I didn’t particularly care too much about Matt – watching him in his first game in front of friends and family at Citi Field – but he has grown on me. A lot. He even fits the Cubs culture to a T. Few know he donated bone marrow to save a little girl in Eastern … Continue reading
UPDATED to the first 435.2 IP for Maddux vs the first 445.1 IP for Hendricks. I am joining Evan Altman in unabashedly using the term “Kyle Hendricks” in the same breath as “Greg Maddux.” And not in a derogatory way. To the tape: Granted, Hendricks entered the MLB scene at 24 while Maddux started at … Continue reading
Ok, hear me out. And be patient. If you look at WAR generated by plate appearance – yes. Javier Baez IS better than Ben Zobrist. And Addison Russell with 100 less opportunities. (And Jake Arrieta is the most offensively productive batter the Cubs have.) Evan Altman has a really good piece out today about Javy … Continue reading
There is this recurring narrative that the Cubs didn’t NEED a closer. Normally cogent Ken Schultz drops this in his piece entitled, “Cubs, Perhaps, Give In To Chapman Temptation.” He regurgitates a familiar mantra to many statheads beginning one point by saying, “Fact is, the Cubs had no real need for a closer, “ Word … Continue reading
Once again, sports media (CHI and National) are pushing the notion that the Bulls lost the Derrick Rose for Jose Calderon, Nick Lopez and Jerian Grant trade. It’s typical Chicago Bull Sh*t. After the 3rd consecutive year we were told Derrick Rose would “finally” be 100% following his MVP year, we endured a 2015-2016 season … Continue reading
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! It is time for a Robot Ump Revolution! No sport except (perhaps) tennis carries as much reverence as Major League Baseball. The goal of Instant Replay is to “get the play right.” Yet, every day in summer the plate appearances, innings and even games are being sullied by terrible play calling by … Continue reading
I awoke from my 2nd consecutive night of nightmarish Bulls dreams to a Sam Smith article entitled, “The State of the Bulls is sound.” It’s quite interesting the word “sound” is not in proper title case, and I thought perhaps Smith was at his peak playoff prose performance in defining it is “errant noise” rather … Continue reading
