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...
Jul 10, 2003 | Andy
John Rocker’s favorite ex-Braves teammate, current Pirates first baseman Randall Simon, pulled an absolutely Rocker-esque move last night, when he whacked the Italian Sausage in the head during the Clement’s Sausage Race at the end of the sixth inning at...
Jul 9, 2003 | Andy
Now, that’s not fair. We don’t know for sure that Jim Hendry isn’t sitting in his palacial office right now reading a scouting report on Lofton that says: Can’t throw…at all. Has lost a step. Slow bat. Weird looking. Bad attitude. One...
Jul 8, 2003 | Andy
All you needed to know about the immediate future of the Cubs was this chaos theory chain of events that started when Corey Patterson flunked his MRI. Patterson goes on the DL. Tom Goodwin gets the starting CF spot. Trenidad Hubbard gets promoted from Iowa to Chicago....
Jul 7, 2003 | Andy
ESPN.com is reporting that Corey Patterson will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL. Ironically, the report doesn’t say which knee he hurt. Kind of makes you wonder if ESPN owns a copy of Gray’s Anatomy. The loss of Patterson, the only consistent...
