by Kent Sterling Have you ever had a job where an inept oaf continued to receive promotion after promotion without justification, other than an inability for management to see him for who he is? On the Chicago Cubs, that employee is second baseman Darwin Barney There was a time that I was bullish on Darwin […]
by Kent Sterling Ernie Banks loved his job, and he was very good at it. For a generation of Chicagoans, Ernie Banks embodied the beauty of enjoying what you do. He hit 512 home runs, and was a first ballot hall of famer for a franchise that absolutely sucked through nearly his entire career. Until […]
by Kent Sterling According to a smart guy named Clay Davenport who runs computer simulations and analyzes statistical probabilities, the Chicago Cubs will be the only team in baseball to win less than 70 games in 2014. Don’t worry, the bevy of amazing and highly touted prospects the Chicago media crows about daily are only […]
by Kent Sterling The battle between the Cubs and the owners of the rooftop saloons that overlook Wrigley Field from across Waveland and Sheffield Avenues is a little like a grade school fight between bullies. Both guys losing is the only acceptable outcome. Cubs owner Smilin’ Tommy Ricketts would like to erect giant video boards […]
by Kent Sterling Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts breathed a long sigh of relief this morning when Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka announced his intention to accept the New York Yankees offer of a seven-year, $155 million to hurl a supposedly unhittable splitter in the Bronx. The Cubs generated a lot of media coverage by engaging […]
by Kent Sterling The Chicago Cubs are supposedly putting their best foot and checkbook forward in trying to lure Japanese hurler Masahiro Tanaka to ply his wares on Chicago’s North Side, but there is no chance at all that he accepts – and the Cubs know it. On its face, the bidding is idiotic. The […]
by Kent Sterling My Dad is irate. Somewhere in the middle of the great beyond, Clark Sterling is cursing the Chicago Cubs with the same zeal he showed for 70 years in life. The Cubs have decided to do what every other sports franchise tired of trying to extort friendliness and appearances out of their […]
by Kent Sterling Dolts don’t like being mocked any more than smart people do, and dolts with power generally find a way to try to get even in the worst possible way. Showing their abject stupidity, the Baseball Writers Association of America has stripped ESPN host Dan LeBatard of his Baseball Hall of Fame vote […]
by Kent Sterling There is no doubt that Pete Rose was a self-entitled jerk who said and did things that it seems only professional athletes can get away with. He broke THE rule when he bet on the Reds when he managed the team. There is no mistaking the importance of baseball’s ban on gambling […]
by Kent Sterling There is no one less fun to be around at the ballpark than a health nut who insists on telling you how hot dogs are made. Snouts and peckers? I don’t want to know there are snouts and peckers in my hot dog. They are delicious with mustard and onions, so keep […]