Baseball is back and so is the Shoeless Goat Podcast! Nick and Pat return to kick off the opening weekend of the 2020 MLB season, recapping the first series for the Cubs and White Sox. Pat tries to tell himself the White Sox offense being good outweighs the negative in a weekend filled with Nelson […] More
Tyler Chatwood’s tenure on the North Side has been nothing short of tumultuous. After leading the league in walks and getting demoted to a “mop-up” role, fans were somewhat surprised to see him as the 3 starter in David Ross’ rotation. Chatwood silenced all the haters in his first start throwing 6 solid innings, surrendering […] More
Baseball is finally back! Social media was buzzing as fans took to Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and you name it to share all their excitement. Cubs fans had a lot to cheer about as the opener went as well as you could have imagined. Grandpa Rossy’s first season as skipper has had some Cubs fans feeling […] More
Its about that time! The 2020 MLB schedule has just been finalized and the Cubs open up the season at home against the Brew Crew. The excitement in Wrigleyville is through the roof as people are starting to realize baseball is just three weeks away! No one knows what the line up card will be, […] More
The Fourth of July has always been a mid-summer marker, an extra day off to help celebrate the Independence of our nation 244 years ago. Whether you celebrate it by taking a day to relax and taking in some fireworks, by screaming MERICA!!!! at the top of your lungs after your 20-something odd Natty light […] More
Since the MLB season is starting soon, teams are submitting their summer camp roster which includes the MLB team and the minor league team. The Chicago Cubs have 39 players on the “Wrigley Field” roster and 11 going to South Bend. It was easy to expect some surprises, and the Cubs definitely have some, but […] More
In the heat of debate, the argument based on logic and reason often comes out on top (Unless the platform is on Twitter). But far too often our opinions derive from much more than these two argumentative staples. In fact, our humanity often looks to use logic and reason to back up our beliefs that […] More
The excitement I detailed when I last wrote about the 30 for 30 detailing the 1998 home run race between Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire deteriorated as each minute of Long Gone Summer wore on Sunday night. The first twenty minutes focused nearly entirely on McGwire, and save for some brief soundbites from Sammy viewers […] More
With the 16th pick in the MLB draft, the Chicago Cubs selected shortstop Ed Howard. Howard is a local product out of Mount Carmel High School as well as a former the United States Little League champion with Jackie Robinson West. There are a number of reasons to get excited about this pick. Here are […] More
After 173 games across 30 best of seven series, Nick and Pat return for one last ride to wrap up the Crosstown Centurion. The 2016 Cubs and 1954 White Sox won the crowns of best Cubs and best White Sox teams ever, and are now set to do battle in the finals. Who will take […] More
The 2012 Cubs season can simplistically be described as forgettable by every measurable standard. For those who chose to forget, this squad went 61-101 and finished 36 games back of the first-place Reds. There was, however, a bright spot amongst this aphotic cavern of mediocrity. This glimmer took the form of a 36-year-old right-handed reliever […] More
Even with no real baseball being played, the month of May (and now early June) has been one hell of a month for baseball in Chicago. I’m, of course, talking about the Shoeless Goat Podcast’s Crosstown Centurion, a tournament that has been able to replace actual Chicago baseball during the COVID19 pandemic to the best […] More