I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

This early in the season (anytime through early May in the Midwest) one risks a rainout or snow out if you hope to attend a baseball game-especially a minor league game. For the past 10 days I’ve been following the weather forecasts for the next couple of days in Wisconsin and Michigan. Instead, I should…

Initially, I thought I’d be oh so clever in dissecting what happened this past weekend, but since I wasn’t sitting in any ballpark, I decided on discussing the hopes and dreams (crushed or positive) after some pretty unexpected results. I had a fun discussion with a Cubs fan this morning after the Cubs throttled the…

It’s 1:50 p.m. and ESPN is talking about the Steelers and the NFL. Thankfully, they’re finally showing an interview with former Yankee, Juan Soto. First pitch is less than 15 minutes away, and the station isn’t talking Brewers or Yankees. I have no idea who is producing this game, but it’s an embarrassment. The fact…

First impressions and opening day aren’t the same thing. At least the Cubs hope that’s true having started out 0–2 in Japan. Of course, some of us are taking the two losses more personally. We also look for tendencies, overlooking the negatives and digging deeply for positives. It’s all we have. The only comic strip…

Because I eat, drink and sleep baseball, I guess I’m supposed to love free baseball on Marquis regardless of the circumstances. After the goofy series in Japan and return to Arizona for fake games, I’m not as into the faux exhibition games with the Braves at Mesa. I get that the Cubs can’t fly east…

From some crazy reason I was checking out one of my favorite non-Cubs teams of all time, the 1979 Pirates. It might have been because I had to check out Burt Blyleven’s numbers for that season. I noted that two relievers, Kent Tekulve (134.1) and Enrique Romo(129.1) exceeded 125 innings in relief. Grant Jackson only…

Because I’m neither emotionally involved nor especially confident in my pick to win it all, I’m not all that sorry that none of my upsets came through for me. My pick to win is still alive and three of my final four picks are still dancing, but my overall hopes were dashed when none of…

My friend, Steve Comma (short for the Sox fan) has had to listen to my gripes about how writers randomly select the former teams they cite when a player is released, traded, or tossed in the recycling bin. 112% of the time, a player’s former team never posts about the move unless, that team was…

Without taking a survey of participants, I’m going to generalize and say there are two distinct groups of people participating in March Madness brackets. The first group is made up of hoop fans who believe they have expertise whether we actually watch as many regular season games as we once did. Some of us follow…

Had I not been working on the 18th and 19th, I probably would have consumed both games in their entirety. I’m not a fan of the Cubs radio crew calling the games off TV monitors from Wrigley Field, but I loved the 4/5 a.m. first pitches. I love early morning baseball games and despite the…