As half of YCS opens fire
Yellow Chair Sports —
... According to SI's tease, it reads "Find out why so many people hate the Cubs." Now, after growing up in a family of White Sox fans, going to college in Milwaukee and law school in St. Louis, I was expecting to see some pretty familiar arguments as to why others think the Cubs are the scum of the earth. The article was probably going to stretch on and on for pages and pages. This is the only part of the articlethat approaches criticism. ...
The Heavy Soul Interview: Tom Shatel (Part II)
Heavy Soul —
... --he's a Heavy Soul favorite--that you left a comment of congratulations for him on the recent news that he's being picked up by SI.com. Is Joe a personal friend or someone you've gotten to know by way of geography and the industry? And would you consider him one of the best baseball writers in the country as we do? ...
Cubs as bad guys?
GoatRiders of the Apocalypse —
... Well, JOEPO is none other than Joe Posnanski, sportswriter extraordinare for the Kansas City Star and, most recently, for CNNSI.com. Joe is one of my faves, he is on my reglar rotation every day, and I wish I could write like him. I am excited that he is getting national recognition now, even if his first column on CNNSI is being billed as "Why some people hate the Cubbies" ...
This Week's Links (8/25-8/29)
Vegas Watch —
Extra Mustard column: NFC totals. Grady Sizemore joins the 30-30 club. The Indians have not lost recently. Sadly, the video of the taekwondo incident at the Olympics was taken down very quickly. At least we will always have this picture. Gotta love when you quote an unnamed scout and he makes no sense. Doug Eddings' call was wrong? I had no idea. Posnanski's first SI column.
Lazy Sunday in Sconnie
The DiaTribe —
... Finally, with a trip to the North Side of Chicago happening tomorrow, here’s a great piece by one of my favorites, Joe Posnanski, in his maiden voyage on SI.com regarding how the Cubbies may not be as universally loved as everyone seems to think. As an aside here, with the Yankees and perhaps even the Red Sox not making the playoffs, does anyone else sense that the Cubs are going to be the team that TV execs and the folks at Bristol are preparing to shove down our throats this postseason? ...
