June 16, 2018: Odds Check

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In honor of my trip to Las Vegas, we’ll take a quick spin around the major sports odds. It’s something I always take a peek at.  Taking a dip to the sports book, picking up the futures.  It’s fun to look … Continued

June 15, 2018: National Game

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Everybody wants to change the game. In a world full of short attention spans, folks try to look for ways to speed up the game of baseball.  3 hours is much too long to dedicate to one single thing.  Sorry, … Continued

June 13, 2018: Silent Bats

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The Cubs dropped the series finale vs the Brewers on Wednesday 1-0.  Only one thing to blame:  the silent bats. It definitely wasn’t Montgomery’s fault.  You got to give it to the guy.  He says he wants to be a … Continued

June 12, 2018: Throwing Them A Bone

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They were bound to beat us one of these games.  After breaking their hearts in the first game of the series, it was 8 out of 9 in the season series.  It was nice of us, you know, throwing them … Continued

June 10, 2018: Starting To Feel It

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Have you been paying attention?  The Cubs are playing some pretty good baseball.  Yes, they ended the homestand with a loss on Sunday vs the Pirates, but still only sit a half game back before making their way across the … Continued

June 7, 2018: Flying Time

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It goes by so quick… One day you’re carrying him around everywhere you go, the next day he’s graduating kindergarten.  It really is a trip.  By the way, he’s still not too big to carry… Shoulders is what I told … Continued

June 6, 2018: Four To Go

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We left off talking about the 300 win club… and the member of the Cubs who is on that list.  Actually, there are two… Greg Maddux was probably the first to come to mind, but there was also Grover Alexander.  … Continued

June 5, 2018: All Time Five

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That was one ugly game Tuesday vs the Phillies.  Hendricks got touched up early, and the bats were silent; definitely one to throw away. It was the return of Jake however…  Of course the Cubs did a nice video tribute, … Continued

June 3, 2018: Queens Sweep

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That was a fun weekend for the Cubs.  A 4 game sweep of the Mets in New York was a beautiful thing.  What did we learn? The Mets aren’t very good; I guess we can start there.  Remember when the … Continued