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The Cubs had the day off Thursday. So did the White Sox. Fortunately, for those in search of some Chicago-centric baseball, there was some minor consolation. OK, maybe not fortunately if you happen to be a Cubs fan. Cable channel CBS Sports was televising its minor league game of the week: Iowa Cubs at Memphis […]
Thursday thoughts: For the third day in a row Thursday, the Chicago Cubs will not score a run. On the bright (?) side, they do have a day off after being shut out 5-0 by the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday on the heels of losing 4-0 in San Francisco on Tuesday. * If it’s […]
Random thoughts (well, more random than anything, but you get the idea) while wondering whether the day will come when all baseball parks will have retractable roofs: * About the only thing Cubs fans could gloat about to their White Sox counterparts Monday was the Cubs night contest in San Francisco ended sooner than the […]
The Chicago Sky’s best start stopped Monday. In a memorable Memorial Day meeting at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., the Minnesota Lynx prevailed 75-72 in a battle of the WNBA’s only remaining unbeatens. The nationally televised (ESPN2) game featured 2013 Rookie of the Year Elena Delle Donne of the Sky and 2013 Finals Most Valuable […]
Monday meanderings: Theo Epstein is a genius. How else can you explain the Chicago Cubs’ president of baseball operations signing Manny Ramirez to be a player/coach for the franchise’s Class AAA Iowa Cubs? * Making the Ramirez announcement on Sunday — the day before Memorial Day — is brilliant. Not only does such a move […]
The good start to the 2014 season for the Chicago Sky became even better Saturday night. To remain undefeated, the Sky likely will need its best on Monday. An 87-73 victory against the visiting Atlanta Dream on Saturday improved the Sky’s season-opening mark to a franchise-record 4-0. To reach 5-0, the Sky has to overcome […]
On an 0-2 pitch in the bottom on the ninth, Chicago White Sox first baseman Adam Dunn hit a two-run home run to beat the New York Yankees 6-5. In a game that lasted 3:52, Yankees reliever Dave Robertson knew in a nano-second Dunn’s blast was gone. Dunn’s homer was estimated at traveling 433 feet. […]
In that your humble correspondent knows little about soccer (among a seemingly infinite list of subjects), we are happy to have another party provide a look at the World Cup. Plus they provided the following photo. *** The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Rio de Janeiro is being played far, far away from Chicago. Geographically, […]
Thursday thoughts (or reasonable facsimiles thereof): Chicago Cubs right-hander Jeff Samardzija, who entered Wednesday’s game against the visiting New York Yankees winless on the season, pitched seven shutout innings (allowing four hits) and left with a 2-0 lead. So naturally the bullpen allowed two ninth-inning runs in what would become a 13-inning, 4-2 Yankees victory. […]
Midweek musings: New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka had been unbeaten in his last 42 regular-season starts. He had been 34-0 in those starts in Japan and with the Yankees. So naturally facing the team with the worst record in the big leagues (that would be your Chicago Cubs), he lost 6-1 Tuesday night at […]