Seemingly every winter, we are inundated with stories and curiosity about how the free agent market has developed. With this one being particularly slow, and involving a rather unimpressive crop of free agents, there has been amazement at just how little is going on. We have seen the GM Meetings and Winter meetings pass, and […]
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As Almora Jr. Takes His Spot in Center, What Have We Learned?
On November 2nd in Cleveland, I watched Albert Almora Jr. pinch run for Kyle Schwarber and tag up from first to second on a long flyball off the bat of Kris Bryant. From my vantage point, and for a brief, exhilarating second, I thought the ball was gone. Many players would likely have drifted off […]
Bottoms Up
It was August of 2013, and the Cubs were nowhere near a playoff spot. It was just another game in a seemingly endless morass of meaningless competition against a team that was far superior in almost every aspect. The Cardinals were in town and they were in the middle of kicking the crap out of […]
The Dangers of a Quick Rebuild
As all Cubs fans know, Theo Epstein took over baseball operations of the Chicago Cubs prior to the 2012 season. His 2003-2011 Boston teams had been consistent and perennial winners, and he promised to give the Cubs organization similar sustained success through a ground-up rebuild. This certainly sounded enticing at the time, and the rebuild’s awesome effects […]