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More than baseball
About ten days ago, I shared the Sarah Langs ALS story and how it related to my Dad’s battle 25 years ago. Our family’s journey coincided with that wacky 1998 MLB season and I’ll relate the two as best I can because it’s as much a journal recounting the progression of that lousy disease. Everyone’s…
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I’m confused.
How I feel about Marcus Stroman shouldn’t impact what the Cubs decide regarding his future with the team beyond July. Yet, the mixed messages leaves me wondering about their understanding of the big picture. Stroman has repeatedly expressed the desire to return to the team or extend beyond this season (he’s got a player’s option),…
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Riddle me this?
I’ll accept that the science, medicine, training, and people are better, but why are there so many hamstring and oblique injuries in ML baseball? Have you ever been to a ML game where players spend more time stretching than signing autographs? Yet, guys tweak, strain and tear hamstrings running the bases. They strain and pull…
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Giving back..
There are dozens of men and women that own and operate hundreds of minor league teams across the country. Several operations own more than one team in different communities. In some cases the financial rewards are high, but other situations seem borne of their love for the game. I just read of the passing of…
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Don’t blame the kids
As the Cubs have been struggling lately, everyone wants to blame Matt Mervis and Christopher Morel rather than looking at the numbers. These guys are likely fall guys because their inconsistency has been alarming. It’s easy to not pick nits with the more established players because we’ve come to love them. Dansby Swanson has been…
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The epitome of .500
Nobody predicted the Pirates and Reds would be vying for second place in the NL Central, least of all, Cubs and Cardinals fans. Everyone continues to berate the division and expects only the division winner to make the postseason. Even if the Cards and Cubs bounce back to contend for the title, the Reds have…
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A ball game at a park does not a ballpark make.
I caught my first little league game of the season and it may be my last. I was a little disappointed that the larger bases and pitch clock haven’t made their way to Northbrook, Illinois. A little over an hour ago, I settled in with a hamburger from a local hotdog joint (one famous with…
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How quickly they forget..
As a kid I remember watching several Cub games where one of the starting pitchers was perfect through four or five innings. Occasionally, both starters might not surrender the first hit until the fifth inning and it wasn’t anything special. And we’re not talking Jenkins, Messersmith, Sutton, but rather, the likes of Bill Bonham, Paul…
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A happy day in Cincinnati, finally?
I’m sure waiting for the hot prospect to reach the Majors has existed since the 50’s, but I don’t have first hand knowledge. I do know that Elly De La Cruz is the most recent prospect to make his debut, but not quickly enough for some in the media and Cincy. As a student of…
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Not mere hyperbole
There are terms and phrases with historical context that have become part of our lexicon. We often forget the original dates or events, not so here. Today marks the 79th anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1944. One need not have ever visited Normandy to appreciate what those brave men accomplished. I don’t expect any of…
