I loved Aramis Ramirez. For nearly a decade he solved the Cubs’ riddle known at the hot corner, a vacuous wasteland for much of three decades after being vacated in the early ’70’s by the incomparable Ron Santo. Ramirez could hit anyone’s best heat, while still punishing breaking stuff that had even the slightest hint of loose spin. […]
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Upon the Retirement of Aramis Ramirez, Great Cub
I remember exactly where I was for the greatest moment of Aramis Ramirez’s career, one of the most memorable games in the past decade of the Chicago Cubs. The promise of the 2006-07 offseason remained unfulfilled on June 29, 2007, as the Cubs scuffled midseason, a game below the .500 mark and 7.5 out of […]
The Winning Legacy of the 2011 Cubs
Photo courtesy of Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports For fans of the Chicago Cubs—and, if you are reading this, I am assuming you fall into that category or, at the very least, that of Interested Observer—the biggest story of the last three years has been the rebuild of the organization from the ground up. While the […]