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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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” […]
It’s everyone’s (well, at least someone’s) favorite time of year, when seasonal projections start coming out. Fangraphs has dropped the ZiPS projections for both the White Sox and Cubs, and as you can guess, the difference in each team’s trajectory shows. Now here is a quick explanation of how these projections are cooked up: Basically, […]
Soxfest 2020 took place this past weekend at the McCormick Place. With the new free agent signings and our young core of players attending, the mood was considerably more upbeat than in recent years. Fans packed themselves into the convention center to meet their favorite players. They had the opportunity to take pictures with the […]
‘Twas the day after Christmas and social media was swirling with rumors of the White Sox targeting an additional outfielder. A few days later, Rick Hahn stated publicly that the team had room for additions, forcing fans to continue to dream big. Though some have reported the club is instead targeting bullpen help, signing an […]
So after a couple years of collusion every MLB team simultaneously deciding to exercise fiscal prudence and somehow all offer the same money to the same guy, this year the hot stove is actually hot. Let’s take a look at what’s been going on… Steven Strasburg got to enjoy one day as the highest paid […]
All the MLB-loving world has trained their gaze upon San Diego, where each team has sent their braintrust (such as it is) and each writer has been champing at the bit to throw in “Anchorman” references. As Bob recapped here, before the meetings even began there were two pitchers who were on the Sox radar […]
He was “My Sweet Addy”, the puppy-eyed young shortstop we all loved in the IFHouse. There’s a big-eyed dog sitting on my feet that carries his name and a folder full of memes on my computer that haven’t made it to the recycling bin after the 2016 season. Who can forget his contribution to the […]