Jul 16, 2003 | Andy
Nothing like watching the All-Star Game with a pen and a pad of paper in your hands. It’s actually kind of dangerous because when Tim McCarver says stupid things you are tempted to stick the pen in your neck. (Note to self, buy more butterfly bandages.) And so...
Jul 15, 2003 | Andy
Quite a day for Major League Baseball, eh? They held an All-Star Workout day in the shadows of the Chicago projects, they had the most boring home run derby of all time, the starting second baseman for the American League ripped the commissioner for being a lying...
Jul 14, 2003 | Andy
The All-Star break is here, which means four days with no “real” baseball, and only baseball would take a “mid-season” break after 94 games were played in a 162 game season. As for the Cubs and Sox. What do we think of their first...
Jul 11, 2003 | Andy
It’s pretty apparent, even to dopes like us that when you send a form e-mail in to a place like Fox Sports Chicago or WGN-TV that some intern reads them and filters out the ones that say things like: “Dear Chip, I had a great time last night, how long...
Jul 11, 2003 | Andy
Adding Gary Payton to fill the gaping hole at point guard was a stroke of genius for Lakers coach and general manager Phil Jackson, but Karl Malone, too? Huh? OK, sure, Mitch Kupchak is the Lakers GM…sure, whatever…but the point remains the same. NBA...