While I’ve been a fan of the Chicago Cubs for a very long time, I’ve never actually seen the Cubs. At least, not in person. Last year my sister suggested that, perhaps, I could go and catch a Nationals-Cubs game in Washington. Of course, she suggested that the day after the Cubs had a three-gameContinue reading “On the Cubs and the Nationals”
Category Archives: Baseball
On the 2005 World Series
A caveat–I admit to ho-hum feelings about this World Series. The two teams in contention are rivals of the Cubs, so I had a choice between rooting for one enemy or the other. Those were some incredible games. Game four was edge-of-your-seat, especially when the ninth inning came down the way it did. I don’tContinue reading “On the 2005 World Series”
More on the White Sox
The Chicago White Sox have won their first pennant since 1959. I wrote two months ago, “I’ve been a Cubs fan for so long that thoughts of the other Chicago baseball team never cross my mind. The Cubs. The Bears. They provoke passion. The White Sox? Well, they had really cool uniforms in the mid-80s.”Continue reading “More on the White Sox”
On the White Sox
Today on Slate someone wrote about the pain of being a Chicago White Sox fan. Or not. I didn’t realize the White Sox had fans. 😉 The White Sox are doing fantastically well this year. Best record in the American League. Comfortably sitting atop the American League Central. Barring unforeseen calamities, the White Sox willContinue reading “On the White Sox”
On Moonlight Graham
Field of Dreams, the movie based on W.P. Kinsella’s novel Shoeless Joe came out when I was in high school. I loved the book, and I loved the movie. It’s not my favorite baseball book. It’s not my favorite baseball movie–that would be The Natural. I would place Field of Dreams in the top five,Continue reading “On Moonlight Graham”
On the Carolina Mudcats game
Last night, for my birthday, I went to my first baseball game in a year. The Carolina Mudcats, the local AA franchise, were hosting the Mississippi Braves. The Braves won, 4-0. The morning’s newspaper summed the game up thusly: Jeff Francoeur had three hits and three RBIs as Mississippi ended Carolina’s unbeaten start to theContinue reading “On the Carolina Mudcats game”
On Summer Fun
I have tickets to see Coldplay in September when they come to Raleigh. I have tickets to see the Carolina Mudcats baseball team on my birthday later this month. Shiny!
On the Cubs' Pitching Woes
The ghost of Murphy’s Goat hates us. The ghost of John McGraw hates us. From the wire reports in today’s Raleigh newspaper: Kerry Wood will not pitch in the season-opening series in Arizona, but the Chicago Cubs are hopeful he will be ready for the team’s opening homestand a few days later. And when that’sContinue reading “On the Cubs' Pitching Woes”
On MLB 2006
A new baseball video game released today–MLB 2006 from 989 Sports for the Sony PlayStation 2. I may have to pick this game up–of the baseball games released for this season it’s the only game to have the Sosa/Hairston trade between the Cubs and the Orioles. The other games–EA’s MVP 2005 and Sega’s MLB 2K5–haveContinue reading “On MLB 2006”
On MVP Baseball
EA’s MVP Baseball 2005 came out today, as did Sega’s ESPN MLB 2K5. I’ve just simmed my first season in MVP. The Cubs have me worried–Nomar Garciaparra was on the disabled list twice by the end of May. On the other hand, the game still lists Sammy Sosa as a Cub–the rosters for the gameContinue reading “On MVP Baseball”