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Monday meanderings: There’s nothing quite like a Chicago White Sox sweep of the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field to lighten the load for Sox rookie manager Robin Ventura. Or to increase the burden on Cubs rookie manager Dale Sveum. And you thought the lowering of Cubs fans’ expectations were supposed to have been completed before […]
Another day, another Chicago White Sox victory vs. the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. That’s two in a row for those of you scoring at home and/or elsewhere. For the 7-4 decision Saturday (May 19), Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — an avowed Cubs fan from Park Ridge — was in the house. President Barack […]
Perspective is everything in life. OK, maybe not everything but certainly one of the keys in our daily existence. And so it was that from Wrigley View Rooftop that some of us witnessed the end of the Kerry Wood era with the Chicago Cubs. The former “Kid K” had a farewell day Friday (May 18). […]
Chicago Cubs and White Sox fans are gearing up for another crosstown series that will begin Friday (May 18) at Wrigley Field. To them, the meeting between teams not yet (and possibly not this season) in contention for division titles is anything but trivial. What is a trivial pursuit is an open casting call for […]
Random thoughts while wondering who would have thought Chicago Cubs right-hander Ryan Dempster would have as many victories after 35 games as left fielder Alfonso Soriano would have home runs — and that the number would be zero. * Speaking of baseball numbers, Chicago White Sox designated hitter Adam Dunn hit his 12th home run […]
Monday meanderings: OK, everyone (anyone????) who foresaw Vinny Del Negro having a longer playoff run this season as coach of the Los Angeles Clippers than the Bulls would have might want to think about opening up some sort of psychic hotline or something. Something says Bulls fans will have an easier time rooting for the […]
In the world of Chicago pro basketball, one season ended Thursday (May 10) while another was beginning. Because the travel budget for this site is nowhere near what some of us might want, your correspondent did not journey to Philadelphia to witness the Bulls’ 79-78 loss to the 76ers that gave the Sixers a 4-2 […]
So there I was Wednesday night (May 9). At a craps table as part of the Dempster Family Foundation’s third annual Casino Night at the Palmer House Hilton. Let the record show I know less about craps than I do about most things — which is saying quite a bit, considering such a deep and […]
The Chicago Sky hopes to put its best foot forward this season. The WNBA team will do exactly that — although not exactly in the realm of playing basketball — when Sky players, coaches and staff participate with Samaritan’s Feet in a “Shoes of Hope” event Friday (May 11) at Lafollette Park in Chicago from […]
Monday meanderings: The Chicago Bulls have picked a bad time for their first three-game losing streak of the season. Mainly because it’s the postseason, and those defeats have come in their first-round playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers. The latest was Sunday (May 6) in Philly 89-82 to leave the No. 1 seed Bulls on […]