Cubs

Is the time a game is played that important?  We hear it in sports all the time.  Back in the day, heck, still pretty recently, all those Cubs home day games, more than any other team, was blamed for performance. … Continued

How about that?  The Cubs actually won a series on the road when they beat the Pirates in the rubber match at PNC Park on Sunday.  It was the first time in almost 2 months.  The last time the Cubs … Continued

I already have said that winning and losing at this age, the 4-6 age group, is not the most important thing.  But…the kids ask me. They want to know.  I should know how it goes. Everything is a competition at … Continued

I used to love that show growing up.  Every Wrigley Field day game from 1pm to the start of the game at 120pm, there it was.  Harry Caray, Steve Stone, giving us that Cubs preview of that day’s game.  They’d show some … Continued

After winning the first 5 games of this latest 10 game home stand, I certainly thought that the Cubs would have done better than 6-4.  Nope.  The Cubs were the sixty percenters on this Wrigley 10.  That’s still good, right? Well, let’s just … Continued

Saturday was one of those days in the Chicago Park District.  The wind was gusting, the sand was blowing… it was the dust bowl out there.  I remember those days fondly. Growing up playing all my baseball at Harrison Park, … Continued

Here we go again.  Losing 6 in a row, winning 5 in a row, a current 2 game losing streak, 1 game above 500, 1 game out of first place.  Just the ebbs and flows of a 162 game season. … Continued

Six down, five up.  Two under, three over.  What slump?  This homestand has served as a nice bounce back for our Cubbies.  They are heating up.  They will never lose again.  Haha. It certainly has been fun to watch.  Seeing … Continued

Not sure about you, but I feel a whole hell of a lot better.  Beating the Cardinals makes me feel good.  Sweeping the birds… fricking awesome.  Sweeping the birds after a 6 game losing streak; it’s the best medicine I … Continued