Countdown to Spring Training 2018?
I won't be long now! Cubs pitchers and catchers must report to Sloan Park in Mesa, Ariz., on Tuesday, Feb. 13, with the first workout on...
This Week in Cubs History: God Gets a Tryout
Thirty-six years ago on Saturday, Jan. 27, the Chicago Cubs traded Ivan DeJesus to Philadelphia in exchange for Larry Bowa and a...
Smoke This: An All-American Triptych
The baseball cards used on the cover of Tinker to Evers to Chance are from the T205 "Gold Border" set issued by the American Tobacco...
Coming Soon in April 2018
Here's a mockup for the cover of my forthcoming book from the University of Chicago Press. Feel free to share and offer feedback.
Mike Royko on Destiny's Darlings
Note: My interview with Mike Royko in April 1982 for The Cincinnati Post, upon his receiving the Ernie Pyle Award for human interest...
Can't help it. I'm a Cub fan.
Note: I wrote this op-ed while working for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 1984. It ran on September 29, adopting a "Saturday Diary"...