Theo Epstein hasn’t even set foot in the Windy City yet but already the Cubs season ticket sales department is celebrating yet another successful campaign. You see, some Major League Baseball teams have problems selling out their ballparks, hiring account executives to cold call local residents in an effort to sell season tickets. Such a problem […]

We’ve reported on players whose careers have been unique due to what they did or did not do during their brief time in the big leagues, guys like Chris Jelic, the only player ever to hit a home run for his only MLB hit in his final at bat. Today though the National Baseball Hall […]

If social media were a Shakespearean epic, the sports spectrum of the social media prism would be crying out in anguish: “Tony Plush, Tony Plush…wherefore art thou, Tony Plush?” Whether by managerial decree or the fact that he’s just busy playing in the biggest series of his life, Nyjer Morgan, aka Tony Plush, Tony Hush, […]

Shea Stadium will be remembered for a lot of things.  It hosted four World Series, was the site of the beginning of the 1969 Cubs collapse, it was a great place for guys like Bobby Bonilla and Rickey Henderson to play cards during the 1999 NLCS, and there was a giant apple that lit up […]

Wrigley Field may be one of sport’s grandest cathedrals, but it’s no secret — the old gal could use a bit of a facelift. The Ricketts family has repeatedly asked the city of Chicago to finance those renovations despite the fact that they’re wealthy enough to own a Major League Baseball franchise and money is […]

Time to check in with Milwaukee Brewers’ PR Manager John Steinmiller for the latest on the status of the Miller Park roof for tonight’s NLCS Game 2 between the Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals. What say you, Mr. #Brewers 1 hour ago via HootSuite  Undo Retweet 

At long last, MLB is letting the Milwaukee Brewers take advantage of a wonderful day. Brewers PR manager John Steinmiller (

The confetti has been cleaned from the stands at Miller Park. The champagne and Miller Lite that drenched the clubhouse has dried.  And this morning, Nyjer Morgan is a Wisconsin folk hero. A man of many personalities — Tony Plush, Tony Tombstone, Tony Gumble and even Tony Hush among others — a fter struggling for […]

There are few people in life who are as good at their job as Brewers announcer Bob Uecker is at calling baseball games. Regrettably though, unless you were living in Wisconsin or had paid $20 to subscribe to MLB’s service, you weren’t able to hear him call what might go down as one of the […]

The Chicago White Sox had a chance to bring back a beloved former player to the Windy City, an infielder who wore No. 23 whose name still evokes memories of better baseball days in these parts. Instead, they chose to hire Robin Ventura to replace Ozzie Guillen. Ventura comes into the job never having been […]

When it comes to the most inflluential players in this year’s LDS, there are plenty of big, bold names that come to mind. Ryan Braun, Curtis Granderson, Roy Halladay, Adrian Beltre and others are all fine players in their own right. But none have had the kind of impact on the shaping of this year’s […]