March 12, 2021: Critical Juncture
The Bulls have come to a critical juncture in the season. Coming off a first half of basketball where they’ve played well enough to be a playoff team, they need to build on that. They need to show us all … Continued
March 11, 2021: Record Keepers
The 1982 season was highlighted by some great individual accomplishments. I love baseball stats. I used to comb through the sports section of the newspaper (yeah, remember those?) every morning during breakfast looking at the league leaders in each category. … Continued
March 10, 2021: Finding Sid
Well, I finally found him. We’ve talked about Pard Pearce and Keith Molesworth, the QBs at the helm of the 1st, and then 2nd & 3rd Bears titles respectively. I know we still have to talk about 1963, and of … Continued
March 9, 2021: Stay Golden Seabs
3rd all time in games played. 13th all time in assists. 22nd all time in scoring. 45th all time in goals. You can go down the line of where Brent Seabrook sits when it comes to individual stats in Chicago … Continued
March 8, 2021: Measuring Stick
Are you satisfied? Three games with the 1st place, Stanley Cup defending champ Tampa Bay Lightning at the UC, and the Hawks earned three points. What did we learn from these past 3 games? At the very least, they should … Continued
March 7, 2021: A Summer without Baseball
Coming off a year in 2020 where we almost had a summer without baseball, we know first hand how that feels; it’s unnatural. Baseball and summer go hand in hand. Thankfully the season finally began in July. Back in 1981, … Continued
March 6, 2021: Molesworth Time
OK, back on the hunt for the greatest Bears QBs of all time. In my first attempt, I found out who Pard Pearce was: the 1st ever QB for the Bears, the QB of the 1921 Championship team. Next up, … Continued
March 5, 2021: Hello 80s
Moving right along, watching the 1980 Baseball Seasons episode. They started off featuring the best third baseman in the game: Mike Schmidt & George Brett. 3B was the position I wanted to play, other than pitcher, when I began to … Continued
March 4, 2021: Family
We Are Family was the name of the 1979 episode of Baseball Seasons, referring to the popular song that the Pirates took as their own on their way to a World Series title; at least it wasn’t the Yankees and … Continued
March 3, 2021: Where It All Began
“Pard” Pearce. Look him up. Full name Walter Irvin Pearce. He is where it all began. He was the first starting QB in Chicago Bears history. Actually, when he started in 1920, we were the Decatur Staleys; in 1921, we … Continued