I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

As a kid that could tick off batting averages for both lineups in most games I attended as a young Cubs fan in the mid-70’s, I appreciate simple baseball stats. However, randomly selected numbers for meaningless narratives are less my thing. like passionate baseball fan, Shakira, I believe that the hips don’t lie. In today’s…

Regardless of how Game 7 of the NBA finals end tonight, I don’t expect a real rivalry between the Pacers and Thunder. There’s neither any oomph or bad blood between any of the participants. Editor’s note: Bad blood isn’t a requisite for a productive rivalry. As sports fans we hope for rivalries because we think…

Long before I found out it was going to be miserably hot today and that I wouldn’t have to work, I was pondering which of three or four (reasonably close) ball games I could attend today. Luckily, I didn’t purchase a ticket to any of the games. As I was discussing with a friend, age…

Based on the coverage of Sammy Sosa’s long-awaited return to Wrigley Field yesterday, there are still a gamut of emotions and opinions on the slugger’s place in Cubs history and folklore. I have no desire to relitigate his place in ML history nor if what he did warrants exclusion. Nothing he did or said this…

It’s pretty uncommon that both the White Sox and Cubs will be at home at the same time. In the past you’d read accounts of intrepid fans that would catch both games via the Red Line. Yesterday, Mother Nature intervened as both games were postponed hours before first pitch. Because the Cubs and Cards play…

While I was on hold with the St. Louis Cardinals ticket office, I was reminded that Tony Womack is beloved in STL. I had forgotten that he even played for the team let alone, the ’04 version that lost the World Series to the Red Sox even though I know they had a bobble for…

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,…