Diary of a Chicago Sports Fan

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Cubs and Sox win, and why is James Dolan always talking to people who've been drinking?

As an old Chicago Cubs fan, I'm having trouble adjusting to the team's new reality. When the Cubs went down 3-0 to the Cardinals, because in large part because Ben Zobrist made an error trying to turn a double play, I thought, at least the Cubs won one game in St. Louis. Plus, I'm still worried about how effective John Lackey might be. All that negativity dissipated, at least for a day, when the Cubs came back to beat the Cards, 6-4.

Lackey buckled down and went 6 innings, giving up 4 runs, 2 of which were earned, in route to recording the victory. The Cubs had pulled to within 4-2 in the top of the 7^th when Kyle Schwarber hammered a 3 run shot down the right field line to put the Cubs up 5-4.

The Cubs tacked on an insurance run to make it a 6-4 score, before the Cubs pen came on and closed things out. It was encouraging to see Hector Rondon pitch a clean 7^th inning. Perdo Strop got into a jam in the 8^th, but the emerging Carl Edwards Jr. came on to get out of the jam. Wade Davis pitched a scoreless 9^th to get the save.

The Cubs really haven't played that well and still took two out of three in St. Louis. I'd like to get used to this.

Pull me up when I tug on the rope  (check image)

As I'm writing this, the White Sox are up over the Tigers 11-1. I'm going to treat this as a Sox win. James Shields went 5.1 innings, giving up 1 earned run. Still, the 5 walks in 5.1 innings doesn't inspire confidence. Geovany Soto and and Matt Davidson each hit a 3 run homer to spur the offense. Both those guys have an opportunity to make a mark on the team this season.

Soto could provide the Sox with some stability behind the plate behind the plate. After years of being plagued by injuries, Davidson could provide coverage at third if Todd Frazier is traded. If Frazier stays around, Davidson could see plenty of time as the DH. If those things happen, kudos to Rick Hahn in his talent search. Maybe the Sox can be watchable, and perhaps even interesting this season.

Why are Knicks fans always drinking? Duh.

Knicks owner, James Dolan, was involved in another altercation. This time Dolan got in a verbal battle with a Knicks fan who wanted Dolan to sell the team. As was the case when Dolan got into a spat with Charles Oakley, Dolan said the other party was drinking. I don't know if that was true in either case, but maybe Knicks fans see the need to get liquored up before watching the team.

And when he's not on a diplomatic mission to North Korea, Rodman adds this...

In other NBA news, Dennis Rodman has indicated LeBron might be soft because he sits out some regular season games.  As Warriors coach Steve Kerr, pointed out  Dennis used to get time off during the season, via suspension.  So, if you rest for the playoffs you're smart, but if you're suspended it's ok.  No wonder Dennis and Kim Jong-un are buds.  They have the same logical approach to things.

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