I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

I admit to being captivated by the offseason baseball free agent chase/market. I worry less about the dollars involved especially as my Cubs operate like a smaller market team with middling aspirations. As I’ll mention in a future post, there a couple surprises who appear to be playing above their heads. The World Champion Dodgers…

You can pay these college kids all the money you want, but they still can’t be penalized for stupid taunts. You wonder why guys play undisciplined ball at the NFL level?

Most Chicago sports fans couldn’t bid 2024 an adieu quickly enough. While there is hope that things will be better in 2025, there are no guarantees. (Say it like Emeril). Due to quirks in the calendar and schedules, we’ve got the usual college football bowl games over the next two days. However, because of the…

Maybe you retired on your own terms, or maybe Father Time sent you repeated messages. If you’re not a professional athlete or entertainer, the public probably wasn’t clamoring for you to end your career. We can all list a number of athletes who have overstayed their welcome and some are still playing much to our…

In an era when broadcasters are urged to say outrageous things, Greg Gumbel never seemed to cave to pressure to achieve the bare minimum. If you’ve watched the major sporting events of the past 40 years, you’ve probably seen Gumbel anchoring. He just passed away at the age of 78. Chicago sports fans of a…

Each Winter there are few stragglers in the free agent market. Three of these guys are a little longer in the tooth. I haven’t heard much speculation about their landing spots or how much they’ve already turned down. If anyone has an idea where J.D Martinez, Justin Turner, Anthony Rizzo and Pete Alonso will end…

Is it any wonder that the offensive and defensive lines have been completely worthless during the Bears current 4-11 season? They were constructed poorly from the start. Instead of assembling a group of guys with proven track records, they found a pack of guys that can’t finish games they start, don’t show up to play…

As much as I love going to baseball games, I might enjoy chaotic off-season’s more than seeing my teams fall short. Even when my teams are inactive, I still enjoy deciphering what other teams do because it impacts my teams. Aside from a few starting pitchers and Japanese stud, Roki Sasaki, the focus this winter…

I’m neither the first nor the last that will make this reference when writing about Sammy Sosa’s return to Chicago. Two local columnists have already chimed in, but seem at odds with their own feelings. Beat reporters will probably get first crack as questioning the slugger on the mistakes he made. While some Cub fans…

This morning I caught the tail end of an NL Central preview highlighting the Reds as a surprise pick. Tell me if you’ve heard that one before. A couple years back it was the Reds, Padres and White Sox. Professional touts rank up there with tax collectors as far as I’m concerned although the latter…