I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

I’ve drifted back to 1998 several times this season for personal and professional reasons. Aside from the surprising run that the Cubs went on and the historic home run chase, the Yankees began their mini-dynasty in 1998. And were it not for a Brewers radio broadcast, I would have omitted that from my list/memories of…

Yesterday I met the only man in America (not named Chris Getz) that doesn’t believe Getz was a poor selection for Sox G.M. And while Getz wasn’t responsible for selecting, drafting and acquiring the talent that currently pollutes their ecosystem, he was charged with developing them. One of my favorites, an under-used sports term is…

A couple friends who don’t follow MLB as closely as I do (to their credit) point out how awful the San Francisco Giants are. Watching them get swept by the Cubs the past three days substantiates those claims. Rather than disagreeing for the sake of argument, I look at the Giants differently. Before the sweep,…

Sports fans are ap make comparisons whenever and aside from Yours Truly, it’s not to share new analogies. When we try and make sense of our teams, specific players and eventual outcomes, we like to draw on the familiar. And save for a few devoted web pages, it’s not all about stats. Luckily, the Cubs…

In today’s local paper there was a story about a suburb unearthing a 25-year-old time capsule. And with the Cubs concluding their three-game sweep with the Giants today, I immediately flashed back to the ’98 season. That year the Cubs would face San Francisco in a winner take all game for the right to lose…

Every once in a great while, you’ll glean a little wisdom from a Marquee broadcast. Usually, they’re trying to ram so many Statcast stats down one’s gullet that you miss what’s right in front of you. During last night’s game against the Giants, one of the guys said that Wilmer Flores was having the best…

I guess it’s a safe bet that if you have a laptop and an email address, you’re a frequent Amazon customer, maybe even a Prime account holder. Lo and behold, I’ve never purchased anything on Amazon nor do I feel the urgency to open an account. That’s what makes the 2-4 urgent emails I receive…

I know how I feel when my team(s) defeat a rival and knock them out of the playoffs. It’s actually happened several times and I’m not ashamed of my pettiness-I consider it my duty. However, I find myself rooting for more individuals on teams I don’t particularly like so I’m an oddity in that sense.…

Sometimes I use baseball as a metaphor, and other times I’m just talking baseball. However, the use of the EST or superlative isn’t confined to baseball specifically or sports in general but it seems to be the in the sportswriter’s argot. Over the past five years, I’ve enhanced my lying by hyperbole as it’s often…

I can’t remember the last time the Cubs played a Friday afternoon game out of town. It doesn’t matter that it was merely the first part of a doubleheader, in fact that makes it all the more special. I don’t know the last time any Friday afternoon game wasn’t played at Wrigley. Great American Ballpark…