I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

If you’re a Chicago sports fan, all I got for you is Hawks rookie, Connor Bedard. If you believe in either the ’23 Bears or Bulls, I’ve got a parcel of land for you. The excuses for the other teams in town continue to mount at a record pace.

I hadn’t expected much from my morning paper today re: National Cheeseburger Day (9/18) but was a little disappointed to find the promised story about suburban restaurants and their come-ons for the day were missing. NCB is nothing more than a marketing stratagem-some businesses take better advantage of the day than others. I don’t associate…

Sports fans have far greater access to games that were played years (and decades) ago. We can pull up specific games on our phones or laptops with a few clicks. Aside from the videos, we can call on scorecards and stat sheets through Baseball Reference and Retrosheets (I’m omitting several others). All of this allows…

I spent much of Friday formulating the greatest post on starting pitchers and how the better managers manipulate(d) rotations to win series. I had years of examples before analytics became the rage and matchups were analyzed by everyone but the folks in the dugout. Because many teams rely on behind the scene info to determine…

Ordinarily, I don’t comment on televised games, but I’ll confine my comments to the broadcast itself with one thought on the state of the team. Rick Sutcliffe was paired with HOF’er Pat Hughes the Marquis Network. It was a rare day off for the regulars. Usually, I’m not a fan of the usually gurgling Sutcliffe…

Cubs top prospect, Pete Crow-Armstrong, has already made his ML debut, was caught stealing and made two spectacular catches in center, but that isn’t enough. Manager David Ross is tasked with managing his playing time while the Cubs pursue a playoff spot. I think I read that he said, now is not the time for…

Due to a much needed rainout last night, the White Sox are hosting the Royals in a straight doubleheader today. I’m not at the game nor would I subject myself to attending-although it’s a gorgeous day. Editor’s note: I have two friends that might be at the game(s) today because they are terrific baseball fans.…

This morning I heard some Lions fan kvetching over their unexpected season opening win over the defending Super Bowl champs. This wasn’t the usual garbage one expects from a fan of an historically jinxed franchise bemoaning unexpected success. It was literally a guy with too much time on his hands. From the way this cat…

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…