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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…
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Is it worth the effort?
If you’re a baseball -starved fan like me, there’s no such thing as too much Cubs baseball-no matter how poorly they are playing and no matter how far out of the playoffs they are. I’m not going to litigate today’s game with the Jays, the highs and lows. The particulars aren’t important to the discussion.…
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Universal truths, and then there’s baseball
If you’re a baseball fan, you either love the Yankees or you don’t. There really isn’t any middle ground. One might dislike the team with a passion but root for individuals because at one time they may have played for your team. Or possibly you don’t like the concept of the Evil Empire, but you…
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Best sports headline of the week
“Bears fans shouldn’t rush to judgement after Caleb Williams’ first preseason action.” The other day, a local reporter said that was what everyone was going to do regardless of how he did. Human nature dictates that we rush to judge-especially when it comes to professional sports. Years down the road, who will remember the initial…
I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark. 