I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

Remember when the Red Sox, White Sox and Cubs exorcised their demons by finally winning it all again, in 2004, 2005, and 2016 respectively? The expansion, Astros, Nationals and Rangers followed suit. The Dodgers even ended their 32-year futility in the 60-game season in 2020. Beyond the Rangers winning their first WS title in their history, two…

I admit to not paying close attention to what “national” day it is. I usually find out from a co-worker or an email from some related organization. That’s how I find out about national cheeseburger days and the like. Had I not received an email from the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, I wouldn’t have known that today was…

Since I heard the news the other day, I’ve been practicing my pronunciation of Shota Imanaga, the Cubs newest free agent pitcher. Okay, he hasn’t signed on the dotted line, but three baseball bigfoots have said the signing is imminent, and rather than linking to some nobody with zero credibility I’m linking to the mlb.com story.…

The Cubs decision to slow play the free agent market may not be so aggravating after all. Teams used to use their fan conventions as a means of introducing new players and in some teams’ cases bumping season ticket sales. For those of that wouldn’t mind seeing Cody Bellinger return for something less than 8 years,…

It’s easier to find a Gonzalo Marquez fan club, than a more passionate (former fan) chronicler of Oakland A’s woes than the brains and sense of humor behind Coco Crisp’s Afro, an amazing blog. cococrispafro.wordpress.com The most recent post led me to Last Dive Bar and for those not following the folly that is the A’s move to…

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I wasn’t able to pursue baseball in its purest form last year and I’m hoping to get back on the old horse this year. After all, the premise of the blog is that I’d rather be sitting in a ballpark, no matter what the commissioner does to irk me…

Batting Rk Name Yrs From To ASG WAR/pos G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Date of Death Died Tms 1 Bob Allen 5 1961 1967 0 -0.2 204 34 31 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 .129 .156 .161 .318…

Over the next couple of days, every newspaper (remember them), specialty website and most industries will have shared their necrology list for 2023. And if you’re like me, there are certain passings from early in the year that I will have forgotten about. A couple of days ago mlb.com ran theirs with an accompanying 5-minute video. I…

Forget the recent Braves World Series Championship for a moment. The team has been relevant since the Hank Aaron days with invisibility for almost a decade and then relevance since the 90’s. The 7-8 Falcons come to Chicago to play the 6-9 Bears on Sunday and it got me to thinking how the Winter teams in…

One need not dig too deeply these days to find connections between ML players. Guys move around from team to team (sometimes so quickly they never suit up for the team) that nobody can keep track. I’m sure someone in the media will pretend they saw the Chris Sale to the Braves trade coming, but…