I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

Of course, what follows is only my opinion and isn’t jaded towards popular sentiment. However, what may appear as critical, is just a reflection on the Cubs and Sox failures during the past season, or rather falling short of expectations. No Sox fan went into the 2022 season thinking Tony LaRussa would prove to be…

The big news out of MLB is the retirement of 10 MLB umpires not named Angel Hernandez. Everyone is upset with this news. Lost in the Hernandez component is that the league will have to get used to 10 new umpires. You don’t read too much about umps until they make horrible mistakes or when…

Even if you are under a self-imposed media blockade, you can’t avoid the various and several necrologies. With a little more than a day left in 2022, every industry is publishing the noteworthy and newsworthy figures that have passed this year. Wherever your particular interests lay, you’ve probably missed some important figures passing. Newspapers, the…

Losing soccer great Pele right after a terrific World Cup seems almost fitting. During the entire run of the tournament, Pele was constantly remembered and not just because he was in poor health. He is that important to soccer and international sports. The torch seems to have passed and he never seemed to mind that…

Sports is all about the money and how much money any individual game can generate. That’s fine and not worth getting angry about. Entertainment as we know it is about the money too. It’s really not about the art-television, movies, theater etc. Forget about legalized sports betting for a minute or two. The once marvelous…

This isn’t a Geroge Carlin riff or anything philosophical, but rather how the pursuit of both is similar. I’d argue that enjoying a pizza in a restaurant and seeing a baseball game in person are best enjoyed in the company of others. Dining out in general, is more of a social act. One friend, who…

One of the biggest stories of 2022 was the joint retirement of Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina. The two went out in a blaze of glory and deservedly so. They’ll likely enter Cooperstown in five years from now. Most everybody got the chance to wish them well, but it didn’t work out that way for…

Unless you’re related to one of the many unsigned free agents, you probably aren’t too concerned with their future. Maybe the team you pull for still has some holes to fill and you’re trying to figure out who is left on the market or who could be had in a trade. I admit to being…

We’re less than two months away from spring training, but I like that the Cubs have seemingly come up with a philosophy. In signing a defensive-minded catcher, former gold-glove outfielder (in center) and a solid shortstop, they are finally going strong up the middle. Nobody can assure me that the three will live up to…

If you have ever listened to a team sporting event on television or the radio, it’s impossible to escape the endless recitations of all the players resumes. It’s quite laughable as all of them have reached the pinnacle of their careers in reaching the highest league available. Rest assured, these guys and gals were the…