January 22, 2021: Magical Mystery Tour
It was back to the archives for another baseball season. I thought I would go year by year, starting at 1959, as long as I could through this series. Yet, I couldn’t find 1960 for the life of me. I … Continued
January 20, 2021: He’s Leaving Home
Queue the music… another week, another Cubs pitcher finds a new home. OK, let’s give an update: Yu Darvish to San Diego, Tyler Chatwood to Toronto, Jon Lester to Washington, and Jose Quintana to the Los Angeles Angels. The Cubs … Continued
January 17, 2021: Baseball Seasons
I sure as hell don’t want to talk about football this morning. As my son woke me up at 6am, I needed something to watch to cheer me up. I turned to something I had started watching on these early … Continued
January 12, 2021: Going Going
OK, now that we’ve established the first two people that have to go for the Bears, Pace & Trubisky in case you didn’t read yesterday, let’s talk about some other Chicago guys that are already gone; we’ll get back to … Continued
January 5, 2021: The Mayor of Rush Street
Finally found some good programming on the Marquee network tonight. No, not the UFC BS that was on… the show before that. Yes, not sure why I slept on this one; I remember when it came out. I finally got … Continued
December 31, 2020: Out with the Old
The last day of 2020… hold down your applause. Although there have been plenty of good things that have happened throughout the year, it will be hard for 2020 to shake the label of being an overall shitty year… which … Continued
December 30, 2020: See Yu
We knew the Cubs would be making some moves. We knew there would be guys here in 2020 that would not be here in 2021; some guys are already gone. Monday night the Cubs traded Yu Darvish. If there was … Continued
December 24, 2020: On This Eve
Christmas Eve is the best day of the year. On this eve, I woke up at 4am… freezing. My wife had the one blanket, my son who dropped in during the middle of the night had the other. Still, why … Continued
December 19, 2020: Wrapping
Saturday night was the start of the wrapping season in our house. Typically my wife will buy all the gifts, and I’ll wrap them; pretty good deal I think. I pretty much got all my son’s stuff done already… It’s … Continued
December 6, 2020: Early AM
5:17 am… It must be the weekend. I like to get up early; it wasn’t like that back in the day. But now, with a little help from a few of my son’s elbows, getting up early on the weekend … Continued