Why is building the farm system such a big deal? I’m being serious when I ask that. The idea of building a strong farm system is so ingrained in the thoughts of just about everyone who follows baseball that it now seems self-evident. But to those making the claim, I don’t think the real reason [...]
Author Archives: Lou
Still Not Too Late To Make A Big Offseason Splash
December 20, 2011 – 12:58 pm
I had very high hopes when the Cubs hired Theo Epstein and then Jed Hoyer. I knew their track record in Boston (and to a lesser extent in San Diego) and I expected them to run on a dual track of adding a couple of high profile free agents while also building up the farm [...]
Who’s On First in 2012?
December 13, 2011 – 12:13 pm
I wrote a guest post for The Cub Reporter today. It’s about the options available to the cubs to fill the hole they currently have at first base. I basically laid out the options, but I didn’t give much ion the way of opinions. I saved that for here. Going into the off season, I [...]
Lou Piniella To Retire – UPDATED
July 20, 2010 – 3:25 pm
This is barely breaking news, but Cubs skipper Lou Piniella has announced that he will retire following the 2010 season. I think the story was originally broken by a New York writer, but the first place I saw it was from Paul Sullivan on Chicago Breaking Sports. Despite the lack of playoff wins during his tenure [...]
Off Topic: The LeBron James Decision
July 9, 2010 – 8:01 am
I know I concentrate my efforts here on this blog on the hapless and virtually unwatchable Chicago Cubs, but I wanted to throw my two cents in to the cesspool of comments coming out following LeBron James’ decision to sign with the Miami Heat. And what better place to share those thoughts than here, where [...]
To Trade Or Not To Trade: The Carlos Zambrano Dilemma
June 29, 2010 – 7:58 am
The Carlos Zambrano saga took another turn yesterday when the Cubs placed Big Z on the restricted list while he attends anger management training. The restricted list is used when players need to be away from the game for a reason other than injury or bereavement. Milton Bradley was placed on the resticted list earlier [...]
Zambrano Does Milton Bradley Impersonation
June 27, 2010 – 8:24 am
As you can tell from my lack of posts recently, I am finding the Cubs circa 2010 to be nearly impossible to watch and comment on. The team is just completely uninteresting. They seem to lack fire and passion. However, there is one guy on the team who exhibits both fire and passion, but not [...]
Hard To Be Excited About The Cubs
June 11, 2010 – 7:29 am
I haven’t written much in the past week. I thought about writing some doom and gloom after the team lost two-out-of-three to the hapless Astros last weekend. I felt better on Monday when the Cubs beat the Pirates for the first time this season in Pittsburgh. My joy was short-lived as the Cubs stumbled into [...]
Isn’t It a Little Early To Be Giving Up?
June 3, 2010 – 8:11 am
The Interwebs is/are ablaze with talk about the Cubs blowing up their underperforming team and starting anew. One rumor has the Angels in talks to acquire Derrek Lee. Another says the Cubs are talking to the Angels about Xavier Nady, not Lee. Other rumors have the Cubs trading Tom Gorzelanny to an undisclosed team. There [...]
Cubs Take Two-Out-Of-Three From Dodgers
May 28, 2010 – 5:22 am
The Cubs took two out of three from the Dodgers this week, bringing their record to 22-25. They now trail the Reds by 5.0 games for first place in the NL Central and are 4.0 games behind the second place Cardinals. Derrek Lee continued his hot hitting going 7-9 in the series with the Dodgers. In the first game of [...]
