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 [...]
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On Championships
Two very fine lines, prompted by the White Sox’s championship.
From a CTA employee and Sox fan at the Addison Brown Line stop, a message on a piece of cardboard by the exit turnstile read, “Sox have World Series trophy, Cubs have Ronnie Woo Woo.” To fully appreciate how funny and clever this is, learn about [...]
Say It Ain’t So
In my recent post about the Sox winning it all, I made it sound like I’ve always been a Cubs fan. I like it that way. But my Dad had to comment, “remember the “Frank Thomas†years – always a Cub fan…not in those, albeit brief, formative years.”
It’s true, I’m sorry to say, I once [...]
Get it Now
Jim Caple of ESPN.com writes:
“After 88 years, the Chicago drought is history. Na-na, Na-na, Na-na, Na-na, Hey, Hey, Hey … Good-bye.
“And just in time, really. If they had waited any longer, you wouldn’t be able to buy your commemorative championship shirts at Marshall Field’s before the store changes its name to Macy’s next year.”
Champions…
The World Series Champions are from Chicago. Really. It’s true. Hard to believe, but true.
I’ve been cheering my whole life for this to happen. And it did. Albeit to the wrong Chicago team. But still. Hard to be picky when there has been this much sports futility in the city.
I guess all there is to [...]
Damn Yankees
The Yankees have been blissfully (for me at least) behind in the division and wild card races all season. Now they’re only a half game out of each race. David Schoenfield of ESPN.com fame gives all the credit to (drumroll please) Aaron Small. That’s right, the guy who got the win recently, without qualifying for [...]
Doing a Body Good
Recent news from Miami: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Brad Penny bet a batboy $500 on Sunday that he couldn’t drink a gallon of milk in under an hour without throwing up. Some of Penny’s teammates kicked in on the wager, raising the ante to more than $1,000.
And now this: The Marlins batboy who accepted Dodgers [...]
Buh Bye
“I didn’t look,” [White Sox pitcher Freddy] Garcia said. “I knew that it was gone.”
For those scoring at home, “it” would be the ball (it was a home run), the no-hitter, and his hopes of earning a W. One mistake in an otherwise brilliant game. That’s baseball for you. And no matter what the quotes [...]
