by Kent Sterling Chicago Cubs President Theo Epstein and the Texas Rangers finally pulled the trigger on a trade that was cooking for more than a week as Matt Garza goes to Texas for #22 overall MLB prospect third baseman Mike Olt, mediocre young arm Justin Grimm, and rising pitching prospect C.J. Edwards. Click here […]
by Kent Sterling The Chicago Cubs are a bad baseball team without a compelling player or hope of contending for the postseason in the foreseeable future, and they will still draw 2.5 million fans this year. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter Through 48 home dates, the Cubs have averaged 33,000 tickets sold, and […]
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 […]
by Kent Sterling Maybe I have seen this kind of idiocy for too long to see the trade of platoon outfielder Scott Hairston as nothing but the continuation run of directionless talent acquisition and dispersal by a franchise that needs to be focused on the distant future. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter Hairston […]
by Kent Sterling This is the kind of writing that makes my brain ache. The Cubs traded some guys, including Scott Feldman, Steve Clevenger, and Carlos Marmol to a variety of team for a few other guys, plus some very important International Bonus Pool allotments that total in the neighborhood of $1 million. You see, […]
by Kent Sterling This isn’t about some arcane jinx. Young men break before they get to the major league level all the time, and so when people start chirping about how the Cubs will be the best organization in five years, they are putting the cart before the horse. So when the news broke today […]
by Kent Sterling It’s always a little unpleasant to read that a formerly great baseball player has been designated for assignment. I imagine the manager or general manager calling the player into his office, and giving the player the bad news. That’s a day that comes for almost all players, and if you have any […]
by Kent Sterling Winning a championship is hard, and there is no shame in not winning one for a few seasons, but minus a few outliers, the City of Chicago has had some barren years minus the Blackhawks over the past half century. I would love for you to click here to follow Kent on […]
by Kent Sterling Okay, so this photo gallery has only two pictures, but that’s alright. A picture is worth 1,000 words, so these two shots of Chicago Cubs head fan/owner are worth more than three times the words in this post. I’m tired of Ricketts act, and it is an act. If he doesn’t want […]
by Kent Sterling I didn’t get to see Ernie Banks play a whole lot. My cognitive memory developed just as Ernie Banks physical talents finally eroded, but he was the defining figure at that time in Chicago sports. Banks’ unvarnished enthusiasm for his job was infectious. To watch a guy play baseball everyday who seemed […]
