She POSED for this cover shot!

This New York cover story is getting a ton of press because Katie Couric takes a gi-normous bite out of the hand that feeds her, CBS News. Some of her coworkers bite back, so yeah, it's pretty juicy. But it's this cover shot that has me shaking my head. God, but this is awful. Why, Katie, why? Is this how you think serious journalists are supposed to look? Do you hate yourself for leaving Matt, Ann and Al? Are you trying to show us the dark side of perky?

I miss them already

"They" would be Lou Pinella's second place Chicago Cubs, who won four of their last five series leading up to the break. Fucking All-Star Game is messing with our momentum and depriving me of something to look forward to today … and tomorrow … and Wednesday … and Thursday. (I'm boycotting the FA-SG because of Barry Bonds. I know he'll be hurt by my defection, but life is filled with disappointments … as he'll learn when he tries to get into Cooperstown.)

My little rant about the FA-SG gives me an opportunity to attach a photo of my beloved, future Hall of Famer Greg Maddux. In so many ways, he is the antithesis of Bonds. Kind of a Luke Skywalker to the Darth Vaders of the MLB (like Bonds and the anti-Christ himself, Roger Clemens). Since this is primarily a Cubbie post, I am showing Greg Maddux during his last (sigh) performance as a Cub at Wrigley Field.