Perhaps it makes me a non-believer in Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer’s team build, but only of a small fraction of it.
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Cubs Win!: NLDS Game 3
This was another nail biter. And it’s great to see that the Cubs are still perennial winners in the categories of small ball tactics and tie games. But the offensive effort needs to improve drastically, especially if there’s any hope of advancing, and winning in the NLCS. Both Quintana and Scherzer pitched strong games, strikingContinue reading “Cubs Win!: NLDS Game 3”
Cubs Implode: NLDS Game 2
The game was clinched by the 8th. There was no reason to worry. Except that Lester’s performance was lackluster, the hitting that did come was just enough to be better than the Nats, and up to this point the bullpen was having it’s way with the Nats. And then Carl Edwards Jr unraveled. Edwards isContinue reading “Cubs Implode: NLDS Game 2”
CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN! NLDS GAME 1
Hendricks pitched a solid outing, but he’s supposedly the weak pitcher in the Cubs rotation now.
Travel: Oklahoma City, America’s Best Weekend Getaway Secret
I’m willing to bet that if you’re from Oklahoma, or Western Arkansas, you didn’t think of OKC once.
Thanksgiving: How Should we Spend this Holiday?
Somehow we’ve reached a point where we have more in common with a total stranger than we do the family living right next door for the past ten years.
OKC Memorial: Did We Learn Anything?
Don’t think of this as a call to centrism, because it’s not.
Walk with Warriors Book Launch
Here’s what many people don’t understand about college football towns
Travel: August in Puerto Rico
After having ‘Pan’ with three or four of my meals, I have serious questions about all this white and wheat bread I was being given throughout the years.
Charlottesville: When Apathy and Confusion Collide
It’s time we as Americans got serious about a problem we have in our country, that we are contributing to: apathy. Because we refuse to be truly engaged in events like these, we give people like McAuliffe a platform to lie…
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