I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

Before I woke up this morning, I had a definite plan for what I’d be posting about today. There’s lots going on that I need to talk about. Yet, when I heard the news that the White Sox are retiring Ozzie Guillen’s #13, my plans changed. While I’m neither a Sox fan or Ozzie guy,…

Without scanning the current standings, I know that everybody has played between five and seven games to date. Even though it’s a small sample size, that hasn’t stopped the media from blasting fans for overreacting. They know that’s what we do, regardless of the sport. The media loves an emotional audience the same way the…

Editor’s note: I wrote this before the Sox and Cubs took the field yesterday, but had to wait until Friday morning (today) to publish. Forget what you may have heard or read about re: those two games. One of our local, suburban papers chose to focus on “five things” fans of each team can look…

We’re hours away from winnowing a field of 68 to a very capable 8, and I’m late to the game. Five or ten years ago, I would have been all over this tournament as three different rounds were being played in Chicago, St. Louis and Indy. I would have jumped at that opportunity to drive…

hWe’re not half way through the opening slate of games, but several things have caught my eyes from afar. What do Paul Skenes, Mathew Boyd, and Logan Webb have in common? Each was a starting pitcher for Team USA in the recently completed WBC and each was squashed like a bug in their team’s season…

Even though I have little more than an academic interest in tonight’s opener between the Giants and Yankees, I’m excited that the season is finally starting. Incidentally, I’m hoping the Giants win and narrow the gap between them and the Dodgers. Some seasons I feel the urge to make preseason predictions-even guessing win totals for…

Instead of family support what I could have used in high school was an agent who had mastered the press conference. As Opening Day is right around the corner the justifications for really crappy pitching performances is exploding. Every team’s broadcasters are pushing the “he’s working on different pitches” spiel when things go sideways. My…

Only it’s not funny. Just a few minutes ago I saw an NCAA ad before today’s lead-in game for the final 32. In the ad, the NCAA purports to be protecting the student-athlete from the thugs legally placing bets on college sports. Some of these thugs have taken to threaten players and make (unbecoming) comments…

Before he was the manager of the 2026 WBC Team Venezuela champs, Omar Lopez was a mild-mannered superhero.

Over the last few years several people have asked me why I have given up on golf. After much soul searching, I realized it wasn’t the collapse of my swing, the rising cost to play and lack of free time, but rather my rational fear that I might run into Frank Thomas and Doug Flutie…