White Sox
Cubs Clearly Want Jeff Samardzija to Succeed
Not that the Cubs would wish failure on any of their players, but the team’s effort to push Jeff Samardzija to success this Spring has been obvious and, at times, painful. He regularly pitches the 9th inning of Spring Training games, where he faces a cadre of minor leaguers, and is subjected to little criticism when he [...]
Obsessive Pujols Watch: White Sox Won’t Sign Him, Kenny Williams Wants a Salary Cap
White Sox general manager Kenny Williams, speaking from his team’s Spring Training location in Glendale, yesterday said the Sox won’t be in on Pujols, should he actually reach free agency after this season. In doing so, Williams criticized the current economics of the game, even going so far as to suggets a shutdown in order [...]
The White Sox Are the Only Relevant Baseball Team in Chicago
Few articles require no introduction, and indeed – where ridiculous enough – no fisking. To wit: Beginning next week and playing out all summer long, the only relevant baseball team in New Gotham is at 35th and Shields. Yes, for the first time in decades, this town belongs to the White Sox. Stop right here [...]
Chicago Cubs Get Creative With Ticket Packages
If you wanted to buy a bundle of tickets to Chicago Cubs games this year, but don’t have season tickets, and don’t want to go a la carte, you can now buy a package of 13 game tickets, with some choice built in. The ticket packages are divided into bleacher seats or seats in the [...]
Hold on to Your Butts: The White Sox Have Made an Offer to Kerry Wood
Sit down and grab a paper bag. We hear from very good baseball sources that the White Sox have made a two-year offer to free agent pitcher Kerry Wood. Wood played 10 years with the Cubs and pitched last season for the Yankees, who reportedly are interested in bringing him back. Wood has said he [...]
Lukewarm Stove: Javier Vazquez Wants to Pitch in Miami
Like LeBron James and Chris Bosh before him, free agent starter Javier Vazquez wants to take his talents to Miami. The 34-year-old starter, coming off a down year, has been connected to the Chicago Cubs’ search for a middle-of-the-rotation type, but there are now two significant hurdles to him becoming a Cub. In addition to [...]
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Write a Ridiculous Letter, Get Published in the Chicago Tribune
By Brett on March 20, 2011
I will be the first to admit that I don’t know how a newsroom works. I don’t know how story ideas are created, vetted, and assigned. I don’t know the process of writing a news article. I don’t know the pressures of a deadline. And I also don’t know how letters to the editor are [...]
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