The White Sox spent all of August mashing the baseball, and MLB took notice, with two Sox hitters earning monthly awards. First Baseman Jose Abreu took home the AL Player of the Month award for July/August by hitting .330 with 11 homers and a slugging percentage of .687. He highlighted the month with six homers […]
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FROM THE HOME OFFICE: OHHHH, WE’RE HALFWAY THERE — White Sox halfway recap
After Wednesday’s 10-3 drubbing of the hapless Pirates on the South Side, the White Sox are one game past the halfway point of this 60 game Race to COVID, and they’re in very good shape to not only make the playoffs, but possibly win the AL Central. With Cleveland’s victory over the Twins later on […]
NEW KIDS ON THE SOX HAD A BUNCH OF HITS — White Sox 11, Royals 5
Tim Anderson’s placement on the 10-day injured list (strained groin) left manager Ricky Renteria with a quandry: who to lead off Saturday’s game against the Royals in Kansas City. His answer turned out to be rookie CF Luis Robert, and Robert did not disappoint. THE GOOD: Luis Robert. His career-opening six game hitting streak was […]
FULL SPEED AHEAD: We’re Really Doing This?
As COVID-19 cases are rising across the United States since states began to reopen, professional sports are trying to conduct business as usual. Or at least as usual as local jurisdictions will allow. Here in Chicago, both the Cubs and White Sox are preparing for 30 home games each in empty stadia. But the Ricketts […]
PLAY BALL? Owners and Players Agree On Race To COVID.
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. […]
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 […]
#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 […]
OH, THE HUMANITY: Marquee Network Launches This Weekend
The Hindenburg. The Titanic. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge. This weekend, the much-anticipated and much-ballyhooed Marquee Network debuts. This is of relevance to the less than 50% of Chicago area homes that don’t subscribe to Comcast. While the Ricketts family (and presumably, Cubs’ Baseball Operations) have been planning this launch for years, they never thought to […]
CUBS AUSTERITY PLAN STRIKES AGAIN: Crane Kenney Forced to Fly Coach
The Cubs’ ongoing austerity program has now reached beyond the baseball operations segment of the team, and into business operations as the Cubs have announced that not only is President of Business Operations Crane Kenney being forced to flying on commercial flights, but he has been relegated to flying in coach. “He got pretty annoying” […]