Daily Dose: Inside the Indians’ second half surge

Desipio has obtained an actual transcript of a locker room meeting held on August 1. The day the Indians fell 15 games out of first place. ERIC WEDGE (addressing the group) I’m not much for inspirational addresses. I just wanta point out that every newspaper in...

Daily Dose: Fade to black

There were times last year when Cubs’ fans would have killed for technical difficulties serious enough to shut up Chip Caray and to keep us from being able to watch the Cubs dogged pursuit of third place. OK, we say that in jest, because had an important...

Daily Dose: Complete and utter failure

I’ll let you all in on a little secret. You’d probably value it more if you didn’t already really know it, but we’ll find out. Do you know why the White Sox collapse would make Cubs fans so happy? I don’t just mean for the obvious...

Daily Dose: See the choke, be the choke

Sometimes in life you get a Kodak moment. Paul Konerko provided one last night when he missed the second straight “hanging-oh-Lord-hit-me-kill-me-be-a-hero” slider, popped up to lose the game and then staggered around near home plate like he’d just...