Headlines for July, 2006
Most Wonderful Time of the Year
There's no better time of year than right now. You can have Christmas and Halloween. Heck, even take June 19th's World Sauntering Day, one of the more underrated holidays in my opinion. I'll take the rumor-mongering and message board-refreshing of baseball's trading deadline any day. Especially as a White Sox fan. With my telekinetic mind power, I can already hear your [read more...]
All The Wrong Battles
It's not actually that easy to plunk someone. Ozzie Guillen should remember that. You try to skip the knees, and you generally try to avoid a free one-week vacation by aiming below the neck. Then, as Freddy Garcia once told me when I asked him about the practice, that's not even the biggest problem. "They can move," said Garcia. So it's really [read more...]
A Departure of Complacency
I'm not sure if it was the fact that he didn't have to guard Shaq for another night, or the 67 million options that could occupy his off-season, or even the chance to shake the Reverend Jesse's hand outside the locker room, but I do remember distinctly what was a real lack of dejection from Tyson Chandler following Game [read more...]
Maybe Baker Should Stay…
It could happen any day. Soon, Dusty Baker may no longer be the Cubs manager. But a case can be made, and will be made here, for keeping Baker. Granted, it goes against my nature to support a manager of the second worst team in the league, but I'll give it a try. A real effort. To start, let's review [read more...]
From “Small Ball” to Powerhouse
Notice anything about the White Sox this year compared to last? Oh yeah, they are scoring a lot more runs. As of July 6 (85 games), they lead both leagues in runs (506), scoring 5.95 runs per game. Last year, through 86 games, the Sox had scored 413 runs (4.80 runs per game), good enough for 10th in baseball. So [read more...]
A Matter of Time?
Dusty Baker is frequently accused of ruining Kerry Wood and Mark Prior. The guilty verdict is not so obvious. Wood has a long history of arm troubles that predates Baker. As for Prior, there's no doubt Baker rode his best pitcher heavily in 2003. But if the team had managed to win it all, few Cub fans would care if [read more...]
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