Sports & Baseball (intersection of tags)

I had some confusion when I bought bleacher tickets online for a Cubs game this year. They forced me to choose the “Tickets@Home” option, because they were bleacher tickets. The poor poor Wrigley Field bleachers. Not only do they get…

MLB.com has a game called Beat the Streak where you try to put together a hitting streak to beat baseball’s legendary record of 56 games. Choose one player every day who you think will get at least one base hit.…

A logo for my fantasy baseball league, the Amazing League on mlb.com’s Beat the Streak Client: Me Fonts: LionelClassic and LampLighter Script from fontdiner.com

The Chicago Cubs are allowing fans to buy a brick at Wrigley Field with any message on it. We are currently taking donations to buy a brick that says: RUB THIS BRICKAND THE CUBSWILL WIN TODAY You can donate any…

The image for MLB.com’s fantasy opening day features photos of cubs players in 1985 Topps baseball card frames. Ahhh yes. That was the year that my brother and I collected the most baseball cards from our youth. That design is…

One of my goals this summer is to sit in Steve Bartman’s infamous seat at Wrigley Field. The seat that on October 14, 2003, the Cubs were just 5 outs from winning the National League playoffs and going to the…

In 2005, I looked at “What type of Chicago Cubs tickets sell out first” and made a few observations: 1) August sells out faster than September. 2) Saturday sells faster than Sunday. 3) “Sold out” doesn’t always mean sold out…

Shawon Dunston of the Chicago Cubs and Ozzie Guillen of the Chicago White Sox both started their major league careers at shortshop in 1985. Both were mainstays at their position in Chicago for over 10 years. Who was better Shawon…

My brother Erik posted on his blog that the Chicago Cubs are offering fans the opportunity to get their very own 4″ x 8″ personalized brick to be placed somewhere around Wrigley Field. Erik wants to get a brick that…

Being a die-hard Cubs fan who roots against the White Sox, I expect to hear crap from the White Sox fans when they win the World Series. It’s expected. BUT instead what I hear more is complaints from people that…

Now Johnny Damon has really grown his hair out.

Some of the most exciting races in baseball right now are the wild card races. However, almost every single major sports site puts the wild card standings on another page separate from the regular division standings. Ugh. I don’t want…

The Cubs are 5.5 games out of the wild card with 19 games left. The White Sox lost their 4th in a row leaving a 5.5 game lead ahead of the Indians. Wouldn’t it be funny if the Cubs made…

Underscorebleach.net makes an interesting observation: Today is August 19, 2005, quite far into the 2005 MLB season. I think it’s rather remarkable that every single team in the National League East has a better record than every single team in…

The Chicago Cubs play 55 home games during the day in the 2005 season. The rest of baseball has an average of about 27 day home games. It’s really rather special that the Chicago Cubs play a majority of their…

On July 8, 2005 just three days before Major League Baseball hosted its Home Run Derby with 12 players from 12 different nations, the Olympic Committe voted to eliminate baseball and softball from the 2012 Olympics. Among the reasons cited,…

Want the inside scoop on baseball’s scoreboard challenge? I’ve taken all the box scores from every All-star game, compiled the data, entered them into a spreadsheet and database. There’s even seven graphs illustrating how to pick the right score. Click…

Baltimore Orioles’ Rafael Palmeiro, left, and Sammy Sosa, right, pose with Cincinnati Reds’ Ken Griffey Jr. prior to the game Saturday, June 11, 2005, in Cincinnati. All three players have more than 500 home runs. (AP Photo/Al Behrman) This photo…

There have been 15 Cubs since 1990 who hit 20 or more homeruns in one season. There have been 9 Cubs since 1990 who hit 30+ HR There have been 2 Cubs since 2000 who hit 40+ HR Position Name…

0 of 4 people rated my review of Sammy Sosa’s boombox as helpful. What?! Don’t people want to know what boombox Sammy Sosa owned? It’s the Panasonic SC-AK33 Compact Stereo System. Here is the review from March 10, 2003: This…

The goal of Beat the Streak is to put together a hitting streak while making a run at baseball’s legendary hitting records. Choose one player every day who you think will get at least one base hit. If your player…

Here’s what I bring to every ballgame: Sunglasses Camera (with extra film/memory card) Pencils: for scorecard Sharpie pen: just in case for autographs Blank posterboard sign: just in case you get inspiration to write a message on it Thick marker:…

As Len Kasper and Bob Brenly are the new Chicago Cubs announcers this year, they still don’t always refer to the Cubs as “us” or “we.” It’s always “The Chicago Cubs lineup…” “The Chicago Cubs batters did great yesterday. C’mon…

I’m looking for stats on umpires tossing out players and manangers, but I can’t seem to find any. Surely they keep track of this, but where?

Every year I get MLB’s Gameday Audio, but I heard that XM Radio offers all the broadcasts as well. Which is the better plan? Here’s a comparison: mlb.com XM radio subscription cost $14.95/season($2.49/month) $12.95/month($77.70/season) hardware cost none $99: non-portable radio$299:…

A friend of mine, Andy Matznick, had a contest at his work to build a scene using Peeps as the focus. His Peeply Field scene won.

Don’t get me wrong, I love argyle. But it’s a sad fact that when Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig wears argyle, it can no longer be cool. Selig is the antithesis of all things cool. If he was cool,…

Some observations about how the tickets sold. These is based solely on the Chicago Cubs website when they state “Tickets to the following games are no longer available or have scattered single seats.” To make this simple, I’m merely calling…

For the past seven seasons the Chicago Cubs are 1-7 for their season opener game. The one win came in 2003. But in their total history since 1876, they have won 57.3% of their opening day games Longest season opening…

According to the Houston Chronicle, the Astros, Devil Rays, Pirates, Diamondbacks and Cubs are interested in free agent OF Jeromy Burnitz. Great, the Cubs could really use another player to strikeout 120-150 times a season.

It’s a curious thing why people like to make homemade signs to hold up at a sporting event. The World Series is going on now and there are many Red Sox fans at Fenway Park holding signs hoping for that…