The Cincinnati Reds come to town today to face the Cubs, and the big story going in is the return of Dusty Baker to Wrigley Field. A lot is made of whether he’ll get boos and what reception, in general, he deserves. As you may recall, he departed after the disastrous 2006 season, when the [...]
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Blue Jays to Fans: No More Beer for You
In my latest entry on blogTO, I discuss the beer ban imposed by the Blue Jays after fights broke out in the stands on opening day and again Tuesday night.
my dad plays ball
Watch my dad play ball (the “cute” redhead with glasses) with his cousins outside his childhood home. Very cool video, converted into digital format by another (not-pictured) cousin. I know, I know, they were behind the times to not have a digital camcorder in 1962, but at least it got formatted. This is the first [...]
Go Cubs Go
The Cubs are playing in Chicago this afternoon. And while technically there have been three games already, for me, the baseball season opens today. I may not be standing in the batter’s box, but I’ll be following along as the Cubs embark on their season to end the Mother of all streaks: 100 years and [...]
a different road
I may not be keeping up with the news while traveling, but one subscription I was sure to keep was the Chicago Magazine’s weekly “Dish” newsletter. I may not need an email digest about shootings in West Virginia and bombings in Iraq, but don’t think I’m going to ignore the Chicago food scene.
Anyhow, the [...]
October Baseball
It turns out that the baseball (regular) season ended yesterday, although for Cubs fans it was over 4 months ago. And the official offseason started with a couple big bangs, with the Cubs annoucning first that Andy McPhail was resigning as the Cubs’ president, and then today, making it official that Dusty Baker would not [...]
Baseball’s Back!
Juan Pierre just started the Cubs 2006 season with a leadoff triple.
Todd Walker just drove him in, and reached base.
Let’s hope this is a sign of things to come this season.
Yesterday the White Sox won their opener 10-3, after unveiling their World Series Championship banners.
The Boys of Summer are back!
Around the Net
Some things I saw online today…
- It’s hard for me to figure out how a special committee looking at Negro League era baseball players could put 17 people into the Hall of Fame and not include Minnie Minoso. He simply deserves to be there. Thank you Phil Rogers for pointing that out.
- Various issues about [...]
