A Letter To Santa From The Big Dead Sidebar

Dear Santa, I have a confession to make. I haven’t really been a good boy this year. Shocking, I know. Between the Tony La Russa DUI jokes, using Jim Hendry’s weight as a punchline and taking countless jabs at Creighton fans, I probably don’t deserve any Christmas presents. But let’s be clear here, I haven’t [...]

Cubs, WGN Have Tough Decision To Make In Replacing Ron Santo

The folks in the Chicago Cubs organization and those at WGN studios have a rather unenviable task ahead of them in the recent weeks and months leading up into the start of the baseball season. Ron Santo’s untimely death has opened up the analyst spot held by the former Cub for the last 20 years. [...]

What Does Zack Greinke Deal Mean To The Cubs, White Sox?

It’s not often that a trade made on a Sunday morning in December impacts the happenings for both of Chicago’s baseball teams. However, Zack Greinke going from the Kansas City Royals to the Milwaukee Brewers is a deal that does just that. For starters, the American League Central became that much easier for the White [...]

Welcome Home, Kerry Wood

Kerry Wood’s return to the Chicago Cubs organization is such a ridiculously good deal, I am convinced Jim Hendry was out of town when an agreement was struck. On the surface, bringing back Wood is so like the Cubs. It’s a formula the folks at Clark and Addison have mastered over the year. Bring back [...]

An Internal Debate: Should The Cubs Trade Carlos Zambrano?

The New York Yankees have a vault with endless amounts of cash and are willing to throw it at a frontline starting pitcher. The Chicago Cubs have (for argument’s sake) a frontline starting pitcher making a ton of money who they are trying to get rid of before the start of the 2011 season. Cubs. [...]

Cliff Lee Returns To Phillies, Ends 2011 NL Pennant Race In 2010

Cliff Lee’s return to the Philadelphia Phillies is such a big deal, the entire Phillies starting rotation is trending on Twitter — at 2 a.m. Lee spurned the New York Yankees, Texas Rangers — and presumably — the Miami Heat to take his talents back to the City of Brotherly Love. The highly sought-after free [...]

One Last Hurrah For Ron Santo

I simply couldn’t bring myself to watch the Ron Santo funeral. One week after Santo’s shocking passing, I didn’t need any more crying. I didn’t need any more welling of the eyes. But the Pat Hughes eulogy was simply one of the greatest things I’ve ever heard. In a word: Awesome. Hughes inspired the following [...]

Meet Your New Cub First Baseman: Carlos Pena

It didn’t take a no-trade clause and a contract as long as the one handed out for the city of Chicago’s parking meters to make Carlos Pena the Cubs’ next first baseman. Pena will reportedly sign a one-year, $10 million contract on Wednesday. The Good Manager Mike Quade will be relieved to know that he [...]

Cubs First Base Hole Could Have Been Filled By Now

With potential first base options for the Chicago Cubs falling faster than Brandon Webb’s velocity, one can’t help but wonder if the solution is already on the team. With the corner outfield spots crowded by Alfonso Soriano and Kosuke Fukudome’s bulky contracts, manager Lou Piniella flirted — and even hinted — at the idea of [...]

Remembering Ron Santo

Ron Santo hit 342 home runs, knocked in 1,331 RBIs, collected 2,254 hits, won five Gold Gloves and played in nine All-Star Games. And while I wasn’t alive when Santo accumulated what should be Hall of Fame-worthy stats, I, like many Cubs fans, will still fondly remember his life. The Chicago Cubs icon died at [...]

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