I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

If you look hard enough for trends and oddities in daily box scores, you’ll find them. Some are extraordinary and others purely mundane or random. Talk with lifelong fans and they’ll be quick to point out that you’ll likely see something different at any game you attend. To our detriment everyone is focusing on the…

Who would have imagined that the Guardians and Tigers would play a doubleheader in 4 hours and 13 minutes today? Who predicted the Tigers would sweep 4-3 and 1-0? That being said, when pitchers have a difficult time finding the plate, it feels like sitting in a last-period science class. The clock might say otherwise,…

Yesterday I set out to preview last night’s A’s-Cubs pitching matchups, but then I realized it wasn’t that interesting. Neither starting pitcher, Hayden Wesneski-Cubs, nor Kyle Muller had a history with the other team. As both pitchers are (practically) rookies that’s no surprise. Muller was acquired in the deal that sent Matt Olson to Atlanta.…

Fifty years ago the Oakland A’s won their second of three (straight) WS rings against the Yogi Berra led the Mets. The A’s did a nice job of honoring that team before the finale against the Mets. The Mets spoiled the reunion with a sweep of the hapless 2023 A’s. I don’t know if the…

It’s great when children follow in their parents’ footsteps. It’s even better when they share common positive traits. As is often the case with broadcasters, most fans seem to favor the older generation for whatever reason. Whether by design or by listening for years, the kids often sound like their Dads or granddads. The Brennaman’s…

As of this moment, I think we’re at the high point for the day weatherwise. It’s 52 degrees, mostly grey and wet, but that’s not all bad. It is only April 16th-so we’re not out of the woods in Chicago. In fact. this isn’t horrible baseball weather for April. Like tens of thousands of baseball…

Chris Bosio, Bob Horner and Larry Csonka celebrated the Jays 6-3 win over the Rays with multiple bottles of champagne. We’ll have to wait until 2024 to see if any team can start the season 14-0. In related news, the Yankees were the only AL East team to not pick up a game on Tampa…

For the last few days I’ve heard several radio ads for the upcoming Cubs-Dodgers season in Los Angeles and on the Marquee Network. The ad highlights Cody Bellinger’s return to L.A. I’m certain this means more to Bellinger than everyone else on the team, but I don’t know if the story weighs heavily on the…

Even before Julian Merryweather surrendered the first of two homers yesterday, the guy sitting to my right had him on a one way bus ride to AAA Iowa. For that matter, he was willing to ship Miles Mastrobuoni as well. I don’t know if I’ve seen enough of Miles to exile him to Iowa, but…

One game is a small sample size, but I have some thoughts about what I saw, heard and sampled (and expected to find). I grew up at Wrigley and worked there 40 years ago. I have strong emotional attachments to many physical aspects of the ballpark and many fond memories. However, I know things change-sometimes…