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Friday Roundup: The “Weeks of Links” Edition
This guy absolutely rules.One of the problems with falling behind on the Roundup is coming back to ALL THESE LINKS. I have a few for you today. Hopefully, they’ll last you through the next several...
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I’m Accidentally Going to a Blue Jays Game
To a Cubs fan, this looks oddly familiar.I’ve crossed a fair number of ballparks off my list in my quest to see all 30 MLB stadiums. Eleven, I guess. But I always sort of figured the Rogers Centre...
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Friday Roundup: The “Blame Canada” Edition
And fuck Ryan Dempster.In less (fewer?) than four hours, I’ll be on the road for the Country that Always Sleeps. Thanks for the tips yesterday. I will take them and use them in the brief time I have in...
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Wow. The Blue Jays are Worse than the Cubs.
It’s as if millions of pairs of panties suddenly cried out in terror…Ovre the weekend, I took a spur-of-the-moment trip to Canada to visit Niagara Falls. Along the way, we spent a night in Toronto to...
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Friday Roundup: The “Your Mom Cures Cancer!” Edition
Yo mamma so into clotheslines… Am I doing it right?Cancer fucking sucks. Everyone has been touched by it at some point. It’s a horrible disease, and I wish more people were willing to fund cancer...
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The Muskbox is a Celebration of Chubby Chasers
Did you ever notice that guy’s face looks EXACTLY like a camera?The Muskbox is back just in time for. Well, for whatever. To celebrate Anthony Rizzo’s new (excellent) contract? Nah. To celebrate the...
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Friday Roundup: The “Day Podcast” Edition
We also frolicked.We podcasted this week. Well, Dolan and I did. Because we thought Warren was gone. I also vanished from the podcast for two stretches, so you just get Dolan for a while. If that...
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Hipster Joe Buck is a Gift to Us All
I bet he’ll be at Hangover 3 on opening night, too.Memes are dumb, but lord do they make me laugh. The newest one making the rounds is Hipster Joe Buck. Actually, it’s disappointingly not really making...
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Friday Roundup: The “Farewell, Brian” Edition
Lock up your daughters.There are plenty of sour notes that Brian Urlacher played throughout his career, but I’m not going to mention any of those here. Because Urlacher was a great Bear. He was the...
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Behind Enemy Lines
Seriously, though, who cast that movie?I had not been to a Cubs-Sox game since Cub Killer Jose Valentin hit a walkoff home run off even bigger Cub Killer Antonio Alfonseca TEN YEARS ago. Good lord,...
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The System Works
I DON’T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT WE’RE YELLING ABOUT!!!It might be a good time to say your fond farewell to former Cub and B126 President-for-Life, Milton Bradley. The sociopath was convicted today of NINE...
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Podcast Ep. 20: Is There a Draft in Here?
If you’re still waiting on me to post about the podcast here instead of on Twitter or on whatever podcast listening program you use, you got issues, kid. This one is a doozy. We talk about every draft...
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Friday Roundup: The “Abbreviated State of the Cubs” Edition
Seriously, his neck doesn’t go in at all in the back.It’s been a while, roundup reader(s). The Cubs are still bad, still unrecognizable, and still slightly more watchable than last season. They fell...
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Friday Roundup: The “Way to Go, Internet Complainers” Edition
I guess they pulled an Xboner.Well, the internet got what it wanted. At least what the most-vocal members wanted. Microsoft reversed the majority of the restrictions that were going to be imposed on...
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The Muskbox is a Commercial
Carrie fits in the Wrigley seats just fine. It’s the bun that struggles.This week’s Muskbox is filled with wonderful Cub fan stereotypes. There’s the fan arguing which bad catcher is less bad. There’s...
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Friday Roundup: The “I Still Occasionally Do Friday Roundups” Edition
Yes, that’s Hawk. On the right.Hello, bored night shifters! Allow me to entertain you between grave digging, museum guarding, and donut making. Oh, who am I kidding? NONE of us will sleep tonight after...
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The Best Bad Cubs Team of My Time: LRP Terry Mulholland
It’s Terry Mulholland. Trust me.A passing comment on Twitter has led to my next pet project. I’ve compiled a 25-man roster of the best bad Cubs of my time. Let me clarify a few things right off the...
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The Best Bad Cubs Team of My Time: MRP Brooks Kieschnick
Definitely the pitcher.A passing comment on Twitter has led to my next pet project. I’ve compiled a 25-man roster of the best bad Cubs of my time. Let me clarify a few things right off the bat. I...
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The Best Bad Cubs Team of My Time: MRP Bob Scanlan
Bob Scanlan or Jason Lee?jA passing comment on Twitter has led to my next pet project. I’ve compiled a 25-man roster of the best bad Cubs of my time. Let me clarify a few things right off the bat. I...
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Good Luck, OUR GOOD FRIEND PAUL SULLIVAN
Holy shit, Paul, really?There’s a reason I enjoy swapping lies and drinking beers with Paul Sullivan, yet I had to grit my teeth buying a fucking Dewar’s on the rocks for Gordon Wittenmyer. Whether...
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