Last season SS Ryan Theriot and RF Kosuke Fukudome split time at the leadoff spot after it became undeniably obvious that Alfonso Soriano was a disaster. This season the two head into the 2010 season as the two candidates to lead off once again. Popular opinion seems to be on Theriot’s side and ESPN’s Tyler [...]

The Cubs won back-to-back divisions in 2007 and 2008.  It seemed like the only thing that went wrong with the Cubs was that their hitters didn’t show up in the playoffs both times.  Otherwise they were clearly the most dominant team in their division and seemed poised to win many more divisions with solid pitching [...]

Wrigleyville23 invented a statistic last year called the “TOOTBLAN”.  For those of you not familiar with this stat, it was created to honor Ryan Theriot, one of the worst baserunners in the entire league.  TOOTBLAN stands for “Thrown Out On The Basepaths Like A Nincompoop”.  This includes any kind of out made on the basepaths, [...]

Everyone around the league thinks Fukudome is a bust after his disappointing season last summer.  Cubs fans feel the pain most of all, since a ton of us went out and bought a myriad of Fukudome merchandise.  Whether you just bought a headband, or went all out and got an authentic jersey, I’m sure you’re [...]

After a long delay yesterday, the Cubs finally played their home opener.  My toes are still cold from being out there, and the potato vodka I drank out of a flask is still sitting heavy in my stomach (it’s Passover so I can’t eat or drink most ballpark food).  The game was amazing once it [...]

Mother Nature is trying to mess up the Cubs Home Opener, but I still think the game will be played.  Although all the weathermen are saying there is about a 75% chance of rain well into the evening, I have reason to believe they can squeeze the game in.  Here is the picture of the [...]

Am I jumping the gun?  Yes.  Do I care?  Nope. 4 for 5 with a home run and 4 runs scored is all it took for me.  I’m bringing my Kosuke jersey tee out of the closet.

Fukudome hasn’t been playing with the Cubs this spring, since he has been trying to help Japan win some games in the World Baseball Classic.  He has done ok, going 2-7 so far with the Japanese team.  As usual, he is walking a lot as well, drawing 4 bases on balls in only 11 plate [...]

Steve Phillips of ESPN has something stupid to say about everything when it comes to baseball.  We can’t really fault him for talking about baseball, it’s his job.  We can yell at him for not doing any research and talking out of his ass though.  Don’t worry though, you don’t have to yell at him.  [...]