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Happy Anniversary – 10 Years Ago Today, Chicago Cubs Won Last Playoff Game
October 11, 2013

by Kent Sterling On a Saturday night 10 years ago, I had a party.  A houseful of people watched the Chicago Cubs throttle the Florida Marlins 8-3 at Pro Player Stadium to inch within one game of their first trip to the World Series in 58 years. When Jeff Conine grounded out to short against […]

Chicago Cubs Fire Dale Sveum, for All the Wrong Reasons
September 30, 2013

by Kent Sterling Every major league baseball manager knows that he will be fired before he agrees to take the job, and with the Chicago Cubs, they know that the chances of lasting five full seasons are almost nil. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter Only one manager in the last half century has […]

Chicago Cubs – Chicago Media Is Derelict in Telling Truth to Fans
July 9, 2013

by Kent Sterling It’s hard to tell whether the Chicago sports media is littered with morons, or if they’re nesting in the pockets of Cubs executives who are understandably averse to being outed as free spending and irresponsible. To suggest Matt Garza should be given an extension paying $15-million per year is only explainable by […]

Cubs Owner Tom Ricketts Guarantees Mediocrity
January 17, 2011

by Kent Sterling The best thing an owner in pro sports can do is hold  a general manager accountable to a level of on-court or on-field play that wins championships.  At worst, he becomes an apologist for the inculcated and institution mediocrity that comes to define a losing team. The Chicago Cubs have lost in […]

Delusional Jim Hendry Expects Better Season for Cubs
February 12, 2010

by Kent Sterling It’s not quite time for the annual look at my exclusive Chicago Cubs Preview, but with pitchers and catchers reporting in five days and some recent optimistic and baffling comments by GM Jim Hendry, there is no time like the present to vent a little and clear my head prior to the weekend.  […]