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Andre Dawson day at Wrigley Field

The Chicago Cubs will honor the latest inductee to the Baseball Hall of Fame, former Cub Andre Dawson before Monday’s (8/30/2010) game against the Pirates. Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley will declare Monday “Andre Dawson Day” in the city, despite his status of being a devoted Sox fan. The Cubs will present a ‘gift’ the [...]

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August 26, 2010 Tags: Andre Dawson, Chicago Cubs, Hall of Fame, Pittsburgh Pirates, tickets, Tom Skilling Posted in: Chicago, Wrigley Field, announcement, awards, game day, news, oldschool, players One Comment

Lou Piniella rides off into the sunset

Lou Piniella has called it a career. He came to Chicago saying this would be his final managerial job and yesterday morning it was announced he would retire following what would be a 16-5 drubbing by the Atlanta Braves, the exact same outcome from Cubs vs Braves on opening day this year. Ironic how that [...]

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August 23, 2010 Tags: Alan Trammel, Atlanta Braves, Derrek Lee, Jim Hendry, Leo Durocher, Lou Piniella, Mike Fontenot, Mike Quade, photo, Ryan Theriot, Ted Lilly Posted in: Jim Hendry, Lou Piniella, announcement, biz of baseball, coaching, manager, news, photo of the day No Comments

Beginning of the end for Santo Era

It is looking like the beginning of the end of the Ron Santo Era. Cubs legend and radio color “analyst” Ron Santo announced he is limiting his broadcast schedule on WGN AM720. He will forego the coming West coast series in Seattle where the Cubs will face the Mariners in inter-league competition. Then he will [...]

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June 20, 2010 Tags: Crosstown Classic, Pat & Ron Show, Pat Hughes, Ron Santo, WGN Radio Posted in: news, observations, schedule, the media One Comment

One Goal: Mission Accomplished

Congratulations to the 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks!
I wrote a post a while back on the similarities between the Hawks and Cubs organizations. They have quite a storied past together and now of course we all hope the baseball team will follow the hockey team to a league championship.
You can bet there we Blackhawks [...]

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June 10, 2010 Tags: Chicago Blackhawks, Crosstown Classic, John McDonough, NHL, One Goal, Stanley Cup Champion, Take Me Out to the Ballgame Posted in: Chicago, news, observations, rivalries One Comment

Doug Glanville new book and appearances

Former Cubs outfielder Doug Glanville is one of my favorite baseball writers. Educated at Penn, the Ivy Leaguer writes about baseball from an insider’s perspective for the New York Times, contributes on-air to ESPN television and appears on countless other radio and television shows. Not only is he a fine writer, but he brings the [...]

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May 10, 2010 Tags: Borders Books, Doug Glanville, ESPN, Harry Caray's Tavern, New York Times, Take Me Out to the Ballgame, The Book Stall, The Game From Where I Stand Posted in: book, game of baseball, news, oldschool, players No Comments

Live coverage of Peoria Chiefs vs Kane County Cougars

I will be reporting *live* from Elfstrom Stadium, home of the Kane County Cougars on Saturday May 8, 2010 when the Cougars play the Peoria Chiefs, class-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs! Stay tuned on the Clark-Addison Cubs Fan Blog and follow my on Twitter @ClarkAddison for real-time updates, photos and commentary from the game…first [...]

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