Cubs president Theo Epstein is leaving the team on Friday, and there is a lot of chatter about what nefariousness occurred to cause this change at the top of the franchise’s front office. The answer appears to be that Epstein is leaving because the time has come. It’s simple as that. Sometimes the most least […]
The Chicago Cubs announced tonight they are not tendering middle infielder Addison Russell a contract for the 2020 season. That’s good news for Cubs fans who didn’t want to be conflicted about cheering for a player who beat and terrorized his wife. Russell was terrible offensively in 2019 (.237/.308/.391) and continued his defensive regression, so even […]
The Chicago Cubs lost their eighth consecutive game last night, and were mathematically eliminated from the postseason for the first time since 2014. That’s the what. But fans want to know why it happened, and more importantly how this doesn’t happen again to their team. Why did Jon Lester, Kyle Hendricks, Jose Quintana, Cole Hamels, and […]
The Cubs have a decision. Exercise patience, hoping the team magically finds the exuberance that made them so much fun to watch from 2015 to 2017, or sell some parts to restock a depleted farm system. The trade deadline is two days away and president Theo Epstein could try to find a piece of two […]
What better way for a manager to tell a general manager the bullpen sucks than expose one of the pitchers who comprise it? That may be exactly what Cubs manager Joe Maddon did last Sunday when he brought in Carl Edwards Jr. with two outs and two on in the top of the ninth inning […]
People who make bad decisions – or exhibit a lack of behavioral control – in one area will likely make them in others. Such is the case with Cubs second baseman Addison Russell, who was accused in social media posts by his ex-wife of general idiocy that included physical abuse and emotional terror. Russell was suspended […]
Addison Russell terrorized at least two women, and so he was suspended for 40 games. That suspension will end later this week, and he will be eligible to return to the Chicago Cubs. Fans are split on Russell’s return. Some want him to be welcomed back because “everyone deserves a second chance.” Others believe that […]