Now here it is, confirmed, incontrovertible. Fifty-seven percent of Cubs fans (well, those reading the Tribune and voting in a mind-numbing poll, anyway) would agree with the … Continue reading
Everything is bad: Cubs Check-In
How is that for cutting-edge analysis? I can’t explain the 2009 Cubs. Quite honestly, I grow weary contemplating the problems. Apparently every player who had banner 2007 and 2008 seasons regressed not only to some sort of mean, but a … Continue reading
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Ellipses…
Hot … so very hot. In case you wondered, all thoughts occurred during the greatest version of the greatest song in recorded history. Now that we’ve got that out of the way… What’s worse, really? People who complain incessantly about … Continue reading
Posted in Column Gimmicks, Cubs
Tagged Bruce and Chance Ruffin, CWS, Dan Hicks, ESPN, Iowa Hawkeyes, Jason Sobel, Javier Vazquez, Jim Nantz, Johnny Miller, Kyle Calloway, Lucas Glover, MJD, Mopeds, NFL, OWI, Phil Mickelson, stray compliments, Tiger Woods, Topps
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If this is it…
… please let me know. All season long the Cubs haven’t had a signature win to hang their hat on, a stark difference from 2007 and 2008. Maybe, just maybe, today’s comeback victory over a crosstown rival will light a … Continue reading
Hate to say you told me so…
Well, fudge. As improbable as it was, I think most of us Cubs fans still wanted to lord the lack of Sammy Sosa’s actual tests, testimony, eyewitness accounts and hearsay over other fans, as circumstantial evidence (or lack thereof) pointing … Continue reading
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Welcome Back
Oh, whatever. The Cubs might be enduring the worst umpiring crew in the majors; Monday night’s home plate umpire chastised Ryan Dempster after a cockeyed glance. Now today’s home plate umpire tries to be the show, freaking out as an … Continue reading
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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