As anyone who knows me or reads this blog regularly knows, i grew up in iowa. Northwest iowa to be specific. Growing up there, you had three choices of baseball teams to root for: The Royals, the Twins, or the Cubs.A Back when i was young and growing up, the Royals were actually good and had George   more...
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Stuff like this just pisses me off. FOX has decided to replace the Mets-Marlins game, which has huge Playoff implications, with the possibly meaningless Yankees-Red Sox game. The main game for the network will be the Cubs and Brewers, but most of the East Coast (25% of the country in total) will   more...
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You've seen them up there, watching the game from across the street. But have you ever been inside a luxury rooftop skybox? Cubs blogger Matt Paolelli checked one out for a bachelor party and assembled this photo tour for inquisitive fans.
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Spanning nearly a hundred years - from "Three-Finger" to Sosa - this collection of the all-time greatest Cubbie players by team position is sure to entertain, impress and possibly annoy - but will surely spark many heated debates among devoted fans. Can't say I agree with all the choices, but they   more...
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I went back and looked at the Snyder video yesterday after it was mentioned in the comments. While the commentary from Mark Grace was pretty funny it just didn't seem that bad. Snyder jumped up quickly and even stayed in the game for an inning or two. I really didn't think it was worth posting.   more...
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Full name is James David Riggleman, he was born in Fort Dix, New Jersey Managed the Padres from 1992 to 1994, coached Tony Gwynn, Fred McGriff, and Gary SheffieldManaged the Cubs from 1995 to 1999, coached Sammy Sosa and Mark Grace (Old)Reached playoffs in 1998, lost to Braves in the NLDS was   more...
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At this point in the season, we've come to the conclusion that the baseball networks are simply antagonizing us. Over the course of this summer, we documented Eric Byrnes' penchant for TV whoredom, in which Byrnes appears in ridiculous skit-based segments on the Fox Saturday baseball pregame show.   more...
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It's a Remdawg weekend folks! Jerry Remy will be joining Brennamania for interleague play this weekend and once again we're blessed with no Buck and McCarver. We do have to deal with a lot of Red Sox games, but I'll take that deal any day. Here's the schedule....Saturday:Boston Red Sox at   more...
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The majority of the country is getting a double dose of Red Sox-Angels this weekend, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. The bad news is really for those on the East Coast who don't get that game (like me). We're stuck with Stockton and McCarver. Yes!Oh and a quick reminder. This weekend's   more...
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Sorry folks. I completely forgot to put this post up yesterday. Here is your announcing schedule for the weekend and we're once again missing the Buckster. Matt Vasgersian replaces him on the main game and will be with Mark Grace while the rest of you will either get Timmy Mc and Kenny Albert or   more...
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Sorry folks. I completely forgot to put this post up yesterday. Here is your announcing schedule for the weekend and we're once again missing the Buckster. Matt Vasgersian replaces him on the main game and will be with Mark Grace while the rest of you will either get Timmy Mc and Kenny Albert or   more...
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For over 20 years, Dick Stockton has been one of the primary play-by-play men for NBA and NFL action on CBS and Fox. He's done some baseball in his career, with his most notable accomplishment coming in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series for his call of Carlton Fisk's home run. With Joe Buck's   more...
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A really interesting schedule for this weekend. The first amazing thing is that there's no Red Sox or Yankees for the first time since May 29th! I'm stoked for the Dodgers-Brewers game, but good lord there are some crappy teams on this schedule.FOX is again tapping into the local broadcaster well   more...
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He's baaaaaack! We all knew it was too good to be true folks. Joe Buck is back with his good pal Tim McCarver and they're calling a Yankees game. Kill me now. Also, I know it's tough to work out schedules with other networks ahead of time, but could we get a little variety? Good lord...it's   more...
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Here it comes folks...the weekend you've dreaded all season. It's the Sox, It's the Yanks, It's Buck and McCarver and it's on FOX.....NEXT! You'll be getting a double dip of the rivalry that people love to hate this weekend, but there is some good news as well. HR is going to be in the booth for   more...
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