Articles filed under Baseball
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Schaumburg Boomers owner named Sportsman of Year by Italian American Sports Hall of FameDec 26, 2023 6:01 pm - At a star-studded event in Elk Grove Village that included emcee Tom Dreesen and fellow honoree Priscilla Presley, Schaumburg Boomers owner Patrick Salvi was named Sports...
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Looking ahead to 2024: Cubs look to build on last season’s successDec 26, 2023 6:00 am - They didn’t land Shohei Ohtani, and the Cubs likely never had much of a chance at signing baseball’s best player. An impact talent like Ohtani would have made the Cubs in...
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Looking back on 2023: Cubs run out of gas; Counsell replaces RossDec 24, 2023 6:12 pm - It was a season of ups and a big down for the Cubs in 2023. Expected to finish in the middle of the NL Central pack and possibly play .500 baseball, the Cubs wound up sec...
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Looking ahead to 2024: White Sox have to be better, right?Dec 24, 2023 6:00 am - On and off the field last season, everything that could go wrong for the White Sox did go wrong. There were losses, lots of them (101). The clubhouse was morose througho...
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Looking back on 2023: White Sox look to regroup after miserable seasonDec 23, 2023 6:00 am - The best thing about 2023 for the White Sox? It’s almost over. In the 123-year history of the franchise, last season checks in near the top of the misery list. Just ask t...
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History can help explain Cubs’ offseason cautionDec 18, 2023 11:16 pm - There's still a couple months before players start filing in for spring training, but Cubs fans seem anxious for some action. When will the team sign a free agent? Will m...
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Fedde looking forward to making fresh start with White SoxDec 14, 2023 8:32 pm - Pitching for the Nationals, Erick Fedde started the final game of the 2022 season. After giving up 9 runs on 9 hits over just 2.1 innings in a loss to the Mets, the right...
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Jim O'Donnell: If Reinsdorf's team is going, please leave a fresh AL franchise on the South SideDec 10, 2023 7:00 am - ALMOST ALL OF THE BEST PLOTS involving Jerry Reinsdorf only grow thicker and thicker. The man could have been a conceptual adviser to spy novelist John le Carre'. The Wh...
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Baseball Way Back: Former White Sox announcer's Kennedy assassination connectionDec 09, 2023 6:00 am - White Sox fans of the Dick Allen era might dimly recall Bill Mercer as Harry Caray's broadcast partner on radio station WMAQ-AM in 1974 and 1975. It was not, to say the ...
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White Sox acquire catcher Max Stassi in trade with BravesDec 09, 2023 12:00 am - Max Stassi is on the move - again. A day after he was traded from the Angels to the Braves, the veteran catcher was flipped to the White Sox Saturday in exchange for a p...