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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 […]
Midweek musings: OK, this was supposed to be a one-day joke. Maybe two. You know, the Chicago Cubs’ winless streak since their July 4 trade of Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel to the Oakland A’s. And in the second game of a day/night doubleheader it appeared that would occur. Home runs by Anthony Rizzo, Chris […]
Sunday smorgasbord: Let the record show that the Chicago Cubs’ record since they traded away pitchers Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel to the Oakland A’s on July 4 is 0-1 and Oakland’s record is 1-0. Then again, the Chicago White Sox and the WNBA Chicago Sky also are 0-1 since the trade. Draw any conclusions […]
July 4, 2014, will go down as the day (night is more like it) that the Chicago Cubs sent 40 percent of their starting rotation — right-handers Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel — to the Oakland A’s for three minor-league players. The most notable being shortstop Addison Russell, Oakland’s 2012 first-round pick. Also in the […]