Now that the sale of the Cubs to the Ricketts family is finished, maybe it's about time we hear from our team's new owner. This entire time there has been no public comment (to my knowledge) made by Tom Ricketts with regards to the future of this team and/or his vision for it. I suppose Friday's press conference should get these questions answered, but we've waited long enough.

It's no secret that Ricketts is inheriting a terrible situation. He has payroll committed to a team that hasn't so much as won a playoff game despite two division championships in the...more

Court is back in session. Jim Hendry is on trial.

If you missed my last post, the prosecution (myself) laid out a pretty good case for Hendry’s incompetency as a GM and now it’s the defense’s (myself) turn to convince the judge (myself) and jury (multiples of myself) that Hendry’s done more good than harm to an organization that hasn’t won a World Series in over a hundred years.

My opening argument in defense Hendry, without consideration of the evidence at this point, is to say that he's had nothing but the team’s best interest in mind when it’s come...more

I decided to give myself a few weeks off as you've probably noticed for a couple reasons. 1 - The Cubs have stunk something awful or at least mediocre since then unless they've been playing the team they just beat or the one that rhymes with $h!tsburgh Highhats. 2 - In my time off, I've come to sort my emotions from what makes sense and have taken the last week to prep for a post that points the finger at the big guy -- Jim Hendry.

Today, in my little remote corner of the blogosphere, Jim Hendry is on trial....more

Nationals 16, Cubs 5

Look at that score. Look at who's listed first in that score. Check the league scoreboard to see the Cardinals won again. I was prepared to give this team the home stand to get hot against the NL's worst, but I don't think I can do it anymore. If I were a more prominent Cubs analyst, I would still hold off, but I'm not, so i can say the Cubs are done, and Milton Bradley just put on the finishing touches.

In case you haven't heard this lovely quote yet:

"It's hard to be...more

Excuse me just a moment before I start blogging, I'm reading about how the Cubs are feeling a sense of urgency with only 40-some games left ...

Ok, I'm done.

So, the St. Louis Cardinals won 2 of 3 against the NL-leading Dodgers in Los Angeles. Now it's the Cubs turn after losing two on the road to the San Diego Padres. The Cubs are down by six games in the division, further than they've been all season, and the Cardinals don't even lose a series to the Dodgers in L.A. Unless urgency means everyone on that team just wants...more