I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

If you live in Chicago, you can’t help but notice the Cubs are holding their annual convention for the first time in a few years. You don’t have to care about the Cubs or baseball to help but notice it. Older baseball fans sneer at the fans that dress up for fanfests and spend their…

After Carlos Correa tested the free agent market (and coming to terms with SF and the Mets), he re-upped with the smaller market, Twins for 6 years and $200 million. Suffice to say, he can make close to the difference he lost by not signing with either NL club, if he remains healthy and meets…

Call it a moment of weakness, but I turned on the TV hoping to find out how badly the Bears lost. I lucked out and happened upon the Eagles-Giants game, but was upset by what I heard. Flash back to the 2022 ML season and Aaron Judge’s pursuit of homers 61 and 62. Roger Maris…

I know people are approaching Week 18 of the NFL with different mindsets. I’m done, especially since the only reason to watch the Bears (Justin Fields) isn’t happening. Instead, I’m going to run through some highlights of my 2022 season. Since I didn’t see as many games as Jon, Steve, Tom’s and some relatives, I’m…

Baseball fans point to HOF’ers Rollie Fingers, Goose Gossage and Bruce Sutter as closers that often pitched more than an inning to earn a save. Since today’s closer has become a one-inning guy, we tend to forget multiple innings were exclusive to Hall of Famers. The news that former Cub reliever passed away yesterday at…

We’re finally in week 18 of the NFL and teams are either jockeying for a draft pick or playoff seeding. I can’t say that I expect great effort from everyone playing this weekend. As a college hoops fan, I hate hearing that my team is looking to win their second game in a row. I…

No matter how professional, professionals in any field pretend to be, they are all human beings subject to the same pitfalls that bring down many people. And seeing how some owners of professional sports teams engage in social media battles when it is better to just shut up, I wonder how often their other vices…

Even if you never watched the first iteration of Dallas but were old enough, the “Who shot JR?” plot probably resonates with you as ultra-hype fabricated by the media. If you’ve stuck your nose in the national sports news over the past few weeks, you’ve probably read about Carlos Correa and his free agent deals…

Congratulations to Chicago native and former play by play voice of the Kane County Cougars, Wayne Randazzo on being named the new PBP voice of the Anaheim Angels television broadcasts. Most recently, he handled PBP for the Mets on both radio and television. He also handled Friday night games on Apple TV.

Growing up I knew not of the road trip. We didn’t have a station wagon and Dad wasn’t crazy about long drives. I do know that some of the better road trips friends and relatives went on were serendipitous at least as far as the passengers were concerned. Having spoken with enough people on the…