Your Chicago White Sox are currently 7-19 right now, on pace to finish 43-119. Yes, you read that right. And this is all during the supposed "competitive window" that we all waited so long to see too. Owner Jerry Reinsdorf clearly doesn't care, and he's letting his club just wither and die. More on all that in another post coming up shortly. For now, let's beef. By that I … [Read more...] about White Sox 2023 MVP So Far? Beef the Ginger Tabby
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Five Most Iconic Baseball Cards of the 1980s
In this time of having to stay home more, and go out less (and even if you did go out more- where exactly are you going to go? What's open?) nostalgia is huge. With little to nothing to put in our calendars and look forward to, it's a time for looking back. Thus, I reflected back to when I was a hard core baseball cards collector: 1985-1992. Memories of opening up my first … [Read more...] about Five Most Iconic Baseball Cards of the 1980s
You Can Wish Tony LaRussa Well, and Fired at the Same Time
Of course, at least I hope it's "of course" that you wish Tony La Russa well, from a medical standpoint. Whatever your feelings are about the on the field performance of your 2022 Chicago White Sox, you never wish bad health upon someone. I genuinely hope Tony La Russa is physically and mentally okay. While I do think his second stint as Sox manager has been a total … [Read more...] about You Can Wish Tony LaRussa Well, and Fired at the Same Time
25 All-Time Worst Sports Interview Cliches, Platitudes, Bromides and Tautologies
Editor's Note: with the original publication that this article was posted on set for imminent extinction, we brought this post over to The Sports Bank before it gets deleted. It originally ran in the fall of 2018. The sports calendar is sort of imbalanced, but once it gets moving, it has a lot of velocity. For about four months in the summer you have pretty much nothing but … [Read more...] about 25 All-Time Worst Sports Interview Cliches, Platitudes, Bromides and Tautologies
How Sports Press Releases Killed Themselves By Morphing into Spam
Editor's Note: with the original publication that this article was posted on set for imminent extinction, we brought this post over to The Sports Bank before it gets deleted. It originally ran in the summer of 2010, and we have updated it in some places. Sports press releases are well-crafted statements that convey a highly controlled message to the masses. These days, many … [Read more...] about How Sports Press Releases Killed Themselves By Morphing into Spam
Time to Rethink Black Sox Legacy Amid Field of Dreams Game
Shoeless Joe Jackson, and the rest of his teammates who are banned from baseball forever, due to the Black Sox scandal, are not in the Hall of Fame. However, they still have a very strong presence in Cooperstown. On the main level of the baseball hall of fame, you'll see prominent photos of Shoeless Joe, the 1919 Chicago White Sox, and various artifacts relating to both the … [Read more...] about Time to Rethink Black Sox Legacy Amid Field of Dreams Game
Travelogue: Visiting the Field of Dreams Movie Site in Iowa
The moral of the 1989 Kevin Costner film Field of Dreams is that no matter what happens between a parent and child, the possibility of redemption will always still exist. The movie's plot revolves around an ex-hippy turned farmer in Iowa who hears voices in his cornfield telling him to build a ball field on his property. In doing so, the ghosts of Shoeless Joe Jackson and … [Read more...] about Travelogue: Visiting the Field of Dreams Movie Site in Iowa
Field of Dreams: Re-Analyzing the Movie Amid the 2nd Real Life MLB Game
The 1989 drama and tear-jerker Field of Dreams kind of works as a comedy, if you just described the plot to someone who has never seen it. "Hey man, this ex-Berkley hippie from the 1960s moved to Iowa, where he lives as a farmer with his wife and kid in the 1980s, and like dude, the man starts hearing voices in his cornfield, but they're like super vague bro. And then dude, … [Read more...] about Field of Dreams: Re-Analyzing the Movie Amid the 2nd Real Life MLB Game
