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For what it’s worth, the fine folks at PredictionMachine.com have played a simulated game between the St. Louis Rams and Chicago Bears. If it will make Bears fans feel any better, the Rams are the likely loser. The Bears won 62 percent of the time in 50,000 simulations. Average score: Bears 22.9, Rams 18.5. Some […]
Weekend wondering: With the Chicago White Sox losing 4-2 to the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night (Sept. 22), their lead over the Detroit Tigers (who defeated visiting Minnesota 8-0) is reduced to one-half game. So by the end of Sunday’s games, the Sox either will be in first place, tied for first place or […]
Saturday stat day: After the Chicago White Sox lost Friday (Sept. 21) to the host Los Angeles Angels and the Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field, you have to wonder which team with a 1.5-game lead for a postseason berth — Sox or Cards — is feeling more pressure. * Sox […]
The Chicago Baseball Museum fielded an all-star lineup for its “Veeck Symposium” on Thursday (Sept. 20) at the Chicago History Museum. Batting leadoff on a panel session to discuss Bill Veeck and his father William was former Chicago Bulls general manager Jerry Krause (he works for the Arizona Diamondbacks and has worked for several other […]
Thursday thoughts (OK, what passes for thinking around here): With the Chicago White Sox losing to the Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers beating the visiting Oakland Athletics Wednesday (Sept. 19), the Sox’ division lead is at two games. The good news for the Sox is that coolstandings.com rates the Sox’ chances for winning […]
Midweek musings: Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler is about as apologetic as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Which is to say he is not. Sacked seven times in the Bears loss to the Green Bay Packers on Sept. 6, Cutler said on the “Jay Cutler Show” on ESPN 1000 on Tuesday (Sept. 18) regarding his […]
Random thoughts while wondering how soon the Chicago White Sox will start chilling the clubhouse champage — OK, at least order some — now that they have a three-game American League Central division lead after defeating Detroit 5-4 on Monday (Sept. 17): * What the Sox victory means (other than ending their series vs. Detroit […]
Monday meanderings: The Chicago White Sox have their biggest game of the season Monday (Sept. 17) when the Detroit Tigers visit U.S. Cellular Field for a game postponed last week because of rain. Thanks to a Sox victory Sunday at Minnesota and a Tigers loss at Cleveland that featured a blown save, the Sox have […]
From the NFL’s department of information and no-team-is-out-of-postseason-contention-until-it-is-mathematically-eliminated comes this tidbit: By the end of Week 2, at least 20 clubs will be 1-1 or 0-2. Since 2002, 70 of the 120 playoff teams (58.3 percent) began the year either 1-1 or 0-2, including the Super Bowl XLVI champion New York Giants in 2011. Meaning […]
Weekend wonderings: With its 20-3 victory at Michigan State on Saturday night (Sept. 15), Notre Dame is off to a 3-0 start for the first time since 2002. For those who might not recall that year, it was coach Tyrone Willingham’s first season when the Irish won their first eight. Wondering whether the Brian Kelly […]