Repeated bullpen implosions are more likely to make a supervisor’s hair flip gray, so keep in mind to check once more on David Ross and Pedro Grifol on the end of the season. The managers of the Chicago Cubs and White Sox can’t seem to find a way to get on a protracted scorching streak … [Read more…]
Former Cubs and White Sox pitcher Jeff Samardzija as quickly as insisted “you may at all times get nap in through the Sox sport.” It was meant as a reward to Ken “Hawk” Harrelson, though Samardzija later wanted to make clear himself to the Sox broadcaster. As baseball turns the first nook in its speeded-up … [Read more…]
In expert sports activities actions, group names indicate each little factor. Simply check out the Baltimore Orioles and Ravens franchises — beautifully paired ornithologically, historically and literarily (the latter as a nod to Edgar Allan Poe). We’re not claiming the teams’ successes this 12 months have been pushed by their well-chosen monikers. Or that the … [Read more…]
Might continues to be a drag for the Chicago Cubs. They limp into Monday’s time without work and an upcoming nine-game homestand looking out for momentum sooner than their file — 20-26 after Sunday’s 2-1 loss in Philadelphia — locations them in catch-up mode the rest of the summer time season. The White Sox, within … [Read more…]
Memorial Day traditionally has been the first precise mile marker inside the prolonged baseball season, no matter its relative insignificance in a six-month marathon. In lieu of baseball’s ongoing quest to rush points up, we’ve decided to fluctuate that arbitrary milestone to Might 21, sort of the quarter pole of the season. Coincidentally, that’s moreover … [Read more…]
With a load of family love and cooperation, the documentary “It Ain’t Over” celebrates the accomplishments of St. Louis-born, New York Yankees-bred Lawrence “Yogi” Berra (1925-2015), whose experience for phrasemaking and so-called Yogi-isms had a nagging tendency to outshine his slugging and catching and managing prowess. Downside was, he talked about loads of memorably humorous … [Read more…]