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All Your Base Are Clogged With Cubs: Cubs 7, Reds 2
One of the things that used to drive us most crazy about Dusty Baker's tenure as Cubs manager was his attitude toward the "innocent" (as he once put it during an ESPN broadcast he was commenting on) b...
Know Your Enemy: Cincinnati Reds
Every year, the so-called experts anoint a team as the sexy "surprise" pick to contend, or make the playoffs. Now, ask yourself this, from a March 2009 standpoint: do you even remember who that "se...
The Cub Can Of Worms: Dusty Baker
This one could open some old wounds, so I'll be fairly brief. Most of you know I defended Dusty Baker far beyond the point at which it was reasonable to do so. I was wrong. Period. In reality, Baker s...
The Cub Can Of Worms: Neifi Perez
This one ought to give you enough to talk about as we wait for the Winter Meetings to get underway next week. Neifi Perez was signed by the Cubs on August 19, 2004, two days after he was released b...
One At A Time: Cubs 10, Diamondbacks 6
If you have been reading the "Cubs 2008 Walk Watch" box on the right sidebar since I posted it on May 18 after the Cubs had drawn seven walks and scored all four of their runs in a 4-3 victory via hit...
Kiss My (Bleeping) Ass Right Downtown And Print It!
Twenty-five years ago next Tuesday, April 29, 1983, the Cubs lost to the Dodgers 4-3 at Wrigley Field. To give you a little historic context, the start the Cubs had that year was a mirror image of 2...
Can You Go Home Again?
Longtime readers of this site will remember that I was a defender of Dusty Baker long past the time when it was reasonable to do so. In retrospect, that was a big mistake, and I acknowledge all of Dus...
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