Headlines for May, 2006

Why Do Cubs Fans Deserve Cuban?

Jay Mariotti does not get paid it seems, to swing like Juan Pierre, which is something in the neighborhood of Rafael Belliard before he quit the juice. He is sometimes controversial, sometimes erudite, sometimes predicts perfectly, sometimes imperfectly, he supplies glee in some, rage in others, and is at times capable of doing more for water coolers in Chicago than [read more...]

Forget and Forgive

As Frank Thomas prepares to again leave town after this series, it's worth again recalling the degree to which things went beautifully upon his return. The only real awkward moment I felt was watching the massive slugger walk by his former GM on the way into the Sox batting cages behind the home team dugout. And perhaps that was a sense [read more...]

Not a Rivalry? Rrrright

It's odd to write or use the term "rivalry" to describe what the city - and nation - saw this weekend, because prior to the affair, Ozzie Guillen, his players, and even Dusty Baker and the Cubs summarily dumped the notion that this weekend was anything more than a three-game set each side wanted to win. Same as every other, they [read more...]

Could Sox Envy Be the Way?

George Will was talking Cubs and Sox baseball last night. Well, he was actually talking to an audience of us at the Milton Friedman Freedom Awards about the wonders of liberty and the foundations of free societies. That might be oversimplifying it, but because Will is an admitted baseball guy to go along with being one of the countries finest political [read more...]

Chicago’s Newest Team

In the war room high up in the "Chicago Sky" sits a visionary owner named Michael Alter and a detailed oriented CEO named Margaret Stender. These two are the ace architects in planning a Chicago Sky air attack. Their office setting is as culturally diverse as the city itself. Networks are connected, computers and laptops are fired up and eyes [read more...]

Clueless Cubs Falsely Mimic Sox

There's no point in comparing the talent level of the Cubs and Sox because, well, there's no comparison. But it might be worthwhile to compare the philosophies of the two teams … to understand why one is on its way back to the playoffs and the other is headed for a second straight sub-.500 year. The conventional thinking about the '05 [read more...]

No-Trade Clause is No Scare Tactic

If you've ever been asked to sign a prenuptial agreement, perhaps you can feel what the Cubs feel today. No-trade clauses in baseball are one of the more peculiar constructions in sports contracts, because, like the pre-nup, they mean everything, and nothing at all. When Derrek Lee and agent Casey Close finally were able to come to a deal with the [read more...]

Early Cubs, Sox Assessments

Assessing the virtues or fallibility of a baseball team after one week feels a bit disingenuous, as though we are giving a thumbs up or down guess as to whether a marriage will last based upon the success of the honeymoon. The Cubs marriage with winning may have just honeymooned with a killer deal at the Bellagio, whereas the White Sox [read more...]

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