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An odd anniversary
58 years is an awkward number to celebrate, but I thought it fitting since the Cedar Rapids Kernels and facing the Great Lakes Loons in the MWL championship presently. In 1965, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Minnesota Twins edited (4-3) in the World Series. At a mere 6 months, I missed out on that…
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A rough end to a season
The very nature of sports played at the highest level is that injuries are going to get in the way sometimes and likely at the worst time. Consider the timing of Aaron Rodgers’ recent and likely season-ending injury. I’ll leave it to others to find examples of MVP’s having their season cut short by injury,…
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Is there another Justin Fields?
While nobody really confused the two Ryan Brauns, I’m sure the lesser (the Royals pitcher) did get a few of the more famous Braun’s cards in the mail. The two played different positions and their careers merely overlapped, but otherwise had little in common. During that same era, there were two Josh Fields, one a…
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Freeze frame..
Earlier this week the Chicago White Sox took their team picture. I have no idea if they are presenting fans with copies or not. Given the way the season went, I’m not sure they want to weaponize an already angry fanbase. And while a photo merely captures a specific moment in time, I don’t think…
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Thank God for Connor Bedard
If you’re a Chicago sports fan, all I got for you is Hawks rookie, Connor Bedard. If you believe in either the ’23 Bears or Bulls, I’ve got a parcel of land for you. The excuses for the other teams in town continue to mount at a record pace.
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Lost leaders and legends
I hadn’t expected much from my morning paper today re: National Cheeseburger Day (9/18) but was a little disappointed to find the promised story about suburban restaurants and their come-ons for the day were missing. NCB is nothing more than a marketing stratagem-some businesses take better advantage of the day than others. I don’t associate…
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A short memory..
Sports fans have far greater access to games that were played years (and decades) ago. We can pull up specific games on our phones or laptops with a few clicks. Aside from the videos, we can call on scorecards and stat sheets through Baseball Reference and Retrosheets (I’m omitting several others). All of this allows…
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Life is funny, but baseball is funnier
I spent much of Friday formulating the greatest post on starting pitchers and how the better managers manipulate(d) rotations to win series. I had years of examples before analytics became the rage and matchups were analyzed by everyone but the folks in the dugout. Because many teams rely on behind the scene info to determine…
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A first time for everything..
Ordinarily, I don’t comment on televised games, but I’ll confine my comments to the broadcast itself with one thought on the state of the team. Rick Sutcliffe was paired with HOF’er Pat Hughes the Marquis Network. It was a rare day off for the regulars. Usually, I’m not a fan of the usually gurgling Sutcliffe…
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A conundrum in the making
Cubs top prospect, Pete Crow-Armstrong, has already made his ML debut, was caught stealing and made two spectacular catches in center, but that isn’t enough. Manager David Ross is tasked with managing his playing time while the Cubs pursue a playoff spot. I think I read that he said, now is not the time for…
I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark. 