By Woodrow Carroll Surprises, streaks, and situations, have peppered Major League Baseball (MLB) historically. It was four weeks ago that life took a dark turn for the Chicago White Sox. No sooner had the White Sox captured a victory over the Tampa Bay Rays June 16 to give the team...
By Woodrow Carroll Playing host to the Tampa Bay Rays Wednesday of last week, the Chicago White Sox were cruising along with a 7-2 lead. The two teams were in a battle for the best record in Major League Baseball. Tampa Bay had entered the game one-half game better than...
By Woodrow Carroll It was only last week that the Chicago White Sox could boast the best record of any team in Major League Baseball (MLB). Things can change in a hurry, especially early in the season. Poof, it did! After Sunday’s games, the White Sox were 26-19 (.578). Not...
By Woodrow Carroll As manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Dave Roberts has a problem most managers would be willing to put up with, for sure. Roberts’ Dodgers are Major League Baseball’s defending World Series champions. The pandemic shortened the Major League Baseball (MLB) season length in 2020 was only...
By Woodrow Carroll Trades are a part of the professional sports world and can engender plenty of controversy. Of course, we often have to wait a lengthy time to reasonably know who got the better of the deals. Prior to the 2017 Major League Baseball season, the Chicago White Sox...
The Kane County Cougars have released a list of all 411 players to make it to Major League Baseball (MLB) in franchise history. The announcement followed the unveiling of the Cougars new enhanced logo with the addition of “Est. 1888” to honor the franchise’s 111-year history. This season will begin...
By Woodrow Carroll The recent passing of baseball legend Hank Aaron certainly stirred the memory. As a youngster who grew up a fan of the Chicago White Sox and Milwaukee Braves, it was Hank Aaron, along with Warren Spahn and Eddie Mathews, who largely imprinted the Milwaukee Braves on my...
By Woodrow Carroll Earlier this year there was considerable concern for Major League Baseball’s (MLB) getting off the ground this season. It was in jeopardy with the COVID-19 scare making life miserable. The MLB played this season, albeit in truncated form. For those of us used to a 162-game season,...
By Woodrow Carroll Postseason Major League Baseball (MLB): October 5, 2004, the Minnesota Twins defeated the New York Yankees, 2-0, in an American League Division Series game. It was the opening playoff game of the postseason for both clubs. It was the last time the Twins won a postseason game....
By Woodrow Carroll The 2020 Major League Baseball (MLB) season started last week, although under reduced circumstances brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The MLB season annually plays twice as many games as the typical National Hockey League or National Basketball Association with 162 games. The revised baseball schedule has...
By Woodrow Carroll Former Major League Baseball player Eddie Robinson has a distinction that he would like to hold on to for more years. Robinson, born December 15, 1920 in Paris, Texas is MLB’s oldest living former player. Robinson has many distinctions that have come with advanced age. Robinson wore...
By Craig Lynch When last we saw Ryan Court he played with the Iowa Cubs in 2018. Court, a native of Elgin, played baseball at Dundee-Crown High School. He toiled in minor league baseball for seven years for three organizations. He started this season in Arizona with the Chicago Cubs,...
