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The new Labor Day
Growing up, September 1st meant that every team would add players to their active 25-man rosters. Typically, the local teams would add a few players at first, a couple recognizable names, guys who had been on the AAA shuttle all season. Eventually, the roster would jump to 38 or so. For years managers complained that…
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Heads or tails, fish or fowl?
Honestly, I haven’t followed NFL salaries over the past few years so I can’t speak to whether players live up to their raises or not. The other day, I was chatting with a friend about baseball players and whether they follow up with acceptable seasons after cashing in on that first big payday. With the…
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The human condition
Without delving into ghosting and the workplace right now, let’s just say it’s worked its way into the interview process and is no more pleasant than it is in the real world. Books have been written and industries created to help both job seekers and those looking to fill positions. If one were to look…
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Zooming in, zooming out
I’m not a slave to the good old days, but I do prefer reading more morning baseball stats in a newspaper instead of the internet. Even though online box scores are more up to date and complete, I prefer the big picture of the full page Scoreboard page of a local newspaper. To get a…
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Don’t blame me..
The other day I shared that numerous conks to the head over the years (and recently) might explain my behavior and choice of blog posts. I accept that and embrace that. I also made the mistake of watching 42 seconds of NL Rookie of the Year odds talk yesterday before the Cubs got ambushed by…
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When baseball and food converge, I’m all smiles
I just received an email from the only MLB team with a food or beverage theme, the Brewers, promoting a $1 hotdog day on September 2. It’s hardly the only special food day at a ML park this summer. Even though there are only a month’s worth of games for most minor league teams, I’m…
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What’s a sports fan supposed to do?
With little imagination or direction from their editors, most Chicago sportswriters have defaulted to the return of Javy Baez to Wrigley stories. It’s forced a lot of people to rethink their initial love for the guy that has floundered badly since leaving the Cubs. Despite what some fans think, Javy isn’t the first or last…
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Big news or odd timing?
Taking a page out of Milwaukee’s playbook, the Cubs released veteran reliever, Hector Neris before he reached performance numbers that would kick in an option that wouldn’t benefit the Cubs in either the short or long run. While not a perfect correlation, the Brewers and manager Craig Counsell often released players during the season when…
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Moving forward and looking back..
While the White Sox have nothing to do with the screening of a condensed documentary of “Last Comiskey” at a suburban Chicago library, Thursday night, it will be a bittersweet distraction for Sox fans trying to forget about the current season. I’m betting the panel discussion will stir up some emotions though. While I remember…
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A matter of semantics?
If you follow sports at all, you probably have an idea as to what constitutes a dynasty, some of us think we know one when we see one like the Islanders and Oilers of the last century. Unless you are talking college sports pre-NIL, dynasties are more obvious and impressive because the cast of characters…
I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark. 