LET THERE BE BASEBALL!   It’s March 10th, at 2:16 pm, and there will be baseball! The news, broken by Jeff Passan, says the Major League Players Association and Major League Baseball have reached a tentative agreement on a new CBA. The final vote from the players came through at 26-12 in favor of the new deal. Players can report …

The 2020 season is right around the corner and some White Sox players have had a great spring. Andrew Vaughn and Luis Robert look to be the real deal. Robert will start the season with the team and Vaughn is pegged to come up later this season. There are some players, however, that have been struggling in spring training. The …

With only days till Opening Day, the White Sox have some decisions to make with the 26 man roster. There are of course plenty of locks on the team but there are also some really interesting position battles for the bottom of that 26 man roster. As a reminder, each team can only carry a maximum of 13 pitchers, which …

It is 36° F in Mesa, Arizona, this morning… That is a far cry from the temps they are hoping for when the Chicago Cubs open their Spring Training schedule on February 23rd.   But for now, and after that Arctic Blast, this image of the Cubs equipment truck arriving in Mesa will suffice.  “Truck Day” came and went at Wrigley …

The following words can be found between the Preface and the Introduction in the 1994 book Baseball by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns.  The book is the companion volume to the original television series which came out that same year. I keep this passage available and accessible, and I actually read it several times a year.  I find it beautifully written.  …

Coming into Spring Training, the Cubs had a big question to address…Who was going to be the leadoff hitter for the 2018 Chicago Cubs?  With only a few days to go prior to Opening Day, that question now seems to have an answer.  Manager Joe Maddon recently confirmed that Ian Happ will be the primary leadoff hitter for the Cubs …

For many baseball fans, the biggest holiday of the year is only days away.  The Chicago Cubs regular season kicks off on Thursday, March 29th at 12:40 eastern time in Miami. On Opening Day, the opponent and location don’t matter as much as the fact that baseball is back.  Opening Day signifies the end of the long, cold winter and …

Seven days, seven long EXCRUCIATING days is all that is between you, a cold one, your television, & White Sox Baseball. At last it is game week, kinda. The Sox begin the 2018 Regular Season a week from today in Kansas City, so let’s get you caught up on what you should know before the season officially starts. Spring Training …

The Cubs will forego designating a Captain for the 2018 season.  By no means is this a surprising move by the Cubs management since Theo Epstein himself has said, “We don’t have to put a C on anyone’s chest to know who our leaders are.”  It is widely known that the heart and soul of the Chicago Cubs today is …

With less than two weeks to go until the start of the 2018 season, it is a good time to break down the National League Central Division to determine how things might shake out this year.  While Cubs fans might feel better about their re-worked bullpen or the shape that Kyle Schwarber is in, along with the addition of a …