Who We Are
The View From the Bleachers was born on October 27th, 2003 in response the Cubs magnificent 2003 season. The season was by far the most exciting and most painful season that founder, Joe Aiello had endured as a Cub fan.
Since that day, we have tried to maintain a consistently updated site with quality reporting and commentary. At times that has been a tall order based on the performance of the team, but it’s one we’ve always tried to accomplish. We may say things that you don’t always agree with, but we’ll always listen to what you have to say. Just make sure to follow the site’s 10 commandments:
- I. Thou Shall Not Use Profanity
- II. Thou Shall Not personally attack other commenters
- III. Thou Shall Not bait other commenters
- IV. Thou Shall Not argue for the sake of arguing
- V. Thou Shall Not discuss politics
- VI. Thou Shall Not use hyperbole when something less will suffice
- VII. Thou Shall Not use sarcasm in a way that can be misinterpreted negatively
- VIII. Thou Shall Not make the same point over and over again
- IX. Thou Shall Not type “no-hitter” to describe any no-hitter in progress
- X. Thou Shall Not be annoyed by the existence of this list
Here is a brief description of the staff. Click on their names to view their full bio.
Joe Aiello - The founder of the site, and perhaps the most optimistic of the writers. If there is a positive spin on the Cubs, it will probably come out in his posts. Growing up in Chicago, Joe vividly remembers taking the blue line to the Addison station and hopping the bus to the park as early as 10 years old. He writes the majority of the game recaps and runs the day to day operations behind the scenes as well has advertising. He is available for interviews, podcasts, and book reviews. Contact him via e-mail: 
Matt Jacobs - Matt joined the staff during Spring Training of 2007. He hopes for the best, but expects the worst from the Cubs. Matt still plays in a men’s senior baseball league, and hopes to bring insight from between the foul lines. He hates football, sabermetrics, or any math for that matter, believes the Pirates will get to the World Series before the Cubs. You’ll find him commenting most of the time. Every once and awhile he’ll post a nugget of delicious baseball knowledge.
Jacki Rossi - The lone female on board, Jacki now has almost a year of View from the Bleachers experience, fitting in nicely between Joe’s optimism and Matt’s skepticism. A lifelong Cubs fan, she attended her first game at 8 years old and has been to Wrigley every summer since. Her all time favorite Cub is Andre Dawson, but these days she admires how D. Lee plays the game. While she won’t be into the 100th anniversary optimism, she does believe the Cubs will win a World Series before the Pirates.
Rob Bukowski - Longtime reader and friend of the site, Rob is the primary backup game recap writer and is currently in negotiations for a weekly column.
