Mike Imrem
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Good reads for the dad who has everythingJun 12, 2012 9:00 pm - With Father’s Day approaching, let’s ponder what to buy for the man who has everything. A necktie? Too cliché. A Ferrari? Too expensive. Two tickets to a Cubs’ game? Mo...
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Is all this patience fair to longtime Cubs fans?Jun 11, 2012 8:00 pm - Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein would categorize what I'm about to say as noise. Anything that dares doubt the Cubs' deliberate rebuilding process is ...
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For White Sox fans, it seems to come down to costJun 10, 2012 8:28 pm - Political humorist Art Buchwald was quoted as saying, “Dying is easy; parking is hard.” Expensive, too, according to White Sox fans. Judging by responses last week to a ...
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Decision on I’ll Have Another made a lot of horse senseJun 09, 2012 7:50 pm - Horse racing can’t dodge skepticism even when it does the right thing. Seemingly forever, stories about the sport have had both an honesty-and-integrity side and a cheat...
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Cubs’ Castro must go, for all concernedJun 05, 2012 11:11 am - The Cubs have to trade Starlin Castro for his sake and theirs. Let’s think about how we can explain this. Hmmm. OK, here goes. Castro is a threat to Wrigley Field the wa...
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White Sox can only hope this idea will be worth riskJun 04, 2012 8:51 pm - The White Sox will embark on a risky strategy beginning Tuesday night. The latest attempt to attract fans to Comiskey Park consists of $5 tickets in select upper reserve...
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Sox’ Sale strikes fear into hitters; maybe fans, tooJun 03, 2012 9:26 pm - Chris Sale might scare White Sox fans as much as he does hitters. The young lefty is seductive. You watch him pitch, you want to see more of him, and he’s even better th...
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Trying to explain Hawk can be otherworldlyJun 02, 2012 9:53 pm - A spaceship landed in my back yard Saturday afternoon, and a friendly space alien emerged. He identified himself as Pooper, the Secretary of Poop from Planet Poopoo. He ...
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Gambling bill could be a good betMay 29, 2012 8:12 pm - Illinois legislators again have been working on a gambling bill. Passage would mean, among other things, that racetracks would get slot machines they hope will save thei...
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Always no shortage of victims to memorialize, but why?May 28, 2012 8:24 pm - Memorial Day was made for reflection, no matter how crazy it might make you. What I was thinking was how sports have positioned themselves as the backlines of war, assum...