Last weekend the Chicago Cubs visited the Atlanta Braves. CSN Chicago’s Patrick Mooney took it as an opportunity to catch up with my old favorite, Reed Johnson. Johnson recalls when he and teammate Jeff Baker dressed up as Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer on “Superhero Day.” Take a look at the photo before, courtesy of… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Paul Maholm
An early look at the I-94 series 2013 dates
Throughout the course of next season, I’ll be conducting periodic “series previews” for both the Chicago Cubs and the Milwaukee Brewers. Coverage for each series will largely depend on how big of a series it is, and how obsessed I get next season. One thing for certain, though, is there will be full coverage for… Read more »
Ordering the Cubs’ ten man rotation
On the outset of the Winter Meetings last December, Theo Epstein commented on the Chicago Cubs’ starting pitching situation. “We need starting pitching,” he said. “You can’t take your chances very seriously as a club if you go into a season with not just five guys you can point to, but six, seven, eight guys…. Read more »
Sunday Stovetop: October 30th
Free agency officially began today, and the window for players to negotiate exclusively with their former clubs ends when the calendar turns to Thursday this week. As for Sunday Stovetop, I’ve decided to focus primarily on the Chicago Cubs. I’ll still mention big moves by other NL Central teams, but in order for these weekly… Read more »
Sunday Stovetop: October 23rd
Restarting a baseball blog going into the offseason is going to be a bit challenging, but I’m committed on giving it a go. When thinking of different types or posts or pages to put on the site, I wanted to do something tracking the NL Central’s free agents. A big list with contractual updates was… Read more »