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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Fearless forecast: A double-better for Cubs, Sox

The Cubs will need to do better than 41-40 in their second 81 games if they want to reach the postseason. On the bright side, to reach that goal, they won't have to spend as much time in first place as their players have had to spend on the disabled list.

Noteworthy

With baseball's All-Star Game next week in St. Louis, look for some celebrities to attend. Here's how Hollywood.com's Tom Leupp ranks the star power of the top sports (notable fans in parentheses):

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Midweek musings: King of Pop is second to none

There's nothing like the memorial service for Michael Jackson on Tuesday in Los Angeles to show the world who the biggest MJ on the planet is. Or was.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Random thoughts: MJ sure isn't Candace

Random thoughts while wondering how Chicago can have only two players picked for the All-Star Game and it still seems like too many:

Monday, July 6, 2009

Monday meanderings: London in a fog

•   •   That London report also says 2012 organizers are ''falling short on delivering employment targets, tourism strategy and sports participation.'' On the bright side, Londoners presumably don't have to worry about having their taxes raised because of the seemingly inevitable cost overruns.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

In other's words: Fox News: It's still early

Sometimes (if not most of the time) it's best for Quick Hits to step aside and merely let others speak:

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Midweek musings: Raise alarm: Cubs dozing

If Cubs players need a wakeup call, maybe the new owner will buy each of them an alarm clock -- unless the protracted purchase takes so long that alarm clocks no longer exist.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Random thoughts: Unfit to advise Lou

Random thoughts while wondering whether, 20 years from now, people will be asking why Ozzie Guillen isn't the same person he was when he managed a World Series winner:

Thursday, June 25, 2009

New Shack for 'Lacey': Diamond in the rough

Cindy Morgan took some time off from writing to do some writing.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Hawks mum on Chelios

Good news, Blackhawks fans. Now that he has been released by the Detroit Red Wings, Chris Chelios is available to return to his hometown team and to the franchise where he was a fan favorite. Not that the Hawks necessarily need him from a playing or PR perspective. A team spokesman said Tuesday: ''Right now, our focus is on the NHL draft and free agency. And for us to comment on Chris joining our organization in any capacity once his playing days are over would be premature.''

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Trip-ups down memory lane

Random thoughts while wondering why baseball doesn't have two 15-team leagues -- rather than a 16-team National and 14-team American -- and simply have interleague games played throughout the season:

Monday, June 22, 2009

Monday meanderings: Bullpen can Kerry on

If the Indians-Cubs series shows anything, it's that Kerry Wood is not the answer to any perceived problems in the Cubs' bullpen.

Friday, June 19, 2009

Captain's log: The inside story just outside of Wrigley

''Oh, miss,'' Quick Hits said to the waitress walking by.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Thursday thoughts: Are Cub fans bailing?

Either there was a disproportionate number of White Sox fans in the ballpark Wednesday at Wrigley Field, or most of the Cubs fans had departed by game's end. Unless perhaps Cubs fans have reached the point of being left speechless by their team's lack of run production.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

It's all about Cubs' park

The International Olympic Committee heard representatives for the international governing bodies Monday in Lausanne, Switzerland, urging their sport's inclusion in the 2016 Summer Games. You know, the one that Chicago could host. The sports: golf, rugby sevens, squash, softball, baseball, roller sports and karate. So what's that have to do with anything on a Cubs-Sox page? Rest assured, if Chicago does host the 2016 Games, they will include Wrigley Field as an event site. Which makes sense. Croquet or darts would fill Wrigley -- if they were Olympic sports. Maybe the IOC would look at the least-attended sport and put it in the park. Even archery would be a hot ticket if it was held in Wrigley.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Mo' Von isn't Cubs' cure-all

Random thoughts while wondering whether the Phil Jackson-coached Michael Jordan championship Bulls (take your picks from six) would've beaten the 2008-09 Jackson-coached Kobe Bryant Lakers in five games for the NBA title (or six or seven; OK, diehard Bulls fans, or four):

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Thursday thoughts: Sox turning back clock

Signing former White Sox pitcher Freddy Garcia to a minor-league contract is just another move by general manager Ken Williams to put a World Series championship team together -- although it does seem a little soon to have a reunion for the 2005 squad.

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