Headlines for August, 2004

Scary Fish : Two Giants are No Match for 25 Marlins

With the San Francisco Giants playing a three-game series in Florida, the natural reaction of a Cubs fan is to root for the Marlins. I'm not so sure. I know that sharks aren't fish, but there is something about those six upcoming games between the Marlins and the Cubs that causes me to hear the theme from "Jaws." The Cubs may be [read more...]

Sammy Sosa Has Been Strikingly Good

Let's start with a trivia question: Since Sammy Sosa's return to the line-up in June, who leads the Cubs in RBIs? We'll get to that answer in a moment, but first, it's time to take a look at Sammy Sosa's career. Sosa has put up some extraordinary offensive numbers in his career, but his accomplishments have been marred by one statistic. [read more...]

With Prior, Wood, Zambrano, Clement and Maddux, is this The Year for the Cubs?

ADVERTISEMENT Courtesy of Sports Central In the game's first 30 years, there was scarcely a better club than the Chicago Nationals. On the heels of some of the 19th century's finest baseball (read: 1876 and 1880), the Cubs roared into the new century with a 1906-1910 stretch that witnessed four pennants and two world championships. Then, as perhaps expected, the dynasty aged [read more...]

Senator Ditka

ADVERTISEMENT SPECIAL FROM THE MAGAZINE - AUGUST 2004 After a rough day, the cameras will not permit a quick getaway. Talk into the mic? Not today. Coach takes the wad of gum out of his mouth and places it squarely on the polished glass lense. You can quote him on it. "Ah, but you could never do that in Washington." He could. Each day, our political theatre [read more...]

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