Welcome, Conan

With the arrival of Conan O'Brien's show in Chicago, it's time to talk about jokes. A big one is the Chicago Cubs.

First, Conan's show was quite good last night. While the Wheel of Wendt was pretty tame, the Mr. T segment and the "local Chicago chat" between Conan and his Max Weinberg was hilarious. Nice touch noting that Rep. Luis Gutierrez is in one of the most gerrymandered districts in the country.

As to the Cubs fans who booed when the White Sox were mentioned as the best team in baseball, SHUT UP. Frankly, they are. You make yourselves sound like the typical White Sox fan when you boo like that.

Oh, and Sox fans? You also booed when Conan mentioned the Cubs. That was stupid. Just laugh. Conan knows the Cubs are a joke. So should you.

Also from Conan's show was him taking batting practice at Comiskey. Anyone notice the handedness of the batting practice pitcher? Yes, he was a lefty. Maybe Dusty Baker will blame Jay Leno being unfunny on only having righties on his writing staff.

The only question remaining on this 2006 Cubs team is who stays and who goes? Dusty may not make the month. Fine. To bad Jim Hendry is sticking. What about Juan Pierre (the biggest disappointment since "free bacon" at Jewel), Greg Maddux and Todd Walker?

Bets are being taken that ALL of them will be gone by July 1.