Headlines for August, 2007

Comeback Cubs

It was a series of comebacks.Alfonso Soriano returned to the active roster on Tuesday night to face the NL Central contenders, the Milwaukee Brewers. Last year with the Washington Nationals, the current Cubs' lead-off-hitting left fielder became the first player ever to record a 40-40-40 season (home runs, stolen bases, and doubles). Clearly, he hasn't quite played up to that [read more...]

A Bad Day to be Lovie

Damn, people - can you just chill the @#$^%&# out?! Stop Mike Greenberg (Mike and Mike in the Morning). Stop Rick Morrissey (Chicago Tribune). Stop bringing up the 'Roger Goodell tough guy world we live in, Pacman Jones, is this wise, I'm deer hunting out of season to put food on the table' crap.Just put away your I need to [read more...]

Cub Conundrum

Same song, different team - err, verse.Other than the W-L record, the recently concluded series against the NL West-leading Arizona Diamondbacks looked remarkably similar to the previous series against the San Francisco Giants. As one might guess, based on the 1-2 series loss, that was not a good look for the Cubs. Other than the poor outing by Sunday afternoon's [read more...]

Getting into Briggs’ Brain

According to the Bears and Lovie Smith, no sane person would wonder if a multi-million dollar athlete was "Under the Influence" when he crashed a car that's worth about a two-story home… at 3 AM… with practice the next morning… and then left before police could arrive.So, as a gesture of friendship between the press and the Bears, I thought [read more...]

In Lovie We Trust?

The questions in life that have no apparent answer can keep you up at night if you're not careful. If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? What came first, the chicken or the egg?If Rex Grossman can lead four scoring drives, but fumbles the snap (again) and [read more...]

Into the Desert

Anyone who says baseball is a boring sport was not watching the series between the Cubs and Giants - at least they weren't watching the 8th and 9th innings.The Chicago Cubs took the first two games against the San Francisco Giants, to kick off their western mini-road trip with a 2-1 series win. That's the good news. The bad news [read more...]

Summer Dreams

The heat plays funny tricks on a person. Summer heat - when the humidity suffocates the mind and the night offers little reprieve - even more so. Good sleep at night is impossible. Your bed turns into a torment of twisted sheets, sweat and hot pillows. Rest seems to only come deep into the night and ends abruptly with the [read more...]

Power Surge

In a weekend series played amidst rain and thunder, the bats at Wrigley Field responded with a little thunder of their own. Much like the meteorological fury that occupied the clouds above, it wasn't relentless but it was always present. The rain-shortened three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals included eleven home runs between the two teams - six for [read more...]

Blackhawk Rising

Everyone loves the excitement and challenges of a new beginning. There's something exhilarating about witnessing a spark in its early formative stage and seeing it grow into something truly special. The Chicago Blackhawks may now be at that crossroads between mediocrity and a shooting star.The Blackhawks, whose logo has been ranked among the most attractive in all pro sports, are [read more...]

Catching up with Kendall

Here we are, a month after the Cubs acquisition of catcher Jason Kendall. At the time, the Cubs were 5 games over .500, and things were exciting in Chicago. The team, which had underperformed most of the year, had won 15 of 19 and was breathing hard down the neck of the first-place Milwaukee Brewers. The Kendall move was praised. [read more...]

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