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Jim Edmonds, now you're a Cub by Damen Jackson

Amazing. After years of watching Cubs teams find a way to lose games when it counted, the 2008 Cubs are taking advantage of every opportunity, and winning some of the most exciting and improbable games in recent memory. The latest was a great comeback...

Perfection by Damen Jackson

I can think of very little that went wrong today, and even when it was wrong it got right, as the Cubs put the cap on a perfect homestand, beating the Colorado Rockies 5-3 at Wrigley. And the day was perfect for a number of reasons, not the least of which...

Bobbleheads by Damen Jackson

You've seen it -- or at least heard about it -- a few times by now. Two out, bottom of the 9th, and a routine fly ball hit to Alfonso Soriano. It should have won the game. It should have won the series. And Soriano inexplicably drops it. Brian Bixler...

Well, as I was saying by Damen Jackson

The other day I mentioned what a different look and feel the Cubs lineup has with Reed Johnson and/or Felix Pie in it. Perhaps it's the rally-killing tendencies of Jim Edmonds. Or maybe it's the productivity at the bottom of the lineup. Or maybe...

Hey! You! Get off of my ledge!!! by Damen Jackson

If today's game -- a 7-4 win over the Pirates -- doesn't convince even the most cynical of Cubs fans to come off of the ledge, I don't think that anything will. But here, let me help. I'll give you a hand. Alfonso Soriano did what Soriano...

Battle of the "Aces" by Damen Jackson

I hear -- frequently, mind you -- that the Cubs starters are awful. That they're a nice team, adequate starting staff, but once you're past Zambrano, there simply isn't enough talent to win a playoff series against other teams aces. Those...
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