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Momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher..
Sports are filled with all sorts of goofy cliches that make their way into everyday speech. Just because they are trite doesn’t mean they aren’t true and that they don’t speak to issues outside of sports. When baseball teams look to break out of slumps or extend winning streaks, someone brings up the next starting…
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A matter of semantics
Sometimes a baseball game is just a baseball game, and other times it’s an excuse to gather with family and or friends. I’ll still argue that a ballpark is a great backdrop for such an occasion. This past Sunday I met with my cousin Rich and his wife Luci and went to another game in…
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Skubal and Garrett for $500 Alex
Without realizing it, sports fans are confusing the NFL with MLB right now. That the Rams traded for Myles Garrett during the current ML season, has fans from around the leagues considering which teams should throw their hats in the Tarik Skubal sweeptstakes. I often mistakenly deem sports exercises as arguments because I’m usually talking…
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Mr. Roper is losing his mind…
Growing up I never thought Jack Brickhouse and Jim West, or Vince and Lou would ever need a third voice to call games. Obviously, Harry Caray could have operated on his own during his better days and for the most part three-man booths are horrible. With the exception of the NBA TNT crew, it doesn’t…
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Forget Cubs-Sox and Mets-Yankees
As compelling as those intercity series may appear, I’d much rather watch games between division rivals, even if I don’t have strong feelings for either team. This past week, the Cubs already split a series with the Pirates to end their losing streak and the Sox took a series from the Twinkies. Those games matter…
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I’m exhausted
Heading into tonight’s game with the Pirates, I realized for the first time in years I wasn’t excited about the game. It seems as if the fans and media are at odds with the Cubs braintrust, if there is one. Everyone who cares has thoughts about how they can shake this 9-game slog. When the…
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Zooming out
Even the folks paid to cover the game from a national perspective are necessarily going to miss out on a few surprising stories over the course of a season. Thus, it’s not surprising most fans don’t look beyond the 40-man rosters of their favorite team. And as mad as I am about how poorly the…
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Pete Crow-Armstrong, evil genius or doufus?
By now every baseball fan has heard of PCA’s kerfuffle with the White Sox and some may have even read about his crappy fielding. The fact that the media is still litigating the story and his culpability/stupidity has Joe Maddon rolling over in Coach Ditka’s grave. Before he became a commercial success, the fiery coach…
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Don’t yuk on my yum, please
If you’ve heard it once you’ve heard it a hundred times, fan is short for fanatic. Of course, there are levels of fanaticism and irrationality, and true fans don’t have to justify their emotions. In my case it’s the Cubs, but I know most Chicago sports fans have strong feelings about the Bears, Sox, Bulls…
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Dave Smith is rolling over in his grave..
What in the name of Jose Cruz are the Cubs doing in adding a former Astro to their pitching ranks? Crap, the Cubs have done a nice job of poaching Brewers in Craig Counsell, Hoby Milner and Collin Rea, but why in good conscience choose some lousy Astro pitcher? The most recent acquisition, Phil Maton,…
I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark. 