In “news we all figured would happen eventually”, MLB owners and players agreed to begin training camp on July 1. While it’s good news, I guess, for baseball to be returning, can anybody really think this through and agree it’s a good idea? I mean, would you send your kid off to play Little League […]
IT’S HARD OUT THERE FOR A PIMP: Owners cry poor, paint players as greedy
So we’re still at a stalemate in regard to Major League Baseball being played at some point in 2020, if at all. The owners have been performing a full-court press, including Cubs owner Tom Ricketts appearing on a video forum with season ticket holders to turn his pockets inside out and hope moths fly out. […]
LET’S DANCE — ESPN Airs Documentary on Former White Sox OF Michael Jordan
Former White Sox outfielder Michael Jordan is back in the spotlight, after ESPN aired the first two hour-long episodes of a 10 hour documentary on his side job as a professional basketball player. Jordan spent the 1994 baseball season with the AA Birmingham Barons, slashing .202/.289/.266 in a park that was notorious for being unfriendly […]
RENEWAL DEFERRED
Baseball has always been a harbinger. The promise of summer,. Of sunshine. Of warm nights dripping with the air that seemed to be the life’s blood of our game. The electricity surging through the crowds that seemed to power the lights as well as the players. The warm air will come, as will the light […]
CATCHER OF THE WEEK: Mike Tresh
In this regular feature, we will help you acquaint yourself with some of the finest practitioners of the most thankless task in baseball to ever don the “tools of ignorance” for our beloved Chicago Baseball teams. This week we feature Mike Tresh. Can you name someone who was born in Hazelton PA, was a catcher, […]
CATCHER OF THE WEEK: Todd Hundley—Catcher ON The Rye
In my 40 years of following the Cubs, I have seen a great many men come through town while donning the tools of ignorance—they collectively comprise a tapestry that ranges the entire characteristic gamut. From the outstanding (our current catcher, one Willson Contreras, who after these past 40 years is well on his way to […]
CATCHER OF THE WEEK: Moe Berg
In this regular feature, we will help you acquaint yourself with some of the finest practitioners of the most thankless task in baseball to ever don the “tools of ignorance” for our beloved Chicago Baseball teams. This week we feature Moe Berg. (Moe Berg) was the strangest man to ever play baseball – Casey Stengel […]
#WhereStoriesPlay: Josh Phegley
While the North Side weather forecasters argue over whether Chicago will see “some snow” or “ducal assloads of snow”, the sun is shining and the air is warm and baseball is being played in Mesa, Arizona. Some will be quick to point out this isn’t “real baseball”, as though all the games played before Opening […]
FROM THE HOME OFFICE: First Weekend Takeaways
Nobody was able to watch Spring Training games on Saturday, as the White Sox were rained out and the Cubs were on the Marquee Network. Sorry, Cub fans…you missed out on the inaugural Ryan Dempster Harry Caray imitation. On Sunday, the White Sox had to be encouraged by Dylan Cease’s outing, going two innings, allowing […]
CHECK THE SKEDDY — An Early Look at the 2020 White Sox Schedule
After a seemingly interminable wait, White Sox baseball is back today, with the spring training opener at 2:05 today at Camelback Ranch vs. the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Orange County, California, Unites States of America. Okay, I’m done. …Planet Earth. [dodges several tomatoes thrown at my face] It won’t be long before the […]