I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

Pick a team, any team and are bound to find player’s whose father and or son played ML baseball and in some cases with the same team as the guy you rooted for or tolerated. Without taxing my feeble brain, I came up with a basic list of guys that played for the Cubs whose…

Forget the fact the Cubs are coming off a 4-5 road trip and a second straight series loss, the Cubs are playing really good ball right now. Their 376 runs scored trail only the Dodgers and their 41-27 (.603) record is bested only by the Mets, Yankees, and Tigers. Those following the team (and reporting)…

It’s probably hard for younger folks to imagine planning a baseball itinerary without the ability to point and click. Even as the fad of traveling extensively and expensively to see baseball across the country was in its nascent period, we somehow made it happen. Usually, we relied on the kindness of others or professionals (travel…

Of course, it’s exciting that Yankees-Red Sox own this weekend with a Fox broadcast Saturday and ESPN game tonight, but believe it or not (nod to Jack Palance), there is great baseball being played elsewhere. Two of the series are being held in the Midwest. Featuring teams with outstanding records in the Cubs and Tigers,…

Yesterday afternoon, I landed in Midland Michigan for a game between Los Pepinillos Picantes (Great Lake Loons) and Las Manzanas Luchadoras (Ft. Wayne Tin Caps). The rivalry between the Dodgers and Padres MWL affiliates took place during a Copa Diversion game-ergo the wacky names and uniforms. For the better part of the last year and…

One of the many things I’ve learned the past 8 years working with elementary school kids is not to yuk on someone’s yum. We can like and dislike certain foods without offending each other. I’ve extended this credo to how people watch baseball. After attending my first Cubs game of the season after a handful…

Since Cubs rookie third baseman Matt Shaw returned to the big-league team a couple of days ago, the third base problem has been tabled for the moment. It only seems like hours ago that some suggested Rockies Ryan McMahon might be a suitable solution. They’d definitely be buying low based on his subpar numbers. Earlier…

Until this morning, I don’t think I ever seen Kyle Larson’s name in print, but because I saw the headline, I read about his attempt to race in both the Indy 500 and Coca Cola 600 today. He’s neither the first nor the last, but it evoked memories of famous round trips. Americans are famous…

There are several sites out there that specifically dive back into the past to discuss the finer points of the game or some obscure player or game. Baseball nerds like me, enjoy these dives down the rabbit hole on occasion. Some of the posters admit to not being alive during the event and that they’re…

For most of my life you could count on a few things when it came to Memorial Day and the expanded weekend. First, in Greater Chicago it almost always rains. Second, most public pools opened for the season signifying the unofficial start to summer. Third and most importantly, there was baseball-only screwed up by point…