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Thursday, October 23, 2008 7:26 PM

World Series, Tampa, and the Cubs

Excuse me for putting "the Cubs" and "World Series" in the same sentence. That'll never happen, unless we're on the eve of an apocalypse. But Mike Downey had a column today that was a bitchslap reminder of what could have been...
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Thursday, September 25, 2008 8:42 PM

Baseball, Attendance and the Economy

You want to know what I'm starting to get sick of? Big-city media criticizing towns for not selling out their games during the stretch run. Last week, Mike & Mike were ragging on the Tampa Bay fans for not selling out their stadium for the Boston...
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Sunday, August 24, 2008 9:02 PM

Stuff I Like: Sports! (not the album by Huey Lewis)

This might be the most obvious "Stuff I Like" post imaginable. Of course I like sports, I write a freaking sports blog. What prompts this post is the fact that the Olympics are over, and I must admit that I'm not that much of a fan and I'm...
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Monday, August 04, 2008 2:38 PM

Lollapalooza 2008 Review

This past weekend, I went to the massive Lollapalooza festival in Grant Park. Three long days and dozens of bands later, I am completely and utterly wiped out. No matter, it was a great time. What follows is a recap of my virtually sports-free experience...
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Thursday, July 31, 2008 10:40 PM

7/31/2008: Quick hits on MLB, the NFL and the NBA

Ain't nothing like random thoughts by a faceless dude on the internets, so here goes: Today was the MLB Trade Deadline, and this might have been the most active trade deadline in terms of star power ever. Three first ballot hall of famers (Pudge,...
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008 8:23 PM

Stuff I Like: Podcasts

I love my iPod. I held out for the longest time in getting one. I used to be an "early adopter" with new technology, but that sort of fell by the wayside as I moved into my late 20s. This also coincides with the time that iPods started taking...
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Friday, April 04, 2008 12:07 AM

Book Review: Hammerin' Hank, George Almighty, and the Say Hey Kid

I like reading sports books, as you may well remember from this post a few weeks ago. One thing I realized when compiling that list is how baseball-centric my reading choices are (at least when it comes to sports books). I enjoy football as much as anybody...
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:58 PM

Stuff I Like: Sports Books Edition

There's not a lot going on with Chicago Sports these days, unless you want to talk about Felix Pie's Twisted Testicle. And while that might be an excellent name for a Fantasy team, it's something I'd rather not discuss at length. So with...
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008 9:30 PM

Another Former Cub Makes the Hall

For the second time in three years, a former Cubs reliever was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Congratulations to Goose Gossage on receiving baseball's highest honor. After coming up with the White Sox and never really establishing himself,...
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Thursday, December 13, 2007 7:07 PM

The Mitchell Report, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa and Mark Prior

The Mitchell Report came out today and let me be the first to say that it was rather underwhelming. In short, Mitchell found that Major League Baseball has had a big problem with rampant use of performance enhancing drugs over the last 20 years. Shocking...
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Tuesday, October 03, 2006 8:09 PM

MLB Playoffs/Cubs Manager: Who to Root For

Well, Girardi got canned today and the Marlins immediately, and I mean immediately, hired Fredi Gonzalez to be his replacement. So that knocks off one of the leading candidates for the job. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, Girardi's an excellent candidate...
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Wednesday, May 03, 2006 10:00 PM

Book Review: The Last Nine Innings

In the spirit of the Cubs series with the Diamondbacks, I'm going to review a baseball book I recently read, " The Last Nine Innings ," by Charles Euchner. The book uses Game 7 of the 2001 World Series (New York at Arizona) as an allegory for the game...
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Thursday, March 30, 2006 9:00 PM

For Sale?

The Wall Street Journal had a column today about troubles at the Tribune Company , and it went as far as suggesting selling the Cubs might be in the company's best interests. The Cubs, as we all know, are a cash cow for TribCo. They spent $21 million...
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Thursday, March 16, 2006 6:43 PM

Rocket Man and the WBC

No matter the outcome, the World Baseball Classic has been an unqualified success. My first post about the WBC concentrated on the flaws of the tournament while overlooking the positives. I have come full circle on the issue. It's been better than I possibly...
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Friday, March 10, 2006 1:08 PM

Following Up

Just to follow up on a few posts from earlier this week.... Mike Mulligan of the Sun-Times thinks the additional cap space given to the NFL means that the Bears will be less likely to sign a marquee free agent. Even though the Bears will be as much as...
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