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Thursday thoughts (or semi-reasonable facsimiles thereof): Chicago White Sox slugger Jose Abreu hit his 20th home run Wednesday in a 7-6 victory vs. the visiting San Francisco Giants. In doing so in his 58th big-league game, he reached that total quicker than all but two other rookies: Wally Berger (51 games) and Mark McGwire (56). […]
Midweek musings: For those looking for a weakness in Chicago White Sox slugger Jose Abreu’s game, the rookie may have shown one in Tuesday’s 8-2 victory against the visiting San Francisco Giants: failure to run to first base after striking out on a pitch that ended up at the backstop. * Speaking of Sox weaknesses, […]
Random thoughts (or as close as we get to such things around here) while wondering whether Chicago Cubs manager Rick Renteria can figure a way to give pitcher Travis Wood more at-bats. * A Wood pinch-hit double drove in the winning run Monday in Miami in a 13-inning, 5-4 decision. Not counting fellow pitcher Brian […]
Monday meanderings: The San Antonio Spurs defeated the visiting Miami Heat 104-87 Sunday night to capture the best-of-seven NBA finals in five games. Meaning Spurs forward Tim Duncan has five championships. Michael Jordan has six. So if Duncan wins another one or more, he will be as good as — or better than — Jordan? […]
Sunday smorgasbord: With their 7-4 loss Saturday at Philadelphia, the Chicago Cubs fell to a National League-worst 12-25 on the road. That’s a .324 winning percentage. At that rate, the Cubs would finish 26-55 on the road in 2014. Meaning the Cubs would need to go 37-44 (.457) at Wrigley Field to avoid 100 losses. […]
The Chicago White Sox almost defeated the visiting Kansas City Royals — if you take away the first inning Friday night at U.S. Cellular Field. That would be the inning when Sox left-hander Jose Quintana gave up five runs in what became a 7-2 Royals victory. Let the record show very few baseball games do […]
The ace of the Chicago White Sox pitching staff started Thursday night’s game against the visiting Detroit Tigers. And lost 4-0. The ace of the Cubs’ pitching staff started Thursday night’s game against the host Pittsburgh Pirates. And lost 4-0. * Sox left-hander Chris Sale yielded one run — a fifth-inning Victor Martinez home run. […]
Thursday thoughts (or as close to thinking as we come around here): Don’t look now, but the Chicago White Sox are only 2 1/2 games behind the American League Central division leader Detroit Tigers (whom they defeated Wednesday night at U.S. Cellular Field). And part of the reason not to look is that the Cleveland […]
Midweek musings: First baseman Anthony Rizzo homered, had two doubles and drove in three runs as the Chicago Cubs defeated the host Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3 Tuesday night. He raised his batting average to .284 and also raised the possibility he could become one of those All-Star Game candidates whom fans can vote into the game. […]
Random thoughts (or reasonable facsimiles thereof) while wondering whether Chicago’s pursuit of hosting America’s Cup sailing in 2017 is merely a diversion from financial problems the city faces. Then again, how could it be a diversion if hosting the event could cost taxpayers money? * Hosting the 2013 America’s Cup finals was anything but smooth […]