Category Archives: Features

City on the Break

Sometimes everything makes sense, except when it doesn’t. This is one of those times.

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Say Hello and Wave Goodbye

A look at what, if anything, the recent pair of pitching trades means for the Good Guys and the rest of the AL Central.

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The Triumphant Return of Joe Borowski

The Cleveland baseball decade in review, starring JoBo as himself.

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Escape from L.A.

In anticipation of this afternoon’s rubber match, a salute to those who triumphantly stormed their way out of Los Angeles.

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The Morris/Smoltz of the “Other” World Series

Meet the new toughest pitcher in the land.

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Playing the Odds

Is the Crosstown October Nightmare eternally impossible or entirely inevitable? Depends on your definition of a sure thing.

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Irony by Way of $265 Seats

One man’s heartbreaking night of club-level extravagance.

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Put Me In, Coach

What can money buy? A lot of base hits, apparently.

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Minnesota Nice and the Case of the Disappearing Sox Pride

He went looking for answers on the state of Midwestern baseball. What he found was a non-confrontational shaming amidst the wreckage of an early May disaster. Andrew Reilly reports from the worst baseball game of all time.

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Anniversary Season

Everything you need to know about Chicago baseball to spend this summer living happily in the past.

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This Is Birdland

Thursday, April 17, 2008, 6:05pm CST. A man, far from home, suddenly finds himself with $9 to burn and a t-shirt bearing the name of the team visiting Oriole Park at Camden Yards this evening. Armed with but a pen, notepad, and strange interest in vacationing in Baltimore, he set out to capture the Charm City experience. This is his story.

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I’ll Tell You Right Now They Got Nothing to Lose

The only way to look ahead is to look back. Wait, no it’s not. Or is it?

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Awards Season

Someone around here is pretty awesome. Someone else, not so much.

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2008 Season Preview

Live arms, dead hope, empty promises and a whole field of unanswerable questions. Play ball!

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South Side Legend

Starting in center field, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Frank Thomas III. Seriously.

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Endless, Nameless

Wrigley Field naming rights for sale: Good, bad or awesome? “Yes” to all three.

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