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By Jim Coffman
A dumpster fire of a game like that ends and the main thing people are bitching about is the coach should have refused the 10-second runoff? Really? I’ll let you in on a little secret: that wasn’t even in the top five grievances after this brutal 37-34 loss to the lousy Lions in Detroit. In fact, I’m going to argue it isn’t even a legitimate beef.
Posted on October 19, 2015
By Tom Latourette
This club’s been like a ship on the ocean; the Titanic with a fanbase full of hope and devotion.
A call-out to Cubbie Nation.
Posted on October 19, 2015
By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
Postseason Paradise. Including: Metropolitans vs. Cubopolitans; Ron Coomer Is An Awful Announcer; Chasing Utley; No Flipping?; Bears Try To Save Season With Must-Win Game!; and Hoiberg Hooey.
Posted on October 16, 2015
CBS2’s Jennifer McLogan Reports
Reporting live from America’s last shopping mall.
McLogan asks the tough questions.
A Hollywood ending.
Posted on October 16, 2015
By Dan O’Shea
One of the biggest fantasy mysteries of this NFL season has been the injury-related one revolving around Bears’ WR Alshon Jeffery. Jeffery hasn’t played since Week 1, though by appearances he has been nearly a game-time decision in each of the last three weeks.
Is it his previous calf injury? A new hamstring injury? Both? We will get no answers from Bears coach John Fox. What it all adds up to is that Jeffery is arguably the biggest fantasy bust among WRs this season.
Judging by his 97% ownership in Yahoo! leagues, fantasy owners are not cutting Jeffery loose just yet (although a lot of them, myself included, have him on the trading block). His high rate of retention has a lot to do with the fact that when he does come back, he is virtually guaranteed to be the Bears’ No. 1 pass target. With Jay Cutler having a better-than-expected campaign, this is no small thing.
Posted on October 15, 2015
By Carl Mohrbacher
Good news everybody! The AFC has a team nearly as banged up as the Bears and better yet, they’re massive underachievers!
It was a nice victory for the Chicago Bears and their wide receiving corps of taxi squad recruits.
Given the number of injuries the Bears’ offense has sustained, victory was likely contingent on a thus-far unknown player emerging, seizing the opportunity and shining on the national stage.
Would Marquess Wilson, Bill Bellamy or Burgess Meredith capture the hearts of Chicagoans?
Or would crappy late-game play doom this season to a four-month run of uninterrupted shitness*?
Posted on October 14, 2015
By Steve Rhodes
I’ve actually always liked this song, which I admitted to my friends earlier this season. I’m not sick of it at all.
Written and performed by: Steve Goodman
Released: 1984, as a single.
Length: 2:51
Label: Red Pajamas Records
Album: No Big Surprise, 1994
Posted on October 14, 2015
Kiddie Kubs Still Too Kute
With the Cubs advancing to the National League Championship Series, this team needs to up its nickname game to the level befitting a World Series contender. We’ll help.
Kyle Schwarber: Schwarbs – see – seems to be the richest in possibility: We already favor Bam Bam, and Babe is fine too. But let’s play around a little.
* Schwarbsy.
* The Schwarbster.
* The Schwarb Master.
* Charles Schwarb.
* Schwarberry Short Cake.
Posted on October 14, 2015
By Steve Rhodes
Look, we’ve had a lot of fun around here talking about the magical mysticism of Joe Maddon, but that’s all in fun. In truth, Maddon is neither sprinkling holy water on his lineup cards nor playing hunches. As a sabermetrician, he is in diametrical opposition to hunches. I’d like to see us get it right, so we can understand the truth about the man’s managing.
Instead, even the city’s best sportswriter – by far – has fallen for the latest Cubs myth:
“Who takes out his hottest hitter and replaces him with another rookie and then gets a two-run homer as if it is exactly what he expected to get?” Bernie Lincicome wrote after the Cubs beat the Cards in Game 2 of the NLDS the other night. [“Shaft!” – Tim Willette]
“Manager Joe Maddon, the mad alchemist, that’s who. He shakes his beaker and pronounces today’s brew ready and darned if it isn’t. What has no business being anything is not only good enough, not only remarkable enough but satisfying enough.”
Please.
Posted on October 12, 2015
By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
Manager of the Forever. Plus: Playoff-Bound Bears 10-Point Underdogs; Enough About The Bears, Let’s Talk About The Cubs; The Bears’ Plan; Blackhawks Belabor Banner-Raising; Enough About The Blackhawks, Let’s Talk About The Cubs; and Beer Talk.
Posted on October 9, 2015
