Sport columnist - the supposedly better writers who don't need to follow a team to know what to write about - have forgotten how to write about real sports. No need to write about players, managers, strategy, roster management. No, now they write about attendence, beer, goats curses, and cancer research. Why? Because it's easier to do. You just pick one thing to be critical about ignore that sporting thing that occurred altogether.

David Haugh: Honestly, the best way for Cubs fans to express their support for Rizzo is to stop buying tickets to watch a last-place team hitting .247, but that never will happen as long as the Cubs sell sunshine and beer.

Cliche, cliche, cliche

Rick Morrissey: It’s what happens when the paid attendance is 35,219 for an awful team on a nice afternoon in May. The years of losing have had very few punitive effects for the club. Sure, attendance is down from 10 years ago, but if you had stumbled upon the park for the first time, you might have thought a pep rally had broken out to celebrate badness.

Rehash, rehash, rehash.

And when you can't think of a sports thing to write about, attack the fans!

From Today's MLB preview
"Bryan LaHair's streak of 32 consecutive games reaching base was snapped on Wednesday as he went 0-for-4. It was the longest such streak by a Cubs first baseman since Phil Cavarretta reached based in 32 straight games from June 10-July 12, 1945. "

LaHair reached 2B on Pierre's error in the 4th and then scored on Soriano's Home Run.

Congratulations to LaHair on a great streak.

Ok, fess up. Which of you on is Emanuel Kuvakos?

Decorating cupcakes at Swirlz Cupcakes in Lincoln Park. Kerry and his wife Sarah did this on Wednesday before Opening Day. You can buy a Wood Family Foundation red velvet cupcake through May 5 and Swirlz will donate all of the proceeds to the Woods’ youth-focused charity.

Maybe Wood still had some frosting on his fingers on Opening Day.

"We're not going to be deaf to the concerns of the fans and to what's going on around the club," he (Epstein) said. "But we also will recognize, especially with respect to the media, that it's primarily just noise and we have to continue to focus on what we're trying to do despite the occasional cacophony."

I think some Cubs fans will need to keep a dictionary nearby as they read the sports page. I'm glad my Kindle has one built in.

Which will be your favorite special event game?

Social Media Night - forget the game, your tweets are bad ass.

Halfway to St. Patrick's Day - "Everyone will be Irish in the Budweiser Bleachers". And security will be doubled.

Or - Singles Night - "Playing the Field". I would feel bad if I made this up.

Don't tell me this
"This change increases the rewards of a division championship and allows two additional markets to experience playoff baseball each year," Commissioner Bud Selig said in a statement.

And then do this:
For the 2012 postseason, the five-game Division Series will begin with two home games for lower seeds, followed by home games for the higher seed. After that, it will return to the 2-2-1 format previously used.

Just dumb.

I have an alibi. And no ivy in my pocket.

A Cubs security officer spotted this guy on video surveillance. Frankly, I'm surprised that a security officer was awake on a Sunday morning. Must be the Theocracy taking hold.

Let the Chicago rebuilding wars continue.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this may be one of the most active trade off-seasons since the 90s.

The Oakland Athletics traded All-Star closer Andrew Bailey and outfielder Ryan Sweeney to the Red Sox on Wednesday for outfielder Josh Reddick and infield prospect Miles Head and minor league pitcher Raul Alcantara.

I found this while checking the Cincinnati Enquirer site. Long live the Not-DH League!

Warning: There is no Yu Darvish or Prince Fielder information in this article.

The Angels have agreed to a new deal with Fox Sports worth at least $3 billion and expected to cover 20 years, two parties familiar with the deal said Thursday.

Given the Angels deal and a deal announced last summer for the Rangers, would it be better for the Cubs to own a network (like they do partially with CSN Chicago), or sign with Fox Sports?

Paul Sullivan - no more short skirts and flip-flops in the press box!!

From ESPN NY - Yankees want Cashman back. More interesting information towards the bottom of the article regarding their farm system.

But he isn't a good fit for the Cubs regardless. His name is too simple for even Cubs fans to butcher. Two words Cash and Man - put them together.

From The Heckler. Somehow they rolled up the current sentiment of BCB into one tidy article. And this is before Soriano's lineup spot comments.

And things are so sharp at SI, that "comment" was spelled "commet".

Big money, but he would probably be a big ticket draw at Wrigley. Plus, Wrigley usually favors LH power hitters.

And it serves him right for that cheap take-out slide on Castro that should have been called Interference. End Sarcasm.

Hire this kid to be Manager. Glare is good. Glare works.

Because the first one made be laugh out loud at work.

Own up if that was one of youse guys.

Not that swinging!

Many here despise Phil Rogers like he's taxes and road construction. But he got this right:

"Coaches can talk about it,'' said Thomas, working the City Series for CSN. "But it only matters when guys buy into it. That's tough to do, no matter how much you talk. You have to do it in groups, do it individually, and still a lot of guys just never change.''

"Want disciplined hitters? Acquire the ones who were taught those skills when they played the game for fun, not for a living."

The Cubs should fire Rudy Jaramillo because that's what all the cool franchises are doing today.

This must me the new Baltimore Way:

If ex-Cub, sign to Orioles contract
Else, ignore player.

Pat Gillick = In
George Steinbrenner = No and less that 8 votes
Marvin Miller = No, 11 of out 16 votes

Yankees now request Designated Voter for Veteran's Committe to ensure Yankees are elected to HOF and protect their pitchers.

Nice move to lock up a franchise cornerstone for his career. Or what should be the best years of his career.

The link above goes to the site Baseball in Wartime, dedicated to remember baseball players who served in WW II. Within a link and a scroll down I learned that Ralph Hoak fought in the Battle of the Bulge.

If Fox Sports can keep pushing the 2003 NLCS footage, I can link the Cubs to Brett Favre.

It's really pretty simple:
1. Get an incredibly beautiful woman in sports entertainment to take a scantily clad picture at Wrigley Field.
2. Place the young woman in the vicinty of the top athletes in their sport.
3. Hand the top athletes a cell phone with the woman's cell phone number in it.
4. Stir pot until it boils over.