Something else took me to Arizona last week, but on what the locals considered a pleasant Tuesday afternoon I was in Surprise Stadium, in the Phoenix suburb of the same name, for the Cubs’s final preseason game. They were facing the Texas Rangers. Both teams were wearing Cubbie blue. The temperature on the field was […]
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In 2020, the White Sox get to play the Yankees in a cornfield in Iowa
Once again, Sox fans get screwed.
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Joe Maddon compares MLB plate collision rule to overturned soda tax, and other Chicago news
Also, Chance the Rapper will headline the Obama Foundation Summit closing concert.
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Don’t expect the Cubs to win just because they’re really good
Talent can take the Chicago Cubs only so far.
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In praise of the cheap seats at White Sox park
The Cubs are the team to watch this year, but the upper deck at U.S. Cellular Field remains the best place to see a game.
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Robin Ventura gets mad
The placid White Sox manager erupts about an overturned call, but when the dust settles, the Sox lose again.
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Chicago authors share their secrets
Chicago authors with spring books coming out share methods for combating writer’s block and other secrets.
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Outsider Baseball is way more interesting than MLB
A new book tells the secret history of baseball’s minor leagues.
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Unfriendly confines: Did racial discrimination start the Cubs’ slide?
P.K. Wrigley spurned black players at a pivotal time—did his actions start the Cubs’ slide?
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This week’s Chicagoan: Margie Lawrence, baseball artist
This week’s Chicagoan, Margie Lawrence: “Ted Williams was a handsome man; that’s why he pops up in my art a lot.”
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What every young man should know: How to strike out and get to first
The Official Baseball Rules are sitting there, waiting to be exploited.
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The man who transformed high school baseball on the south side
Will the coach who transformed high school baseball on the south side finally get the recognition he deserves?
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America—a constitutional theocracy
De Tocqueville’s idea of religion’s place in America is analogous to my idea of the place of the monarchy in Britain
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The presidency: take this job and love it
If Obama’s so smart, why does he want four more years?