I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

At least for the first game of each series I want to see the player introductions instead of dealing with the pregame blather unless it’s to report Arod was arrested. Oh wait, that’s an NFL thing.

With a marquee NFL game on tonight I don’t expect many of my Cub fan friends and relatives will be checking into the Seattle-Toronto opener tonight. Heck, I’m a little surprised I have the unwatchable FOX pregame show, but I’m curious to see if they will mention the Expansion 77 aspect. I’m betting the same…

Other than wishing a few guys well last night, I’m grateful that I didn’t have a horse in last night’s race otherwise I would have pulled out my nose hairs. Until I hopped in my car (middle of the 6th), I had only a third hand account of the Tigers-Mariners instant classic. The game was…

Even though it’s already been a couple days since Quinn Priester got his head handed to him by the Cubs in his first postseason appearance. His first inning implosion was neither the first of the season, nor will it be the last in the course of baseball history. The former first-round pick of the Pirates…

While posting the other day about fan reactions in different markets, I neglected to mention something hilarious. I’m one of those folks that believe the Phillies have an extreme homefield advantage and not just because their outfielders are more familiar with the nooks and crannies in the outfield. It really is about the crazy fans…

When sports talk radio began 30 some years ago, the format was simple, and it’s devolved into shouting matches between so-called experts and listeners who don’t have enough friends that care as much about sports as they do. Even radio stations that didn’t highlight sports or carry a particular team’ s games would devote a…

I am not sure fans of both the Cubs and Brewers respect either team yet, but the people who matter most do respect each other. Anyone who follows college football realizes 112% of what coaches say about the opponent is b.s. That’s not the case with either of these teams and not because of the…

After having to pivot on my postseason travel plans I ended up with a Standing Room ticket for Saturday afternoon’s tilt between the NL Central’s Cubs and Brewers, but unlike 87% of the local writers. bloggers and general know it all’s, I’ve actually attended over 50 games from the seats at Miller/AmFam and have a…

I’m of the age and at the point in my sports fandom where I’m always associating current players with the athletes of my youth and it doesn’t start with the comps on Baseball Reference. That’s why when the Cleveland Browns named their Week 5 starting quarterback, I didn’t do any research or check out his…

Forget the fact that the Cubs and Brewers have a history and that the Cubs edged the Crew in their season series 7-6, as the Brewers won the division. Both team and managers know each other like brothers, even more than Ben Johnson thought he knew the Lions offense. People without a horse in the…