The Anti-Meatball Guide to the Cubs Offseason
OK, first things first… No matter what you hear, no matter what you read (sorry Rice), no matter what comes across twitter: the Cubs are not in the Zack Greinke sweepstakes. After last winter’s free...
View ArticleEarly Free Agent Fantasy: I Don’t Know’s On Third
We have to burst your bubble right off the bat and say that David Wright is likely going to be extended by the Mets, so he won’t be available to the Cubs or any other team except in a ludicrous trade....
View ArticleBaseball into November, Cubs Still Working
It’s been an insane school year so far, with budget cuts and the science department shrinking from five teachers to just three to cover our four grade levels. That meant that I had to take care of...
View ArticleSanta Delivers For the Cubs
I'd say the Cubs completed their Christmas list this year — Shadows Of Wrigley (@ShadowofWrigley) December 24, 2015 After the Cubs were able to successfully execute Plan A, and avoided too much...
View ArticleCubs Happenings Since the Last Time We Had Time To Blog
It’s been a very busy time for us real life folks, and it’s getting to the busy time in the offseason for the Chicago Cubs and Major League Baseball, too. After a stressful job as I try to reach dees...
View ArticleDreamcast 17: Hot or Not?
Now that we are back and rested from the All-Star break and experienced a very fun sweep of the Baltimore Orioles, let’s see whether the defending World Series champion Chicago Cubs can give us...
View ArticleDreamcast 26: It Was Fun While It Lasted
Rice is still recovering from a bad cold, but we found some time to record a poorly edited edition of the Dreamcast to talk about the end of the Cubs’ 2017 season. They are still the 2016 World Series...
View ArticleGuest Post: Kyle Schwarber — The Hero the Cubs Need
Note: This is a nice little piece by long time follower of WSD, Raymond Walden. Generally, I’m okay with the idea of trading guys for pitching, and I’ll let Raymond tell his story below. Feel free to...
View ArticleIdeas For Baseball To Make Some Much Needed Compromises
Unless you have been living on a deserted island recently without any access to any form of media, you know that the relationship between the MLB players & owners is not doing too well. There are...
View ArticleThe Next Phase For the Cubs
The Cubs unfortunately met a premature end to their 2019 season, but this window of contention is not yet shut completely, so there is some work to be done to retool rather than rebuild what could...
View ArticleThe Morning After
So, the Chicago Cubs ended the season having earned the right to play at home in the first round of the playoffs… …and then proceeded to join the rest of their Central division brethren in going...
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