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 [...]
Category Archives: Breaking News
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 [...]
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 [...]
Fire Piniella, Hire Howry?…Not Yet
May 20, 2010 – 8:00 am
In a recent article for FoxSports.com, Ken Rosenthal opines that the Cubs should consider firing manager Lou Piniella? Why? I’m not even sure that Rosenthal knows. In the article, Rosenthal admits that Piniella is blameless for the Cubs woes. He admits that it’s not Piniella’s fault that neither Derrek Lee nor Aramis Ramirez are hitting. [...]
Cubs Beat Theriot
February 20, 2010 – 1:01 pm
The Cubs had their arbitration hearing yesterday with Ryan Theriot. The Cubs offered $2.6 million and Theriot asked for $3.4 million. Paul Sullivan from the Chicago Tribune reports that the Cubs won the arbitration hearing. Theriot will be paid $2.6 million.
