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There are rallies. And then there are rallies. The Chicago Cubs had one Wednesday at Cincinnati, but lost 7-5 to the Reds when Javier Baez hit a deep fly out that ended the game with two runners on base. The White Sox had a seventh-inning rally (if you can call one run a rally) with […]
Midweek musings: Tuned into Chicago Sky game a little late. End of third quarter. Almost turned off the contest at Atlanta in the decisive game of their WNBA best-of-three first-round series. Glad I stayed with the game. Down 16 points after three quarters, the Sky scored an 81-80 victory with Elena Delle Donne scoring half […]
Random thoughts (or something akin to them) while contemplating the significance of the Chicago Cubs promoting Jorge Soler from Class AAA Iowa to the big-league ballclub: * The Cuban-born outfielder is set to join the team Wednesday in Cincinnati and is expected to play left field. It remains unclear when he will be inducted to […]
Monday meanderings: The Jackie Robinson West baseball team that won the U.S. Little League championship Saturday lost Sunday’s game against South Korea 8-4 for the global crown. Even so, the youngsters from Chicago have much to be proud of, including being the first all-African-American team to win the U.S. title. May the players enjoy their […]
Sunday smorgasbord: Cubs second baseman Javier Baez homered for the second consecutive day in a 7-2 victory vs. the Baltimore Orioles at Wrigley Field. Meaning he has seven in 78 at-bats. He also struck out three times in going 1-for-4 to give him 34. Meaning he strikes out 44 percent of the time and hits […]
The bright side to the Chicago Bears’ 34-6 loss to the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks is the game was over so quickly that only friends and family of the players needed to stay up late to watch most of the game. * Someone please tell me how the third exhibition game is the […]
The Chicago White Sox traded second baseman Gordon Beckham to the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday. If nothing else, Beckham epitomizes what it is to go from being one of the building blocks for a brighter future to being a part of the past. And how quickly that can happen. * And, yes, Cubs fans […]
Thursday thoughts (or as close as we generally get to such things around here): The Chicago Cubs lost a victory Wednesday. And then they went out and played a game against the San Francisco Giants. Which they also lost. * On the bright side, the Cubs still have a chance to win Tuesday’s game. The […]
Midweek musings: Some of you might have gone to sleep when the San Francisco Giants-Chicago Cubs game Tuesday at Wrigley Field was in a rain delay. Well, you didn’t miss much. Assuming you even were up when the game went into a delay. It might have looked like something out of a comedy sketch, but […]
Random thoughts while wondering how many people expected Bud Norris to outpitch Chris Sale in Monday night’s Baltimore Orioles-Chicago White Sox contest at U.S. Cellular Field: * Speaking of Sale (10-3, 2.12 earned-run average), he gave up three runs in six innings on eight hits and eight strikeouts. He threw 121 pitches. Which, if the […]