Breakfast with Kent – Colts healthier; IU with big chance; Tiger leads; Cubs wrested and ready
Tweet
These are the doldrums for Indiana sports fans, people will say. Between the Indianapolis 500 and first Colts preseason game, those who enjoy sports hibernate a little bit in Indiana. And it’s ridiculous. You might have to look a little harder, but there is so much going on that I have to make a difficult choice […]
by Kent Sterling According to a smart guy named Clay Davenport who runs computer simulations and analyzes statistical probabilities, the Chicago Cubs will be the only team in baseball to win less than 70 games in 2014. Don’t worry, the bevy of amazing and highly touted prospects the Chicago media crows about daily are only […]
by Kent Sterling General managers rarely fire themselves, even when it’s the most obvious answer for the failings of a major league baseball team. Ruben Amaro Jr. didn’t disappoint in that regard today when he punted longtime Philles manager Charlie Manuel. Manuel was smart enough to lead the Phillies to five straight National League East […]
by Kent Sterling Maybe I have seen this kind of idiocy for too long to see the trade of platoon outfielder Scott Hairston as nothing but the continuation run of directionless talent acquisition and dispersal by a franchise that needs to be focused on the distant future. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter Hairston […]
by Kent Sterling One year and two days after his death, former Chicago Cubs third baseman Ron Santo’s dream finally came true. The Golden Era Committee in charge of the key to the gates of Cooperstown relented, welcoming Santo 37 years after his retirement from his beloved game. Shame on them. Santo spent countless years […]
by Kent Sterling It’s not quite time for the annual look at my exclusive Chicago Cubs Preview, but with pitchers and catchers reporting in five days and some recent optimistic and baffling comments by GM Jim Hendry, there is no time like the present to vent a little and clear my head prior to the weekend. […]
