Jun 10, 2005 | Andy
Don’t get me wrong, if the Cubs have to participate in this interleague play stuff, playing teams like Boston and the Yankees is preferred. But honestly, I just don’t quite understand why playing the Red Sox is really that big of a deal? I suppose, had...
Jun 9, 2005 | Andy
We obsess over it more than we should, and certainly more than is healthy, but watching Sergio Mitre yesterday reminded us that baseball’s just a game. It reminded us, because you just knew that this was good as it’s ever going to get for Sergio, and it...
Jun 9, 2005 | Andy
At the commencement of the Playoffs just 7 short weeks ago, the NBA world was refreshed by the vitality of the teams participating this year; the league-leading Suns, the surprising Sonics, Yao, Dirk, Dwyane Wade, the Wizards, the Bulls. It was a postseason filled...
Jun 8, 2005 | Andy
Pitching Matchup Tor: Roy Halladay, 9-2, 2.45 ERA Cubs: Sergio Meat Tray, 0-1, 6.88 ERA (gulp) Lineups Toronto Reed F’ing Johnson, RF Frank Catalanotto, LF Vern Wells, CF Eric Hinske, 1B Aaron Hill, 3B Orlando Hudson, 2B Somebody Adams, SS I Heart Huckaby, C Roy...
Jun 8, 2005 | Andy
Yesterday was all about changing your mind in Chicago. Scott Skiles changed his, talked to Jerry Reinsdorf and worked out a contract extension. The Cubs, meanwhile, are busy changing the minds of anybody foolish enough to think they actually had gotten good. Losing...
Jun 7, 2005 | Andy
Most arguments aren’t interesting. They’re normally two people yelling and nobody really listening. But in most cases, at least, one person is right. This thing between Scott Skiles and the Bulls? Nobody’s right. If the leaked numbers are correct,...