Breakfast with Kent – Colts sit starters; Cubs comeback in HR fest; Bucket Game to Indy? Pac-12 idiocy
August 22, 2019
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Kris Bryant likely to be active tomorrow night in Philly – says Cubs insider Evan Altman
August 30, 2018
August 30, 2018
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Chicago Cubs fans – Let’s stay in this magnificent moment as long as we can
November 3, 2016
November 3, 2016
What do we do now? If the smiles ever fade, Cubs fans are going to have to figure out how to behave without endless references to 1908 and 1945 ringing in our heads. “Wait ’til next year” is gone – replaced by “This year was was everything I dreamed!” When Kris Bryant made the throw to […]
Chicago Cubs – Opportunity lost and a future that might bring banners
October 22, 2015
October 22, 2015
by Kent Sterling Overmatched and underprepared. That’s the epitaph for the Chicago Cubs the day after one of the weakest showings in the history of postseason baseball. Regurgitating the obvious – anemic offense and defensive ineptitude – serves no purpose. There was no ‘what if’ moment during the first four-game sweep of the Cubs since Lou […]
Cubs fans hopes reignited, but not without an emotional fight
October 7, 2015
October 7, 2015
by Kent Sterling Baseball fans backing the 29 teams that do not call Wrigley Field home loathe hearing about the 106-year championship drought, the unique level of suffering it causes, and the many ways Cubs fans are different from them. I was accosted by an Expos fan at Indiana University in 1984 while wearing a […]
Chicago Cubs sign Jon Lester, and suddenly relevance returns to Wrigley Field
December 10, 2014
December 10, 2014
by Kent Sterling The rebuild of the Chicago Cubs jumped into hyperdrive just before 2:00 a.m. today when postseason ace Jon Lester decided that six years (with a vesting option for a seventh year) and $155 million was enough to lead the starting rotation for a team expected to slowly mature and contend for a […]
Chicago Cubs – Crash Course in Finance Explains Why Cubs Will Suck Until 2020; But Not Tom Ricketts Dishonesty
April 6, 2014
April 6, 2014
by Kent Sterling The Cubs suck. Sad, but true. Even worse, there is a reason for it that has no cure until the 2020 season, and it has nothing to do with profiteering by the Ricketts. Whether you prefer to be pissed off by it, or tolerate it, the Cubs being noncompetitive is not going […]
Chicago Cubs Picked as the Worst Team in Baseball
January 29, 2014
January 29, 2014
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 […]