Jason Brannon

According to the soulless automatons who run the internet site coolstandings.com, Miami has about a 0.1 percent chance of making the playoffs. So if you could travel back in time, like Huey Lewis,...

Bruce Miles, mild-mannered Cub reporter, defends the quality start from its detractors: What's that, you say? Isn't a quality start six innings and three earned runs, for an ERA of 4.50?...

If you think about it, almost all the best people have manifestos. [Pause to let you nod in agreement.] Paul Lukas, ESPN's resident uniform authority, has one, too, and it's well worth your time: ...

I have a friend who believes basically every conspiracy theory that comes down the pike, even the ones that contradict the other ones. Turns out he has that in common with Steve Carlton: "The...

Len Kasper, the Cubs' play-by-play man, recently penned a column about what he would do if he were "commissioner for a day." He has a lot of great ideas, like adding a fifth umpire to each crew (to...

From the "Hey Bill" page at Bill James Online: Hey Bill, I've long thought this would be a fun if crazy way to play baseball: No fixed lineup; every turn through the "order" the manager is free...

A fun (by which I mean slightly horrifying) tidbit from a recent Will Leitch podcast: Leitch: I was actually down the field [of Busch Stadium] a couple years ago ... It was 2007, so the stadium...

Adapted from D.H. Lawrence and Late Night with David Letterman.

Seriously, do baseball fans really pay good money to see the best players not actually play?

Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of Lee Elia's poignant encomium to Cub Nation. Which reminded us of the second most famous manager diatribe ever caught on tape. Not as angry, nor quite so...