Cubs

43-45.  Who would have thunk it?  The White Sox really played above their heads in the first half of the 2017 season.  Just kidding.  Nobody is interested in their record…yet. No, unfortunately that was the 2017 Cubs record heading into … Continued

The latest edition of the 4-6 year old Cubs is titled Coming Together. Our game this week was at 1130.  You see, I think that was the real key.  Most of our games have been played at 930am.  At this … Continued

It is definitely an oddity, a one game series that is.  Yet that is precisely what the Cubs played Thursday afternoon against the Brewers.  By the way, it wasn’t pretty. It was a make up game for earlier in the … Continued

My wife wanted to…go to a Cubs game and sit in the bleachers.  We’ve had some memorable games there. At one of the crosstown games, there was some excitement in the form of bloody guys being escorted out.  I swear, … Continued

The second half of our night day doubleheader was played early Saturday morning.  Then there was five…after six kids showed up Friday, we had one less on Saturday.  Where was everybody at? The second game of a doubleheader would be … Continued

I’ve never seen a doubleheader in person.  I guess I should add that to my bucket list.  Imagine a day full of baseball.  Everybody wants to rush the game.  It’s too slow.  It’s takes too long.  It’s boring.  Well, I’m … Continued

We’re always looking for that feeling.  That feeling of happiness, satisfaction, relief, or maybe that excited, exhilarating, pinnacle moment feeling.  Life is a lot like a baseball season… I just started reading the David Ross book.  I already read The … Continued

Can we all agree we’ve seen enough of John Lackey in a Cubs uniform? He grew on me last year.  Heck, who am I kidding…after the Cubs won it all, I loved everybody.  I wasn’t too fond of the initial … Continued