Hi, everybody!

I just wanted to give you, a loyal member of the Goat Rider Army, an iggy on what to expect for the day.   At some point, we will have a Series Preview/Game Recap Combo, other bits of random baseball news, and  best yet, our first Debatacolypse in a while.   So, stay tuned, and check back regularly.  It should be one of those fun days that we sometimes have.

Tribune writer Robert Mitchum contacted us a few weeks ago for a feature he was writing on the prospect of selling the Cubs.  His question was, would it work if fans bought the team?  You can read the entire article here, but below are my comments that he used:

"I think the first response would be 'Hell yeah, that would be awesome,' " said Kurtis Evans, a writer for the Cubs blog Goat Riders of the Apocalypse. "But the second reaction would be the complete paralyzing fear that comes with actually realizing the responsibilities."

"Cubs fans might not have the right mental disposition," Evans said. "We're never really in a place emotionally to run a team with our intellect as opposed to our gut."

I'm actually mildly disappointed.  He used some a couple of my stronger quotes but I basically went on to say that Cub fans - myself included, natch - are psychotic.  Anyway, check out the article, it's an interesting read. 

I'm going to sticky this to the top of the blog for probably around 24 hours, so if you come back tomorrow in search of content, just scroll down.

Some of you may remember that, hey, we have a store! In that store is some sweet stuff. I've recently created a new shirt which is now available at the store, so I thought I'd share with our loyal Goat Rider Army what's currently available and remind you that, in this day and age, where gas prices are insane and we are entering what may be the greatest depression of our lifetimes, nothing says "I'm poor" in quite as much style as GROTA wear.

And so, as our society collapses in on the weight of itself, as cities burn and wars erupt, enhance your likelihood of survival by wearing GROTA gear. Because if that guy with the semi-automatic who's shown up to steal your water supply sees your Steroids T, he might pause for just long enough for your 12-year-old daughter to sneak up behind him and kill him with a rusty shovel. That's right, GROTA wear. Don't miss out! Some hot items include the following (click on the images to be taken to the store):

Remember that lovable movie Napoleon Dynamite? Now that we're like, three years removed from the topical reference, help yourself to this Vote For Carlos t-shirt! It can be yours for only $16.99!

Celebrate the indestructible Carlos Zambrano by wearing this awesome t-shirt! It's yours for just $19.99!

Celebrate our fear of using actual pictures of players and personel with this Lou Piniella homage! This is our cheaptest shirt, only $11.99!

Enjoy a sweatshirt with the GROTA logo on it! $22.99!

And, our latest creation ... which is currently too hot for Cafe Press:

The back:

At present moment, Cafe Press is NOT allowing us to sell these shirts. We will try to fix the problem, but if they persist on forbidding the shirts from sale, we will make them available any way we possibly can!

Additionally - and importantly - if you'd like to view the entire GROTA store, follow this link. We've got far more products than what you've seen here.

If you tried to log on earlier this morning, you may have found our website down.  We are back now, but I'm told that our web host's website isn't back, and that just can't bode well for anybody.

Anyway.  It's the Friday before a long weekend.  I anticipate that the next four days will be weird in the blogging world - there may be sporadic updates, and our readers may be too drunk or too busy to spend time on the net regardless.

That said, we'll have a Series Preview coming up later today, and we'll keep updating the blog throughout the weekend.  You may have noticed by now that we tend to be one of the most updated Cubs blogs on the net, and I'm sure you appreciate our reliability as much as we appreciate your patronage.