I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

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…

It seems like only yesterday that the woeful White Sox took two of three from the Indomitable Cincinnati Reds. How could anyone beat Terry Francona & Company and at home? We were led to believe (for the 234th time this century) that this Reds machine could. If you were obsessing over the Cubs-Sox and Yankee-Met…

In less controversial news, my favorite Nicaraguan cousin, El Presidente is 71 today!

By now you’ve probably heard the news about Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson and Rob Manfred. I’m linking to the USA Today account anyhow. Maybe this will help you formulate your own position on the situation. I’m a guy pretty hard and fast on rules being enforced and not just in baseball, but the…

Remember when the Cubs were playing through the toughest schedule in the history of the game? They fared quite well and were going to face an incredibly easy schedule to follow. In case you haven’t watched every game in the past 10 days, you’ve missed a rough week with the team losing back-to back series.…