by Kent Sterling I wish Cubs owner Tom Ricketts played poker and I could get a seat at his table. Every time he plays a hand, he bluffs, and I would own the Cubs the next day. Today, at a breakfast of business owners in Chicago, he threatened to move. Cubs fans and the City […]
by Kent Sterling Andre Dawson had one of the quickest bats in major league history, a cannon for a right arm, and now is using another asset to help owner Tom Ricketts find his checkbook – the truth. Dawson spoke with the Chicago Sun-Times Gordon Whittenmyer and said some insightful and obvious things: “I never thought […]
by Kent Sterling There is only so much a man can take. Dale Sveum is the manager of the Chicago Cubs, but he’s a competitive human being first. He’s tired of losing. Sveum vented last night before the Cubs blew another save – this one in the 13th inning – to lose to the Cincinnati […]
by Kent Sterling There was a time not too long ago that fans in what is now Bankers Life Fieldhouse bought all the available tickets, got to the game early, and were engaged throughout even meaningless games. Indianapolis was a Pacers town, and Reggie Miller was the hero of every grade school kid who ever […]
by Kent Sterling Since newer stadiums started pampering players as the rock stars they believe they are, opposing players have hated Wrigley Field. Former White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen raised hell about seeing rats. Now Lance Berkman becomes the latest to squawk about the lack of comfort in one of baseball’s great Cathedrals. “It’s one […]
by Kent Sterling I’ve finally had it with this smarmy intellectual creep. Cubs owner Tom Ricketts has finally gone too far – way too far – in campaigning for what is now the framework of an agreement for expanding the profitability of Wrigley Field and the area near it. There is language for additional night […]
by Kent Sterling The St. Louis Cardinals are routinely very good. Making the postseason in nine of the last 13 seasons demonstrates consistency that most franchises covet, but the 2013 edition has an achilles heel that Jason Motte’s injury has allowed to become a problem. The bullpen is weak. Despite the addition of Trevor Rosenthal […]
by Kent Sterling The Chicago Cubs blew another lead yesterday. Up 5-0, they collapsed under the weight of Starlin Castro’s indifferent defense to gak up four unearned runs in the fourth to run their record to a predictably terrible 3-6. Castro’s three errors in nine games has him on a pace for 50+, and three […]
by Kent Sterling Thank God for DVR technology. Otherwise, I never could have kept up with the spate of simple autobiographical blunders that peppered an uncomfortable interview with Len Kasper and Jim Deshaies in the top of the seventh prior to Mr. Cub singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” during today’s home opening 7-4 […]
by Kent Sterling It sucks that Major League Baseball mandated that the Cubs opened the 2013 season on the road because Cubs fans will not get to see a .500 team at Wrigley Field for another entire year. The Cubs are terrible, and they know it. There are three potentially dynamic players on their roster […]
