Author Archives: JEFFK

What a difference a weekend makes… On Monday of last week, we were all on the ledge after the Cubs were swept by the Reds.  Now as the sweep of the Twins concludes in historic fashion, the mighty Cubs are … Continued

Back to the field on Saturday morning for another burner.  It was early though.  With a 930am start time, it was already hot, although we did beat the real heat. This was our first game against this team… the same team … Continued

Finally, after 3 cancelled games due to the weather, we were back on schedule Friday night.  No rain this time around, only extremely hot temperatures.  Hot enough to cancel the games? Well, in some folks’ eyes it was.  One of … Continued

The string of night games was broken with this 4th meeting between the Cubs and Dodgers in LA.  A day game in LA… There were a lot of day games on this Thursday.  My buddy in LA asked me when … Continued

This 3rd consecutive night game on the West Coast was on tap for Wednesday night.  Have I told you I love late night Cubs games?  I would not start this game off on the couch as I did for the … Continued

So here we were… 2nd game in a row, planted in front of the TV, ready to watch the whole game.  As it started off, I started to get that feeling again.  With my aggravation already peaking, due to the … Continued

Going back to Cali… The Cubs headed to the West Coast to face the Dodgers for a 4 game set.  Fresh off getting swept in Cincy, the Cubs needed to stop the bleeding. I love when the Cubs play on … Continued

I like to play on words.  Thought the Sun Times did a nice job on that after the Cubs got swept in Cincinnati this weekend.  Cincinnati Skid was pretty good.  Not reddy isn’t as good, but the shoe fits. You … Continued

Maybe you’ve been wondering why I haven’t been talking about my son’s baseball team.  Maybe you haven’t.  Well, the reason is that there has been nothing to talk about.  After a historical rainy May, the June follow up has been … Continued