I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

At present, there are only 30 NFL teams, but the number of professional football teams in the US is open to debate depending on one’s definition of professional. What is clear is the number of people podcasting, writing, posting, opining on radio, television and other broadcast mediums. There are currently 27,372 experts (nod to Pat…

As I’ve discussed with a couple friends recently, having season tickets can be both a blessing and a curse-regardless of the form of entertainment. One usually gets a discount and you get unfettered access to the better seats. However, feels a certain obligation to attend no matter what. For the most part, I’m able to…

Is Cubs all-star, soon to be free agent, Kyle Tucker, playing his way into an affordable contract? Aside from what he’s done for the rest of the lineup, he’s not putting up $600 million numbers. I hope the Cubs can afford $300-400 million for the next few years.

While nobody has asked him about his coaching philosophy or where he stands on the use of 21st century metrics, I think most baseball wonks would consider Madison Mallards manager, Donnie Scott, a caveman given his creds. Of the sixteen coaching staffs in the Northwoods League (and I checked them all), Scott is the only…

On Sunday, I traveled to Madison Wisconsin for my first baseball game. Having never been to Madison before, I had hoped to scope out the scene, but scheduling dictated I grab a wonderful pregame brunch. Note to travelers visiting state capitals, not much is open on Sundays. I was curious about the past tenants of…

You know the rest of this ditty and yes, I’m being snarky. I was unable to post before the game because I had to work. I was going to post that the Cubs had to whomp on the hapless, over loved Reds this week (including today). Even as they headed into the bottom of the…

Since the trade deadline passed without so much as a real ace being traded, I’ve heard the usual coverage (CYA) that individual teams didn’t buy because nobody really was selling at the price anyone wanted to pay. Whether you’re buying that crap or not, what I do know is that the media and fans are…

Cub fans and the larger baseball world are mourning the passing of HOF second baseman, Ryne Sandberg. Someone suggested that he held out long enough so that the recent HOF’ers would have their day. Whether that’s true or not, it speaks to the respect he had for the game. Rather than highlighting his career stats…

Sorry, the last post heading should read 2025 Edition