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Congratulations to the Kane County Cougars for winning the Miles Wolff Cup, aka the American Association’s championship. They made quick work of the Winnipeg Goldeyes last night dispatching Winnipeg 5-3. The Cougars swept each of the three postseason series for their first title since winning the MWL crown in 2014 as the Cubs low-A affiliate.

With some NFL teams sitting at 0-2, I know fans and pundits have already declared seasons a bust and certain player acquisitions even bigger busts. I’m not worried about the NFL or its teams, but I appreciate the rush to judge. It’s what fans do. With only 12 games left in the regular season, it’s…

The first think you see when you enter the right field gate at Northwestern Medicine Field in Genea, Illinois is the reminder that the Kane County Cougars are two-time MWL champs. The Cougars won their first MWL title in 2001 when they were a Marlins affiliate. Their last title came in 2014 with the young…

If you’re someone who likes easy money, does it disturb you that Aaron Judge has gone 15 games without hitting a home run? Would it surprise you and would you have bet on him hitting one during this three-game visit to Wrigley? The touts at the various online gambling websites would have you believe their…

With several television channels and radio stations across the country talking sports 24/7 it’s almost impossible to imagine a time in MLB when there were only 24 teams. For almost all of Ed Kranepool’s 18 seasons with the Mets, he faced the Cubs 18 times a year. He was neither the most gifted player on…

While there’s still plenty of time for the Braves, Mets and Cubs to sort things out in the NL wildcard chase, the Midwest League’s regular season has come to an end. And so ends the regular season for the South Bend Cubs. I don’t mean to suggest that the South Bend Cubs lost season has…

Officially, we’re two games into the NFL season, but in reality, the season hasn’t started. As someone who doesn’t benefit from the previous two games (I don’t own a team nor a sports bar) and am not football crazy, but I appreciate how excited NFL fans are about Sunday’s games. I have never found the…

Last night, the greatest offensive force of the last 2 decades lost their second game in a row to the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates and they were blanked 5-0. I know as sure as I’m going to tie some kid’s shoes today, that Cub fans will be kicking and screaming. After scoring 734 runs against some…

For decades schools have wrestled with whether to start before or after Labor Day. Some poor fools start the week before only to get the following Monday off and disrupt the flow of information that some teachers have been able to establish. In other parts of the country, school begins in early to mid-August-which really…

I think 20+ years ago, most baseball fans assumed that Dusty Baker’s young son, Darren, would get the opportunity to play in the big leagues. And for those of us that follow these things, it comes as no surprise that Darren was one of the Nationals call-ups today. Fittingly, he was inserted into today’s lineup…