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"Bush League" is a general term used to describe an action or thing as being amateur, inferior or crude. In a literal sense, it refers to a low quality minor league, not associated with the major league teams. We at Bush League Times are all of the above. December 31, 2008 DeRosa Traded To Tribe Posted By: Jay
The Cubs traded Mark DeRosa to the Cleveland Indians today for a pile of crap. I wonder what we would have received in the trade if DeRosa wasn't coming off of a career year? I hope everyone who was screaming that the Cubs didn't need Brian Roberts because we had DeRosa now feels like a complete ass-clown. Hopefully this move is setting up something bigger or else it appears that the Cubs have bigger financial issues than they have owned up to. Either that or they just suck. Oh yeah, the Cubs also signed Aaron Miles, a former Cardinal. You know, because rooting for Marquis and Edmonds was so much fun, why not do this again?
December 30, 2008 Weeeeeee! Posted By: Jay
Not that he's ever to be trusted, but ESPN's Steve Phillips is reporting
that the Cubs are close to sending Jason Marquis to the Colorado Rockies
for As for Vizcaino, well, he sucks too but at least he's cheaper. He also starts off with Eric Karros and Mark Grudzielanek status. They instantly became two of my favorite Cubs when they were acquired for Todd Hundley, one of my least favorite players of all time. Eventually the suck will shine through and I'll hate Vizcaino as well but at least he's not Jason Marquis. If we're going to hold a roster spot for someone who won't make the postseason roster, might as well save a couple of bucks throughout the season.
December 7, 2008 2009 Winter Classic Posted By: Jay
Here's hoping the Blackhawks can hit something at Wrigley...
October 7, 2008 The Seven Stages Of Grief Posted By: Jay
Today was a big day for me. I was talking to Puma via email about the seven stages of grief and I realized I was still at stage 1. 1. Shock or Disbelief Slight chance I was at stage 2 but it's tough to know when you're in
denial. He got me thinking about the
October 6, 2008 A New Low Posted By: Jay
Unfortunately, we are all familiar with the Fukudome headbands and "Horry Kow" t-shirts that are sold outside the stadium. I'm not sure when Cubs fans thought it was acceptable to be so openly ignorant and racist, but you can't go anywhere around Wrigley without seeing somebody whose sporting one. Well, imagine my surprise on Thursday night when I tuned into the Cubs game and saw that Cub fans have expanded the attack. The picture above is of some fan wearing the "Derrek Lee Watermelon Rally Cap." I feel dirty and ashamed to be a Cub fan. This needs to end now Cubs fans. We're better than this, I implore you to leave your Derrek Lee Watermelon Rally Caps at home and show some class.
October 4, 2008 Can You Be Perfect? Posted By: Jay Here's a little inspirational video for the Cubs tonight. It's Billy Bob Thorton's speech from 'Friday Night Lights.'
Let's hope they don't misinterpret the message and adopt a bunch of kids with Angelina Jolie...
October 4, 2008 Do Or Die Posted By: Jay Game 3 is tonight and Cubs fans everywhere are ready to jump off the ledge. Still, you have to feel good about having Rich Harden on the mound tonight and Lilly tomorrow (that's right, tomorrow...you heard me). There's nothing you can do about the past two games except bury them. The rest of the season starts tonight. You're either on board or you're not.
October 3, 2008 Doooooooooooom!!!!
October 2, 2008 What, Me Worry? Posted By: Jay
Yes, the Cubs lost Game 1 to the Dodgers 7-2. Yes, they looked bad. Yes, Dempster hardly resembled the pitcher that he was in the regular season and was uncharacteristically wild. Yes, the bats were silent for the most part. Am I worried? Hell no. I have to say I'm disappointed in the Wrigley "faithful" tonight as they wasted no time in breaking out the boo birds. Listen to me. Settle down, relax...we're fine. This Cubs team was dominant all season long and there is no way that you should work yourself up into a lather over this loss. The Dodgers were just six games over .500 for a reason this year. They're just not that good. Would it really surprise you if the Cubs ran the table, ripped off three straight and advanced to the next round? Me neither. I don't have the time or the patience to listen to all the "Cubbie Occurrence" or "woe is me" bullshit. Let's keep this in perspective, realize that the best team on the field resides in Chicago and let's enjoy the ride. Let's start tonight.
September 21, 2008 Step 1: Division Title Posted By: Jay Congrats boys, you deserve it...
September 15, 2008 Zambrano-no! Posted By: Jay
Congrats to Big Z as he no-hit the Astros in a 5-0 Cubs win. Yeah, I'd say he's healthy. The Cubs immediately sent a DVD of Big Z's performance to the Commisioner's office so they could see what a no-hitter in Miller Park really looks like.
September 10, 2008 It's Almost October, Time For TBS! Posted By: Jay
That's right folks, playoff baseball is almost upon us and that means
it's time for TBS coverage. Most of us are excited that the Cubs
September 8, 2008 Weekend Wrap Up Posted By: Jay
The Cubs dropped two of three this weekend to the Cincinnati Reds. Friday night was a very forgettable 10-2 loss but the Cubs followed that up with a 14-9 shellacking on Saturday night. On Sunday, the Cubs let one get away as they blew a 3-1 lead in the ninth to drop the rubber game of the series by a score of 4-3.
September 2, 2008 Rumors, Rants and Rumblings Posted By: Jay
Everyone knows that the Baltimore Orioles are known for taking the Cubs trash. Perhaps that's why they screwed this up. It appears, according to Fred Mitchell, that Transformer was going to be a throw-in in the Sammy Sosa deal to Baltimore. Instead, Baltimore received Sosa and cash in exchange for Mike Fontenot, Jerry Hairston Jr. and David Crouthers on Feb. 2, 2005.
August 27, 2008 Jay Mariotti Leaves The Sun-Times Posted By: Jay One down, three to go. Here's hoping he takes Rozner, Rosenbloom and Murphy with him. Hey Jay, if you need a ride to the airport, let me know.
August 27, 2008 Beating A Dead Horse Posted By: Jay
I just don't understand the Alfonso Soriano bias. While I usually reserve this subject for Clock, I'm fed up with the Sori bashing by certain individuals. I'll be the first to admit that Soriano is maddening, I can live with it though because of everything else he brings to the table. He is, in my opinion, the Cubs MVP. The Cubs are 27-25 without Soriano and 54-25 when he is in the lineup going into last night's game.
August 20, 2008 Junk or Cheese? Posted By: Big Puma
Hello. The Puma Speaks. I’ve been here since BLT (that’s the BushLeagueTimes to you) was just an apple in the eye of Jay Venomous. Way back in the spring of 2008, Mr. Venomous & Mr. Clock had a dream. They dreamt of a beautiful place where people could come, from all over the world, to hear their thoughts on our beloved North-Siders. Jay ignored Desipio, HJE, Thunder Matt’s Saloon, NSBB, Bleed Cubbie Blue, etc. and soon took the fantasy and turned it into reality, improvising BushLeagueTimes.com out of nothing more than a handful of determination, a bushel of rage, & a quart of Vance Law’s sweat to make this the #1 site for all things Cubs. Over these few months, Jay has taken BLT and turned it from an FJM ripoff into something bigger, larger, better.
August 18, 2008 Running Numbers Posted By: Jay
Before I get into this, let me preface this by saying that I do like Ryan Theriot. I don't like him enough to where I would start a blog about him and call him the "heart and soul" of the Chicago Cubs, that would be stupid. But I do like him.
August 13, 2008 Theriot Pinch Hits Posted By: Jay
Paul Sullivan isn't around this week to answer his reader questions so he needed somebody to fill his shoes. Seeing how he wears a size 7, the only person available was Ryan Theriot.
August 8, 2008 Have It Your Way Posted By: Jay This should come as a surprise to nobody. Bill Plaschke likes penis in his mouth.
August 8, 2008 GFY Mike Murphy Posted By: Clock
Yesterday, Mike Murphy further went after Alfonso Soriano, his favorite topic.
First off, he was discussing MVP candidates and how Sori’s name has been mentioned nationally apparently. He then made the comment that while Sori gets the publicity, every Cubs’ fan knows that Theriot or DeRosa is the real MVP of the team. And he made the comment so matter-a-factly that only the national media thinks Sori is good and completely glossed over Aramis and Zambrano.
August 6, 2008 Bad Eyre Day Posted By: Jay
Cubs reliever Scott Eyre was DFA'd on Tuesday as the Cubs needed a roster spot for the returning Kerry Wood. Eyre was the odd man out after Neal Cotts and Sean Marshall pitched well in his absence, as well as the emergence of the Samurai Ninja. It will be interesting to see what happens when Jon Lieber is healthy enough to be activated. The same fate might very well await either Lieber or Bob Howry.
August 4, 2008 Raise Your Hand If You're Sure Posted By: Jay
I'll admit, I'm a pessimistic person by nature. There is just something hard-wired into me that doesn't allow me to enjoy myself, I am constantly waiting for the proverbial kick in the balls to come at any moment.
August 1, 2008 Brewers Left Holding Their Sausages Posted By: Jay
It was just last week that Cubs fans were asking themselves "Why is it never easy?" as the Brewers were quickly approaching in the rearview mirror. Well, the Cubs certainly made it look easy this time as they completed a four game sweep of Milwaukee while outscoring them 31-11 in the series. The Brewers and their fans came in confident and cocky. This ought to shut them up for awhile.
July 30, 2008 Mad Cheddar Posted By: Clock
The biggest series yet this season for the Cubs so far is here. That isn’t saying much given that no series before August or even September is all that important by itself. They have taken Game 1 with Lilly facing Sabathia, which was a big win. The final 3 games they appear to have the edge in the pitching match ups.
July 28, 2008 Up Against The Clock Posted By: Jay With the Cubs starting a big four game series with Milwaukee today, Bush League Times was lucky enough to get WSCR's Mike Murphy to visit with us. Murph was able to give us a couple minutes of his time and give us an expert breakdown on the state of the Cubs. BLT: Hi Murph. Thanks for taking the time to... MM: Vuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk!
July 25, 2008 Friday Roundup Posted By: Jay Last night, the Peoria Chiefs and the Dayton Dragons got together and a WNBA game broke out.
July 23, 2008 The Dark Knight Posted By: Clock
This week marks the return of the superstar the whole city loves to hate. Alfonso Soriano is set to return this week, 6 weeks after suffering a broken hand. He was projected to miss a month and a half, so if my math is correct, he is returning significantly ahead of schedule, as promised. I’ll figure out that crazy metric system one of these days…
July 20, 2008 Rumors, Rants and Rumblings Posted By: Jay The chatter from Milwaukee is that the Brewers are on the verge of acquiring Ray Durham from the San Francisco Giants. I understand wanting to upgrade defensively at second base if you're Milwaukee, but they're bringing in the one guy who is quite possibly even more of a defensive liability than Rickie Weeks.
July 18, 2008 Welcome Back Posted By: Jay Welcome back to Bush League Times. We took advantage of the All-Star break and used the time to get reacquainted with our families. Thankfully, the Cubs season resumes tonight and we are back to all things baseball. Before we put this All-Star Game to bed, I just wanted to address some things from this year's game.
July 14, 2008 Inaugural Bush League Times Awards Posted By: Jay Welcome to the 'Inaugural Bush League Times First Half Awards Show.' Tonight, we will be honoring the best and worst performances of the first half of the 2008 MLB season. All of the nominees will be vying for the coveted Bush League Times 'BLT Award.' For those of you not familiar with the BLT Award, it has a history as prestigious as Lord Stanley's Cup, except nobody's pissed in it yet. Anyway, on with the awards!
July 10, 2008 ESPN: This Is My Wish Posted By: Jay I give up, I don't know what to say anymore about ESPN. I can't quite figure out when it happened but this network is a joke. I used to always go to ESPN to get my sports information, if I was at home it was on. It didn't matter that I could watch the same episode of Sports Center from 10 p.m. until 11 a.m. the next morning, it was sports goddammit. Somewhere along the way they got sidetracked. The show is still an hour long but they only cover sports for about 20 minutes. After they spend the first 17 minutes discussing the Red Sox and Yankees, that leaves 3 minutes of coverage for the rest of the country. The rest of the show is filled with shit like this.
July 8, 2008 Class Act Posted By: Jay The Cubs start a three game series tonight with the Cincinnati Reds and it will mark the first time that Marty Brennaman comes to Wrigley since his comments back on April 18th.
July 7, 2008 The Magnificent Seven Posted By: Jay The Cubs will be well represented at this year's All-Star Game as they try to secure home-field advantage for the World Series. Kosuke Fukudome, Geovany Soto and Alfonso Soriano were elected starters by the fans and Ryan Dempster, Kerry Wood, Carlos Zambrano and Aramis Ramirez were chosen as reserves. Seven Red Sox were also taken for the
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