I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

After a couple of really unfortunate and curious injuries to Cubs pitchers, the front office has had to dig deeply for reinforcements. Excluding TJ surgeries, five pitchers on the 40-man roster are on the IL with various maladies. Am I the only one questioning the vaunted Cubs pitching lab? I was never much of a…

Don’t put too much stock in gold gloves or the players that have “earned” them in the past decade or so. The folks voting don’t watch the game, rather they check out the stats. I’m not sure when official scorers and guys and gals calling the games made excuses for fielders. Having spent the last…

I’m always happy to hear about teams celebrating significant anniversaries of championships or noteworthy achievements. I think it’s a terrific way for teams to connect with the players from that particular era and old and new fans. Unless someone is lucky enough to have older relatives that share stories of players and teams of the…

Appleton Wisconsin has been home to minor league baseball since 1958, but joined the Midwest League in 1962 as the Fox Cities Foxes. Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium is located in Grand Chutes, Wisconsin. The team switched to Appleton in 1967, and became the Timber Rattlers in 1995 when the current park was…

In what seems like a lifetime ago, we had Baby Jordan foisted upon us. Dang, I’m not sure SI and others in the media who got the entire Harold Miner thing so drastically wrong ever saw him play. In his marginal NBA career, his crowning achievement was winning the dunking contest twice, but if anyone…

Unless you’re a fan that only focuses on your one team, major matchups are exciting-even when they are occasionally contrived by MLB. I’m sure that some people think the hype surrounding 2023, 1st pick overall, Paul Skenes is an MLB marketing ploy. I get the skepticism especially when the focus is on a Yankee, Met,…

On one of the radio stations carrying the imminent Cubs-Sox series said that when these two teams play, you can toss out the records. The only reason to toss out the records in this case is because both teams reek right now. Entering play in tonight’s game at Wrigley, the Cubs are 29-31 and have…

I hate to follow up a positive post with one that leans critical. One of the things about a nice scoreboard page of a local sports section is the ability to see every box score from a given day on the same page. Some would argue that the digital scoreboard serves the same purpose, but…

39 years later, Run DMC’s lyrics hold true. Unfortunately, I can’t stop myself from invoked those lyrics when a blabbermouth yammers on when silence is the better alternative. With so many professional broadcasters trying to emulate historically great voices of the game, I’m amazed that so few are able to shut up when the action…

Few managers and coaches get to walk away on their own terms. Al McGuire and John Wooden come to mind, but they’re the rare exceptions to the rule. There’s an old adage that an owner can’t fire 26 guys (in the case of baseball) which isn’t to say that some managers should be fired midseason…