Cubs By The Numbers book review

There is a new book available titled Cubs By The Numbers by Al Yellon (of the blog Bleed Cubbie Blue), Kasey Ignarski and Matthew Silverman (who also wrote Mets By The Numbers) and published by Skyhorse Publishing. The book is more than 300 pages, devoting a chapter for each uniform number worn by Cubs players […]

April 20, 2009 Tags: Al Yellon, Bleed Cubbie Blue, Cubs Annual 2009, Cubs By The Numbers, Ernie Banks, Hoyt Wilhelm, Johnny Vander Meer, Kasey Ignarski, Matt Silverman, Rick Aguilera, Ryne Sandberg, Sammy Sosa, Skyhorse Publishing, Yahoo Sports Posted in: book, observations, review One Comment

Shame on us – and PLAY BALL!

Here is why I don’t write about baseball & steroids very often… Honestly, I’ve had it about up to here with all this pharmacological intrigue. The bottom line is competitive guys do whatever they have to do to get ahead. They are competitive. They want to, and must win. If there is some edge they […]

February 17, 2009 Tags: Ben Gay, Chicks dig the long ball, competitive, home runs, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, steriods Posted in: controversy, game of baseball, legal issues, observations, players, the media One Comment