I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

As has been pointed out in the attached article, Marcus Stroman had already opted out of participating in next week’s ASG in Seattle. Everything he says makes complete sense and is what you’d like to hear from any professional athlete making a bundle of doremi. I’m sure some fans will be disappointed to read the…

The Cubs head to New York to take on the Yankees in a three-game set having just burned their two best starters, Justin Steele and Marcus Stroman. The odds favor the Yankees, but baseball may intervene. The bigger more troubling news is the arrival of the Cardinals in Chicago. St. Louis comes to town with…

I’ll take the Cubs-Brewers rivalry since the Brewers joined the NL in 1998. The networks prefer two teams that have played and won more WS titles and I get that to a degree, but how easy is it to get to and from NYC to Boston, or Los Angeles to SF? When both the Giants…

There’s a generation of oldsters, let’s call them the Topps Generation, who enhanced our math skills by memorizing the backs of baseball cards. Maybe this proficiency with quicky multiplication and conversion from decimals to fractions didn’t aid us in algebra, calculus or architecture, but it was fun. As I type this 57% of White Sox…

More Americans probably are going to watch fireworks, have a hotdog, watch a game or attend a parade today because that’s what most of us do on Independence Day. There’s even a possibility that we’ll indulge in multiple activities. Unlike the other national holidays, Independence Day is inconveniently celebrated on the 4th of July, regardless…

It’s a virtue to not take yourself too seriously. Some wonderful people haven’t mastered the art, but can’t be blamed. There’s a strong possibility that laughing isn’t their first response to any situation. Don’t get me started on the many ways that MLB and the powers that be, take themselves way too seriously. The minors…

Due to injuries and starting pitchers making starts next Sunday, the just-released All-Star teams aren’t set in stone. I haven’t had a lot of time to get worked up over omissions and mistakes, but I’m pleasantly surprised by some of the names on and off the list. Without doing any research, I can’t recall the…

Yankee starting pitcher Domingo German threw the 22nd perfect game since 1903. There were two thrown in the 1880’s, but the rules were different then. While a perfect game doesn’t ensure future success, 7 HOFer’s have achieved the feat. There’s no rhyme or reason as to who will throw when and under what circumstances. Without…

Did NY Mets owner Steve Cohen sign Justin Verlander($43m) and Max Scherzer ($43m) not to win the World Series? Or is he happy with a likely 3rd place finish in the NL East? Forget what Mets fans think-that’s pretty obvious-especially if the Braves and the ghost of Larry Jones win another World Series. Sports fans…

By the time the city of Chicago dismantles all of the Nascar equipment mucking up the streets, a half dozen starters may have cancelled out on playing in Seattle. Right now I’m going to propose two starting pitchers on a .500 Cubs team should make the NL pitching staff. I know that Cub fans and…