by Kent Sterling My Dad had no interest in catching a foul ball or home run with a mitt at a Cubs game. First of all, Dad could never have caught a home run because the bleachers were where the rabble sat. Second, men are able to catch a foul ball with their bare hands. […]
by Kent Sterling Americans like to think we are pretty damn smart and savvy, but the World Cup showed that sports fans from everywhere but America are geniuses in comparison. Soccer is not the most exciting gamete watch. The ball spends much more time in the middle of the field than near the goals, and […]
by Kent Sterling Year after year after year the Chicago Cubs build their farm system’s inventory of talented prospects by dealing players contributing today. The Cubs also charge top dollar for the privilege of watching a reconfigured current roster lose 90+ games. And fans continue to play their part in this fleecing. WalMart quality with […]
by Kent Sterling Maybe the fourth overall pick in Major League Baseball’s First Year Player Draft didn’t much care for Boise, Idaho, and tried to hit his way back to the midwest as quickly as possible. Maybe the Cubs farmhand – one week into his professional career – gets antsy staying in one place for […]
by Kent Sterling It would be very easy to crush the Chicago Cubs ownership for their greed in leaving WGN for Chicago’s CBS cluster of stations, but WGN was the change agent here. Ratings and revenue were down because of the protracted rebuilding mess, so WGN exercised an out last year that made 2014 the […]
by Kent Sterling For a bad team on track to lose nearly 100 games for the fourth season in a row, the Chicago Cubs sure don’t mind inviting criticism in new and creative ways. Cubs president Theo Epstein announced the signing of 41-year old former major leaguer Manny Ramirez to a minor league contract as […]
by Kent Sterling Any credibility that Chicago Cubs owner had vanished last year when he claimed that he would consider moving the team to a suburban stadium if his Wrigley Field renovation plan was not approved by the city. When he claimed during spring training that the Cubs looked like a team that could go […]
by Kent Sterling What the hell kind of operation is being run at 1060 West Addison by Cubs owner Tom Ricketts? The onfield product is a total mess, and likely to get worse with the annual July garage sale of valuable parts, but a visit to Wrigley Field for the 100th anniversary celebration of the […]
by Kent Sterling Wrigley Field is baseball’s inflatable sex toy. Squint and it looks good enough, but there is nothing inside to compel interest. When the Oakland A’s grew mustaches in the early 1970s, it was cool because they were the best team in baseball. When the Boston Red Sox grew beards last season, it […]
by Kent Sterling Soccer fans play for keeps in Brazil. Angry fans ripped three toilets from a stadium bathroom, and one was hurled from the stands, striking and instantly killing fan Paulo Ricardo Gomes de Silva. Obviously, this was terrible for Paulo, but perhaps worse for the family. Click here to follow Kent Sterling on […]