Archive for December, 2010

John Dewan’s Stat of the Week™

The Winner of the Cliff Lee Sweepstakes The wait is over: on Monday night, Cliff Lee agreed to a five-year contract with the Yankees Rangers Phillies. There’s good reason Lee was so highly coveted this offseason, as his 2010 season was one of the most masterful seasons in baseball history. In 212 innings, Lee struck [...]

December 14, 2010 Tags: Baseball Info Solutions, Bill James Handbook, Cliff Lee, Philadelphia Phillies Posted in: biz of baseball, John Dewan, news, players, Stat of the Week, stats One Comment

Ron Santo and Kerry Wood’s 20-K game

The celebration of the life of Ron Santo has been wall to wall on WGN radio. It’s been really great to hear all the stories (some for the first time) and to hear tons of audio replays from the Pat & Ron Show (aka Cubs baseball radio broadcasts). Today WGN replayed the Kerry Wood 20-strikeout [...]

December 4, 2010 Tags: Bleacher Bums, Kerry Wood, Pat & Ron Show, Pat Hughes, Ron Santo, WGN Radio Posted in: Chicago, game of baseball, observations, oldschool, players, the media One Comment

Pat Hughes tells his favorite Ron Santo story

Here is a replay of this post from April of this year – in memory of Ronnie… Last spring Pat Hughes, the Voice of the Chicago Cubs sat down for an exclusive interview with CubHub.net. I asked him to share his favorite Ron Santo story. Of course it is about the the early April road [...]

December 4, 2010 Tags: audio, Chicago Cubs, hairpiece, Keith Moreland, Pat & Ron Show, Pat Hughes, Ron Santo Posted in: interview, oddities, the media No Comments