I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

Although the following might seem like the most random grouping since the folks on your cul de sac started grilling together, I want you to figure out what they have in common without using google or Siri. Matt Blake, Preston Clairborne, Desi Druschel, James Rowson, Casey Dykes, and Jake Hirst.

While most Bear fans are wallowing in a great victory over the defending SB champs on Friday, I figure many of them are exhaling and looking for diversions that will keep them from household chores. Fantasy football and worrying about division rivals might keep some fans in front of their TVs today, but for others,…

With the exception of a few years when we traveled over Thanksgiving weekend, I’ve been fortunate to work on Black Friday. For a dozen years or so, I even served people enjoying the faux holiday. Someone will correct me if I’m forgetting the obvious, but I believe today is the first time the Bears will…

In a bold move, the Toronto Blue Jays signed Dylan Cease to a 7-year-$210 million contract. Yowzah! That’s a lot of do re mi for a guy who posted a 4.55 ERA in 2025. During the season, some here in Chicago, speculated that the Cubs were a) interested in Cease b) going to trade for…

In a 162-game regular season every win matters especially when a single game may be all that prevents a team from making the postseason. However, fans and the media can differ as to how they win the close ones may come back to bite the team in long run. A co-worker of mine doesn’t believe…

While I’m neither a thirteen-year-old girl, nor do I have one in my life, I’m smart enough to update or contemporize my analogies. For me villains are Iago, Richard III, Thane of Cawdor and Delores, the witch that lured Hentzel and Gretel. I do get that Wicked is filled with witches both good and bad…

It’s becoming more difficult to sort out the college hoops world with NIL and transfer portals. I’m having a hell of a time figuring out the names of my alma mater and their respective games. I know every move to a new conference is done as a money grab and that not every school will…

Anytime we question how someone really feels, we suggest employing a lie detector even though most of us don’t have access to one. Spouses under threat of major arguments will often fudge a little to keep the peace or use specifically vague terms. Front offices of professional sports teams will blatantly lie when discussing plans…

For as passionate I am about baseball and college hoops (to a lesser degree) I don’t really spend any time watching sports talk or sports yell on TV. So on that rare occasion that I find myself out for lunch during the week, I’m stuck with multiple TV’s, and luckily today all were set to…

I haven’t heard any media types pretending they predicted that Josh Naylor would be the first Major League ballplayer to sign a free agent deal this offseason. It seems like Carlos Santana repeatedly jumped the gun the past few years and signed before anyone finished prepping their Thanksgiving turkey. Because the Mariners haven’t confirmed the…