by Kent Sterling The issue with the Chicago Cubs isn’t about improving over the next four years, but catching the St. Louis Cardinals who manage to win and build at the same time. It’s not about whether Cubs president Theo Epstein is a smart baseball executive; it’s about whether he is a smarter baseball executive […]
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 […]
The Final Four, Pacers regular season winding down, Cubs home opener yesterday, and the NFL’s offseason keeps churning stories. So much to talk about, so little time. Click here to follow Kent Sterling on Twitter And so many to talk to. 1070 the Fan and ESPN’s Dan Dakich joins Fox 59 sports director Chris Hagan […]
by Kent Sterling Current Cubs owner Tom Ricketts has brought unprecedented and unrepentant misery to Wrigley Field is his 4 1/2 years as owner, and I have been critical of almost everything he’s done – minus the mercy killing of Jim Hendry as general manager, which the right thing done a year too late. Click […]
by Kent Sterling When I was a kid, I remember feeling good about an infield of Steve Ontiveros, Ivan DeJesus, Manny Trillo, and Bill Buckner. The 1977 Cubs were worthy of hope – at least through 70 games before a mind bogglingly abrupt collapse. My Dad laughed at me when I waxed rhapsodic about a […]
by Kent Sterling When Chicago Magazine released their annual list of Chicago’s “Power 100”, quickly found were representatives from the Bulls, White Sox, and Bears in the first 23. My eyes scanned down the list, and finally there was Cubs owner Tom Ricketts at #48 nestled right between author Veronica Roth and Doug Druick, who runs […]
by Kent Sterling It has long been said that the Chicago Cubs can drive the sane completely mad. What owning the team can do was anyone’s guess until today when Cubs owner Tom Ricketts told the media, “I think we have a team right now that can go to the playoffs.” Predicting victory is a screwy […]
by Kent Sterling Sure, the Chicago Cubs are a terrible baseball team, but maybe the games on the field at Wrigley Field aren’t the most important being played in Wrigleyville. The battle between the rooftop owners and the Cubs has made headlines for years as the video boards the Cubs would like to erect above […]
by Kent Sterling Cubs fans need to resist all temptation to buy into the nonsense Cubs management is peddling. Owner Tom Ricketts and team president Theo Epstein talk about hope for the distant future with the same zeal with which they battle the rooftop knuckleheads for the right to erect a giant video sign in […]
by Kent Sterling The Cubs avoided an unpleasant arbitration hearing and virtually assured a trade by signing pitcher Jeff Samardzija to a one-year deal worth $5,345,000. Eventually, Samardzija will be released from the purgatory a roster spot with the Cubs represents. The Cubs are still in dump mode, and a pitcher like Samardzija has value […]
