I’m going to get serious for a change today and talk about subject that I find endlessly interesting as well as endlessly frustrating. Racism is a subject that transcends baseball, but baseball provides a platform where we can perhaps see racism more clearly and get our heads around it by looking at it on a smaller [...]
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A Look At The Offseason (Part 2 – Outfield)
October 29, 2009 – 7:33 am
Yesterday I started a series looking at the upcoming offseason for the Cubs. In part 1, I examined the infield. If you haven’t read it yet, check it out here: A Look At The Offseason (Part 1 – Infield) Today, I want to turn my attention to the outfield. The general concensus has been that [...]
More Bad News For The Cubs
August 11, 2009 – 7:47 am
Things did not go well for the Cubs during their recent trip to Colorado. They lost three-out-of-four games, including last night’s 11-5 shellacking, but that was just the icing on the “bad news” cake. First, Carlos Zambrano was added to the DL with back spasm. Next, Aramis Ramirez “tweaked” the shoulder that landed him on [...]
