Daily Dose: When you come to the fork in the road, take it

It would have been too easy to have scored five or six runs in the top of the first last night and ripped the beating heart out of the Braves’ chest. It would have given the Cubs a strangle hold on the first round playoff series. It would have meant that the...

“‘On Your Marks” – NBA Central Division

Despite what the voters at the local sports asylum would have you believe, not everyone cares about baseball and the fact that some Chiacgo team has made the playoffs. Stunning. Shouldn’t that happen all the time? It certainly used to, in the NBA. So as Training...

Daily Dose: All Kerry, all the time

Remember how he used to confound us? Talent just oozed out of his pores, but at times it just seemed wasted. Kerry Wood just couldn’t throw the ball where he wanted to. But near the end of August it all fell into place. Down the stretch, he simply would not let...

Daily Dose: The big day

Sure, we’re all excited because the Cubs are in the playoffs. You can feel a tingle in the air (huh?) and the sun is shining brighter, the birds are singing prettier, the air is cleaner and Karry Ling is on the roof of Desipio HQ showing people his butt. Some...