Cub Tracks and the hole truth

Photo by NASAAs long as the Hot Stove is going, and we’re spending the Cubs’ money, let’s get some brunch happening. Joe’s reportedly has blue plate specials on hitting coaches...

I’m for the buffet, and keep the coffee coming. Here at Joe’s, we can nosh and keep track of the various current narratives from our place at the corner booth. Come join us! As always * means autoplay on, or annoying ads, or both (directions to remove for Firefox and Chrome).

Cubs News and Notes:

Current 40-man roster, updated daily. Bryce Harper and Manny Machado are conspicuously absent.

“You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the…