Orrin Schwarz
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Will anyone at long last give the Cubs’ starters a little help?May 31, 2024 8:07 pm - It’s not easy being a Cubs starting pitcher these days. Between a soft bullpen with no closer and a punchless lineup, a Cubs starter’s only friend is his fastball. Maybe ...
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Major League Baseball is killing its best rivalries with its balanced scheduleMay 24, 2024 4:55 pm - It’s getting harder and harder to work up a good, old-fashioned friendly hate in Major League Baseball.
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Former Daily Herald High School Sports Editor John Radtke dies at 66May 17, 2024 4:59 pm - Former Daily Herald High School Sports Editor John Radtke died overnight Friday at his home in Sarasota, Florida, at age 66. Radtke started writing for the Daily Herald i...
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‘This is home’: Now AD and coach at alma mater Wheaton College, Mike Schauer couldn’t be happierMay 16, 2024 6:00 am - Mike Schauer is standing near midcourt at King Arena. It’s hard to find a more appropriate place for him to talk about all that Wheaton College means to him. “This is hom...
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Trying to help Schiffren find good things to say about the White SoxMay 10, 2024 5:02 pm - Listening to the recent controversy over new White Sox TV play-by-play man John Schiffren’s comments about White Sox “haters,” I tried to put myself in his shoes. Here he...
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Former Bears quarterback Avellini dies at 70 from cancerMay 05, 2024 3:06 pm - Bob Avellini, the former Chicago quarterback who teamed with Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton to lead the Bears to the 1977 playoffs, died Saturday. He was 70. The...
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The Hope Index: Rating the chances Chicago pro sports teams can soon make a championship bidMay 04, 2024 6:00 am - Those of us in the Chicago area know one thing when it comes to our professional sports teams: You gotta have hope.
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Keeping my distance from sports broadcasts on streaming servicesApr 20, 2024 6:00 am - I’m a little bit of a contrarian. Find a fad and I’ll find a way to shun it.
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What is the Counsell difference for the Cubs?Apr 13, 2024 11:48 am - I have a lot of questions. I don’t have many answers.
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Remind me, why do Bears, White Sox need to build stadiums with public money?Apr 06, 2024 5:51 pm - Why yes, please spend my tax money building the Bears a new stadium. I don’t care whether it’s on the lakefront or in Arlington Heights, I can think of no better use of p...