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Welcome Back, Dexter!
After reports originally stated that Dexter Fowler was intending on signing a three-year pact with the Baltimore Orioles, he decided to return to Chicago on a one-year deal. We currently live in a digital age, one capable of producing quick news reports, yet questions regarding validity and dependability of news sources may frequent from […]
Fourteenth Podcast Featuring Special Guest Mike Ferrin!
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Thirteenth Podcast Featuring Special Guest Len Kasper
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Twelfth Podcast Featuring Special Guest Robert Hillman!
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Cubs Make Splash, Sign Trifecta of Free Agents
Again, referring back to the 2015 NLCS, the Cubs faced various adversities including a lack of pitching, offensive struggles, and defensive blunders, which not only cost the Cubs a World Series bid, yet also encouraged front office gurus Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer to make the acquisitions that mattered in […]
An Ode to Chicago Sports Fans
Recently, I rewatched the movie Major League starring Charlie Sheen as a hard-throwing rookie pitcher, along with Wesley Snipes, posing as the lead-off hitter for a plummeting Cleveland Indians franchise whose losing ways had finally caught up with the fans. I especially enjoyed the so-called “heckler” who always found his […]
Successful 2015 Season for Cubs Despite NLCS Loss
As I witnessed the Cubs squander their final out in Game Four of the 2015 NLCS, I realized that although the series as a whole was played in such a horrible manner, the players behind the 2015 Cubs completed one of the most memorable seasons in recent Chicago sports history. […]
Why Jake Arrieta Should Win the Cy Young Award
After the Chicago Cubs won the Jon Lester sweepstakes over the winter, inking the pitcher to a franchise record six year, $153 million contract, he was expected to lead an above-average Cubs pitching staff to a playoff appearance and possibly a World Series championship in the years to come. Although […]
Bryant Continues to Hit Bombs
For over a half-century, beginning in 1961, the Cubs have had only two permanent third baseman to display a combination of skilled hitting and gold-glove caliber play in the field; those two players being hall of famer Ron Santo and Aramis Ramirez. Now that Kris Bryant seems to be the […]