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Travis Wood was less than good Friday. The Chicago Cubs left-hander allowed seven runs in 2 2/3 innings in what would become an 11-5 loss to the Brewers in Milwaukee. He had entered the game with hopes of becoming the fourth Cubs pitcher in the last 20 years to record five victories in May. Does […]
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 […]
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 […]