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Manny Ramirez or Alfonso Soriano

If you were given the option right now to take Alfonso Soriano and his contract for the next 6 years or Manny Ramirez at his price for the next 6 years, which would you want? Why? On a side note, the...

Cup of Joe: RIP Kevin Foster

We’re rolling out some new features and a new design sometime today. In the meantime, I wanted to throw some interesting notes from around the web. Feel free to send us things you find for...

ID this old Cub Autograph

A reader asked me to help with this awhile back and I completely forgot until now. Please help him ID this autographed ball. The bottom one is Paul Assenmacher, but who is the top one?Also,...

One Heck of a Year

As many of you know, I still play baseball. In fact, Jose and I play in the same league, on a National level. This year, was nothing like the Cubs’ year, as our mighty Lobos struggled...

It Happened

The weather was beautiful Thursday afternoon so I took the motorcycle out for a spin. I was kind of in the neighborhood so I decided to head over to Wrigley Field to check out the vibe. I was...

The Big Plan

Let me start by saying this. The 2008 Chicago Cubs team was very, very good. This team was one of the best Cubs teams in recent history, with a very good balanced offense, a good balanced pitching...

Shame on me…

Why we need to do something…maybe even big: The old saying goes “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me” though President Bush butchered it when he tried to use it....

Fool me once…

I will be writing a longer post about off season plans for next year in about an hour. However, I want to throw out a few questions  to get things started this morning. Is this team still, even with...

Let It Roll or Matt’s Crazy Off Season Plan

The Chicago Tribune had a poll up Sunday asking which Cubs collapse broke your heart the most. Honestly, I’d have to rank it, and this is only in my lifetime, the 2003 team, the 1984 team, and...

Morning Cuppa Joe: Carlos Marmol Injured

Carlos Marmol was injured in a car accident in the Dominican Republic (Source) - “Out of precaution they did different studies on my body, and I don’t have any kind of serious...