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Based on their ceremonial first pitches at Friday’s White Sox game, Chicago Bulls newcomers Pau Gasol and Nikola Mirotic never will pull a Michael Jordan and take time off from the Bulls to play baseball. * Speaking of ceremonial first pitches and basketball players, Chicago Sky center Sylvia Fowles will toss out the first pitch […]
When Carlos Boozer’s joining the Los Angeles Lakers is the highlight of your sports day, it must mean you haven’t had much of a day. Unless, of course, you happen to be Carlos Boozer — which most people are not. * The Lakers put in the winning amnesty waiver bid of $3.25 million on Boozer. […]
OK, so there’s not much happening in the world of sports the night after baseball’s All-Star Game. Which is precisely why that is the night ESPN holds its annual ESPY Awards show. Once upon a time (bascially when the Bulls were winning NBA titles in the mid-to-late 1990s), the show was must-see TV to find […]
Midweek musings: OK, so the National League lost to the American League 5-3 Tuesday in Minneapolis. Yes, Starlin Castro and Anthony Rizzo struck out. But it was St. Louis Cardinals pitching that was responsible for allowing the runs that will prevent the Cubs from having homefield advantage in the 2014 World Series. * But seriously […]
Random thoughts (well, what we think of as thinking around here) while wondering what year it will be when baseball’s home-run derby will run so long that the start of the All-Star Game has to be delayed: * Speaking of the home-run derby, if Major League Baseball wants to make it a compelling contest, why […]
Monday meanderings: The Chicago White Sox bullpen. Again. Need we say more? Probably not if you’re a Sox fan. John Danks exited after seven innings and 114 pitches with a one-run lead Sunday at Cleveland. The Indians won 3-2 on a two-run home run in the eighth. The Sox (45-51) are 10.5 games behind division […]
Sunday smorgasbord: The Chicago Bulls got taller Saturday. They might even be better, too. They signed free-agent center/forward Pau Gasol, most recently of the Los Angeles Lakers. The NBA champion San Antonio Spurs reportedly also were interested in him. Which should be some sort of endorsement of Gasol’s value to a championship team. Of course, […]
The Chicago Bulls moved past the Miami Heat as an Eastern Conference title contender for the 2014-15 season. Without doing anything. Pretty impressive, huh? Yes, except for the fact that the Cleveland Cavaliers moved past the Bulls as the theoretical team to beat in the conference. That’s what happens when LeBron James decides to take […]
Think of it as one of the most successful days in Chicago baseball history. Off the field, where success is easier to come by. At the ballot box, where success is easier to come by — even when the ballot box is located in cyberspace. Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo and White Sox left-hander Chris […]
If it’s any consolation to Chicago Cubs fans (and the guess considerably analyzed assessment is that it is not), Jason Hammel did not win his debut for the Oakland A’s on Wednesday night. Hammel allowed two earned runs in five innings in a 5-2 loss to the Giants in San Francisco. That’s about as close […]