I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

Yesterday was bitter cold in Chicago, but for an hour or so I was in the Valley enjoying baseball, or rather I had three different games on the radio and was imagining I was there. While I wish one of the radio crews would have described the scene and what the Arizona skies looked like,…

Congrats to the US men’s hockey team for winning their first gold medal in 46 years 2-1 over Canada. I was lucky to catch a period and half of the game while grabbing breakfast at the local grocery story. The only time I’ve been more on edge watching a sporting event is when my alma…

Earlier this week, I read that the New York Mets will be honoring the ’86 World Champions and while I really didn’t care for that team (or any Mets team) I appreciate the effort. I always enjoy seeing their Old-timers Day and the joy that the players and fans share. Every year, I look at…

After a couple warm days, we’ve eased back into Winter here in Chicago. Regardless of the temperature in the Midwest, the Cubs and Sox are facing off this afternoon in Mesa. While the game won’t matter in the regular season standings, anyone outside of the region won’t understand this game matters for a number of…

I haven’t attended a Bears regular season game in over 30 years, but more recently I did attend a preseason game with my mom in 2003 or 04. Honestly, I can’t say the stadium experience meant anything to me. I enjoyed the game because we got to sit together and didn’t have to worry about…

Essayist Gary Trujilo was describing a gathering he attended and said the music was excessively mediocre. I told him that I would cite him when I used this term in a post. Gary is a most perceptive writer and has multiple blogs in his artistic bag of tricks. He often shares his thoughts on the…

It’s 10:54 a.m. in Chicago as I type this and it’s sunny and 61 degrees in north suburban Chicago so it has to be 72 degrees in Phoenix (after all it’s only 9:54) and will reach 78-82 later in the day. I don’t have to check weather.com or any other app because that’s how it…

For those of us that like to project how are team(s) will do in the upcoming season, MLB.com beat reporters have done the heavy lifting in compiling likely starting lineups and rotations for the upcoming season. I know that folks (who aren’t necessarily fans) that bet the games need to know whose playing before they…

Even though the wrong team won it all in 2006, it was a great year for me as a writer, or rather a significant year. I began the season with a trip to Phoenix for the inaugural World Baseball Classic. I wrote about the experience for an extant publication and as we near the first…

Across Florida and Arizona, pitchers, catchers and a few dozen position players are reporting to camp this week. Before you know it, the games will begin. From me to you.