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Sunday smorgasbord: This is the day everyone with a keen sense of Chicago sports — as well as elsewhere — has been waiting for. Yes, it’s the opening game. Of the WNBA Finals. Oh, and the opening game of the Bears season, too. * Thanks to the wonder of trans-global communication (OK, otherwise known as […]
Paul Konerko may not bat again this season. Which means he might not bat again in his major-league career. The Chicago White Sox first baseman/designated hitter, who is retiring after this season, has a broken bone in his left hand. If it wasn’t so late in the season, he would land on the 15-day disabled […]
Well, what do you know. The Chicago Bears are undefeated and ahead of the Green Bay Packers. OK, so the Packers lost Thursday night at Seattle in the 2014 NFL season opener 36-16, and the Bears don’t play till Sunday at Soldier Field against the Buffalo Bills. Optimism reigns until further notice (meaning the first […]
September does not offer any chance of postseason possibilities for Chicago’s baseball teams. It does offer the possibility of a basketball title. Thanks to a 75-62 victory Wednesday in Indianapolis in a decisive Game 3, the Chicago Sky has reached the WNBA finals. Doesn’t really help Cubs or Sox fans (and probably doesn’t mean much […]
Midweek musings: Whaddya mean it’s Wednesday? It’s Tues… I mean Mond… uh. Labor Day was Monday? What’s that make this? Yes, life can be confusing. That’s why there are calendars to figure these things out. Of course, there are things far more complicated — also things far more simple — to figure out. Let us […]
Labor Day provided a fair share of firsts for those with Chicago sports connections. Mostly baseball but basketball, too. For starters, Cubs right fielder Jorge Soler made his Wrigley Field debut. And Cubs starter Justin Turner posted his first victory with the team (OK, so it was his second outing since being acquired from Miami), […]
Monday meanderings: Once upon a time (OK, maybe merely a few decades ago), Labor Day doubleheaders were the norm. Nowadays doubleheaders in general are the rarity with most being day/night encounters that allow bean counters to have separate gates for each game. OK, I get it. What I do not get is teams not playing […]
Sunday smorgasbord: For some reason, splitting doubleheaders tends to feel better when your team wins the second game. In the case of the Chicago Cubs and White Sox, they lost the second games after winning the first Saturday. Which means both teams still have the same won-lost record. Oh, joy. Or as much joy as […]
The Chicago Cubs may be the best last-place team in baseball! They defeated the host St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 Friday night with Jorge Soler hitting two home runs. Javier Baez had a two-run double that broke a 2-2 tie in the eighth inning. Arismendy Alcantara added a home run in the ninth. Luis Valbuena had […]
The Chicago Bears lost their final exhibition game of the 2014 season 33-13 Thursday to the host Cleveland Browns. Meaning the mostly meaningless games are over for them. Well, unless they fail to reach the postseason. * If I had a nickel for every player who had an impressive performance in his team’s final exhibition […]