I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

It’s 10:54 a.m. in Chicago as I type this and it’s sunny and 61 degrees in north suburban Chicago so it has to be 72 degrees in Phoenix (after all it’s only 9:54) and will reach 78-82 later in the day. I don’t have to check weather.com or any other app because that’s how it…

For those of us that like to project how are team(s) will do in the upcoming season, MLB.com beat reporters have done the heavy lifting in compiling likely starting lineups and rotations for the upcoming season. I know that folks (who aren’t necessarily fans) that bet the games need to know whose playing before they…

Even though the wrong team won it all in 2006, it was a great year for me as a writer, or rather a significant year. I began the season with a trip to Phoenix for the inaugural World Baseball Classic. I wrote about the experience for an extant publication and as we near the first…

Across Florida and Arizona, pitchers, catchers and a few dozen position players are reporting to camp this week. Before you know it, the games will begin. From me to you.

My apologies to Laurence Tureaud for adding to his admonition, but far too many people have been squawking about Bill Belichick not making the HOF in the first ballot. The guy will get in, but more importantly he hasn’t lost any money due to the delay and he hasn’t lost his job at UNC. I’m…

I’m not sure if it was Confucius, Mr. Peabody or Al McGuire that said, “Cold is colder when you aren’t feeling great.” I do know that spending time on a corner for crossing guard duty and playground duty in the bitter cold affects one’s thinking. Everyone that follows the Bulls in Chicago has just come…

Since the 2022 season there isn’t much to distinguish the White Sox (170-403) from the Athletics (255-393) as both teams have hit rock bottom. The Sox have intermittently been listed among the surprise teams before the 41-121, 2024 season. And after an especially horrible 2023 season, the Athletics have made incremental progress. However, it’s the…

While the “feels like” temperature has soared to 1 degree, I can sense a little difference in the weather. And while my colleagues have endured a week’s worth of indoor recess with K-4th graders the sun has risen each morning since the news of Bill Belichick’s HOF snubbing. The initial hue and cry over his…

It seems like every offseason a few free agents don’t sign on with teams until ST breaks, and this offseason is no different. Most notable among position players are Eugenio Suarez and Luis Arraez whose particular skill sets couldn’t be more different. Rumors of the former are more prevalent than the latter but neither appears…

While never in her demographic, I can’ get Natasha Bedingfield’s ethereal lyrics out of my mind. I’m 120% sure it’s about this dang deep freeze we’ve been mired in and not the overall cheery mood. Last week, I read and shared wonderful Washington Post story about tiki culture. While the article didn’t stress the importance…