I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

Aside from wanting to visit MWL ballparks, long forgotten, I had hoped to speak with a few of the ballplayers with local ties to suburban Chicago. While there are a couple reporters with The Daily Herald that cover local kids made good, there is next to nothing written about The Northwoods League and the experience.…

Like an idiot, I waited until the last day of the Northwoods League season to attend my first game in Kenosha. Due to the fact that 98% of their games are played at night, I found too many reasons to not attend before last night. This post is far more about the ballpark and atmosphere…

When the White Sox finally relieved Pedro Grifol of his duties as Sox manager, a collective sigh was heard in Chicago. Then Sox fans realized the same guys would decide who the next manager will be are the same guys that got them in this mess. Faint praise alert: GM Chris Getz is a nice…

As a matter of course, not all HOF inductees are without controversy, and the halls themselves aren’t perfect. Earlier today, I read about the newest member of the Vienna Beef Hotdog Hall of Fame. Luke’s of Mundelein is only the 153rd to be so honored. I also read something about a young friend who just…

While people have been talking about new football Hall of Famer Steve McMichael’s toughness and his playing streak for the Bears, nobody has pointed out the irony with today’s Bears. Ordinarily, I don’t question players effort, but it seems that more guys look for reasons not to play. In some cases, it appears to be…

As a Cubs fan it’s not for me to litigate what’s gone wrong with the Sox organization the past few years. I can’t ignore what’s going on though as I have friends and family that root for the team inexplicably and I love the game. With their 13-7 loss to the Twins this afternoon, the…

I just saw the horrible news that Jim Weber, longtime Toledo Mud Hens broadcaster passed away. He was with the Mud Hens for 49 years. Jim was synonymous with Toledo baseball and will be missed by everyone.

Great Expectations could easily have been about Chicago’s baseball fans. I remember the excitement for the 2006 Sox season and the 2017 Cubs season. Boy was that wasted energy on both sides of town. Forget how we felt after the Bears won it all in 1985/86. The hype surrounding the Bears and Caleb Williams is…

Don’t believe every forecast you read is the lesson of the day. Yesterday I intended to make the 3-hour drive to Peoria for an early afternoon title between the Chiefs and the Quad Cities River Bandits, but I believed the forecast for three hours of rain and pivoted. Instead, I embarked on a 178-mile journey…

The trade deadline has come and passed, and everyone is evaluating the trades. However, nobody’s mentioned that the truly crappy teams (White Sox, Rockies, Marlins and A’s) don’t appear to have solved any of their long-term problems. This isn’t a major problem for fans of the rest of the teams, however, success is fleeting and…