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Thursday thoughts: As painful as it may be for the Chicago White Sox and their fans to admit, the team’s 1-0 loss to Lance Lynn and the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night (June 13) at Busch Stadium was a wonderful ballgame. That Sox right-hander Jake Peavy pitched almost as effectively as Lynn is some […]
Midweek musings: The Chicago Cubs fired heralded hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo on Tuesday (June 12). So he was the problem with the team’s offense — or lack thereof. Gee, the Cubs’ new regime of president of baseball operations Theo Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer still occasionally is willing to go old school. Who knew? […]
Random thoughts while wondering why Adam Dunn is so good for the Chicago White Sox this season and why he was so bad last season and whether any of that will make a difference in reaching the postseason this year: * The Chicago Cubs won the bidding rights to Cuban outfielder Jorge Soler. They reportedly […]
Monday meanderings: Still trying to figure out which sport suffered more Saturday (June 9) — boxing or horse racing. With I’ll Have Another calling it a career Friday because of a tendon problem, the Belmont Stakes lost the luster of having a possible Triple Crown winner for the first time since 1978. With Manny Pacquiao […]
Originally not scheduled to pitch, Monica Abbott was more than willing Saturday. And the Chicago Bandits left-hander was more than happy with the results: a no-hitter and a 1-0 victory against the USSSA Pride in a National Pro Fastpitch contest. Meagan Denny-White was listed as the Bandits start in Game 3 of their series against […]
It was a beautiful night Friday [June 8] in Chicago for baseball, basketball, a concert at Wrigley Field, softball and more. Take your pick. For those of us who opted for something indoors with air conditioning, there was the Chicago Sky’s game at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont. A furious fourth-quarter rally, highlighted by guard […]
OK, so LeBron James was impressive in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals, as the Miami Heat defeated the Celtics 98-79 in Boston to force a Game 7 in Miami. He had 45 points (19-of-26 from the field) and 15 rebounds. There is no question about James’ talent (some even consider James a greater […]
The evening’s entertainment choices Wednesday (June 6) came down to viewing possibilities such as the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago White Sox, Game 6 of the San Antonio Spurs-Oklahoma City Thunder Western Conference finals, Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals — all on television. Well, there was one other alternative: get off the couch and […]
Midweek musings: Give Ryan Dempster 10 runs in one game and he can get one victory. Give him 10 runs over four games and he probably can win at least three. The Cubs right-hander finally won his first game of the season with a 10-0 decision Tuesday (June 5) against the Brewers at Milwaukee. Dempster […]
For some in the crowd, the Chicago Sky’s victory Friday (June 1) was something of an epiphany. For most, it was an Epiphanny. As in guard Epiphanny Prince. The third-year player from Rutgers had a career-high six three-point shots in a 65-63 victory against the Washington Mystics that Sylva Fowles provided with a lay-in with […]