Cool Threads

The Los Angeles Dodgers are sporting replicas of the powder blue satin 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers alternate uniforms for all of their weekday afternoon home games this season.

Cubs Rained Out Wednesday; Dempster to Start Thursday

Wednesday's scheduled game between the Cubs and Colorado Rockies was postponed by rain, bringing a dismal end to a disappointing 3-5 homestand.

College of Starting Pitchers

I understand that the alternatives are as appealing as the selection of women at closing time at the neighborhood dive, but I wish the Cubs would pull the plug on the James Russell-in-the-starting-rotation experiment.

Way to Support Your Team, Sox Fans

I was thinking today about the Chicago Sun-Times' Joe Cowley's preseason column predicting that the White Sox were on the verge of overtaking the Cubs as Chicago's favorite baseball team. The scene Saturday at the stadium formerly known as Comiskey Park would indicate otherwise.

Greatest Moments, No. 3: Kerry Wood's 20-Strikeout Game

(Editor's Note: Twenty-eighth in a series recalling the 30 greatest moments in Cubs history.)

My friend, Terry, gave me a call on Wednesday morning, May 6, 1998, and asked if I wanted to join him for that afternoon's game at Wrigley Field between the Cubs and the Houston Astros.

Flock of Seagulls

There was nothing routine about the high fly ball that center fielder Marlon Byrd hauled in to end Monday's 4-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Wrigley Field.

A Contrarian View of the NL Central

I remember fondly throughout my childhood the February day in which my father would bring home a stack of baseball preview magazines.

I would devour those things and have continued the practice into adulthood. All of that reading material has helped me get through those final few weeks without baseball, but I learned long ago that such publications should not be believed as gospel.

2011 NL Central at a Glance

How They'll Finish in 2011:

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