Breaking Bad: Rabid Dog
Spoilers for the September 1st episode of Breaking Bad titled Rabid Dog in the comments.
View ArticleRemembering Marvin Miller’s legacy
Great breakdown by Olbermann, though his equating 1960s dollars with today's dollars is pretty dumb. The point would still stand though.
View ArticleHope Monster shirts
Added a bunch of Hope Monster T-shirts to the store. Let me know if like the design or would like other, related designs: other text, specific comics, etc....
View ArticleNew Store Updates
I'm still adding new stuff to the store. Let me know what products you'd like to see. I added an Obstructed View sign section and a special product just for WaLi. We aim to please here at Obstructed...
View ArticleCubs Dominate Northwest League Top Prospect List
The first "wave of talent" is almost here, and by that, I mean Baez/Alcantara. The next wave may not be that far afterwards. Baseball America placed 6 Cubs on the list of the Top 20 Prospects of the...
View ArticleSomething about Brad Ausmus replacing Dale Sveum
I don't really care whether or not Brad Ausmus replaces Dale Sveum, but someone here might so here's what Julie has to say. I didn't read it all and don't care because it's just rearranging deck...
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Orange Is The New Black, Reviewed
Prison Dramedy: More Arrested Development, Less Oz Orange is the New Black, the breakout Netflix original series, is a very good show. Even if you don’t like the first episode (a little too slow and...
View ArticleOn the Lack of Bears Coverage
Hello everyone. The astute among you will notice that I haven't done anything for football in the past few weeks. This is sort-of intentional, sort of not. Last week, my wife and daughter were both...
View Article2013 Baseball America Top Prospects Teaser
Baseball America is one of the leading providers of minor league baseball content. Today, their list came out for the Cubs top prospects. I'm going to tease the list here, and ask you to please support...
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Daytona Cubs named Baseball America’s 2013 Minor League Team of the Year
In what seems to me to be a fairly unsurprising choice, Baseball America named the Daytona Cubs as 2013's Minor League Team of the Year. The article is free here, and absolutely worth a read. The...
View ArticleCubs 2014 Payroll: $84.5 million
This is the team, minus Jason Hammel. Let's take a look at the numbers. The opening day payroll in 2013 was $104,150,726. This would represent a decrease of 18.9%. In 2013 figures, $84.5 million would...
View ArticleWAR from draft picks 2011-2013
Angels: -0.7 WAR (2 players) Astros: 0.0 WAR Athletics: 1.4 WAR (Sonny Gray) Blue Jays: -0.2 WAR(Kevin Pillar) Braves: 0.8 WAR (Alex Wood) Brewers: 0.0 WAR Cardinals: 2.9 WAR (3 players) Cubs: 0.0 WAR...
View ArticleCubs 10th in BP’s “Top Talents 25-and-under” list
I won't print the whole list because it's pay only (seriously, get a subscription already). I will, however, show the NL Central. 1. St. Louis Cardinals (fuck) 4. Pittsburgh Pirates (fuck) 10. Chicago...
View ArticleBleacher Nation breaks down Cubs Payroll and Debt situations and strategy
Brett at Bleacher Nation wrote a long, excellent piece of research on the Cubs business and baseball plans, for now and the future under the Superfriends. No wonder we're only the 78th best Cubs blog...
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Pirates fail to sign first round pick, Mark Appel
The Pirates failed to reach an agreement with their first round pick today. Mark Appel was considered a possibility to be taken first overall, but instead dropped to 8th when the Pirates drafted him....
View ArticleJavier Baez promoted to Daytona – tweet
The Cubs have promoted SS Javier Baez to high Class A Daytona. Monster bat potential.— Ben Badler (@BenBadler) August 4, 2012
View ArticleKG Named Astros Scouting Director (tweet)
#Astros have named @kevin_goldstein a pro scouting coordinator.heres what we said earlier. cbsprt.co/PVa72w— Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) August 31, 2012
View ArticleWrigley Talk Friday: OMG! WTF is NSFW FTW – 9-7-12
The latest Wrigley Talk Friday is easily in my Top 5 of all time, and I'm having a hard time thinking of any that I enjoyed more off the top of my head. Get out the earmuffs for the kids because Adam...
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