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Midweek musings: Well, Jake Peavy will be pitching the rest of the season (provided that he is physically able to do so) for the Sox. It simply will be the Red Sox in Boston rather than his previous employer, the White Sox in Chicago. A three-team deal that included the Detroit Tigers appears to make […]
Win some, lose some. In the case of the Chicago Cubs and White Sox, it’s more lose some than win some. Nit-picking. Monday it was the Cubs losing at home 5-0 to Milwaukee, thanks to a five-run ninth inning. And it was the Sox losing 3-2 at Cleveland on a Jason Giambi walkoff home run. […]
With baseball’s trade deadline looming (or whatever trade deadlines do, which probably is very little, because when was the last time you saw a trade deadline out in public doing anything?), the possibility of a player or players being dealt can be a distraction. Which explains, of course, why the Chicago White Sox were swept […]
Saturday stats: According to an ESPN Sports Poll, LeBron James is the most popular player in the NBA. Well, he already was the most prominent player on ESPN, based on seeing him almost endlessly during the season. The Miami Heat star was the favorite with 12.9 percent of poll respondents. He topped runner-up Kobe Bryant […]
If the highlight of your team’s baseball season is trading away a talented veteran for unproven talent, then you just might be a Chicago baseball fan. Take your choice of teams. And we’re not even talking about waiting till next season. Maybe 2015 (too soon?). More like 2016. And that’s just for the Cubs or […]
Midweek musings: Chances are if you are committing more errors than scoring runs in a game, you are going to lose. Latest evidence would be the Chicago White Sox, who had four errors in a 6-2 loss Tuesday (July 23) to the Detroit Tigers at U.S. Cellular Field. On the bright (?) side for the […]
Random thoughts while wondering whether a person can win Executive of the Year when his/her team fails to reach the postseason, fails to have a .500 or better record but is successful is unloading veteran players (and their salaries — or most of their salaries): * Chicago Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer might merit consideration […]
Monday meanderings: Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum said Sunday right-hander Matt Garza would be pitching Monday — for the Cubs at Arizona. Which would indicate any trade involving Garza is not quite finalized or the Cubs are hoping Garza will continue to pitch well and increase his trade value or Sveum doesn’t have a clue […]
Thursday thoughts: Chicago baseball can have this claim to fame (or possibly infamy) this season: the longest spring training in big-league history. Because that’s basically what the rest of the season will be for both teams, as the front office for each will assess its young players to determine who merits being in the major […]
Random thoughts while wondering whether there will be an All-Star Game shutout — for Chicago baseball fans (hey, left-handers Chris Sale of the White Sox and Travis Wood of the Cubs are the only Chicago players with a chance to get in the game): * Speaking of all-star talent, guard Derrick Rose says he is […]