As sports go, baseball was my first true love. Truth be told, the game even helped me learn to read as I would sit with my grandfather while he perused Chicago Cubs articles in the Chicago Tribune. And just like that, I was hooked.
While I’d eventually end up playing more basketball and golf as I got older, there’s no denying that baseball took up a hefty portion of my time as a youngster. If I wasn’t outside playing it, I was watching the Cubs on WGN with Harry Caray and Steve Stone on the call.
Sadly, it’s not been a topic on which I’ve written a ton in recent years as it simply wasn’t a big focus of the positions I’ve held.
But that hasn’t kept me from watching or even taking the old-school route by listening to a game on the radio on my patio on a warm summer night.
While I tend to be a bit more neutral these days with my fandom — I always do my best to stay unbiased in this business — the Cubs are still my favorite team. And watching them win the World Series in 2016 is still easily the greatest moment I’ve witnessed in sports.
In short, this wonderful game will always hold a special place in my heart.
Click on the links below to read my baseball articles from 2021.
2021 World Series: The Last Postseason Matchup Between the Braves and Astros Featured a Historic Finish and a Roger Clemens Rarity
Sportscasting | October 21, 2021
How Many MLB Teams Have Come Back From a 3-1 Deficit in the Postseason?
Sportscasting | October 21, 2021
Mike Trout Perfectly Describes the Greatness of Shohei Ohtani, Who’s Going to Win AL MVP in a Walk Despite Not Being in the Top 300 in MLB Salary
Sportscasting | August 26, 2021
How Many MLB Players Have 3,000 Hits?
Sportscasting | August 18, 2021
How Many MLB Players Have Hit 500 Home Runs?
Sportscasting | August 17, 2021
What ‘Field of Dreams’ Got Wrong About ‘Moonlight’ Graham
Sportscasting | August 12, 2021
Anthony Rizzo, Javier Baez, and Kris Bryant Make Cubs Fans Cry All Over Again by Making MLB History
Sportscasting | August 2, 2021
Imagine if Randy Johnson Had Signed With the Original Team That Drafted Him, the Atlanta Braves
Sportscasting | June 30, 2021
Alex Rodriguez Says He ‘Got Bombed’ and ‘Threw Up on the Streets of New York’ After Learning His Dream Trade to the Boston Red Sox Was Nixed by the MLBPA
Sportscasting | June 26, 2021
Cleveland Indians Pitcher Ray Caldwell Finished a Complete Game After Being Struck by Lightning
Sportscasting | June 14, 2021
Country Music Star Brett Young Was Offered Contracts From a Pair of MLB Teams Before an Elbow Injury Ended His Baseball Dreams
Showbiz CheatSheet | May 26, 2021
Before Joe West Became a Record-Setting MLB Umpire, He Was a Record-Setting College Football Quarterback
Sportscasting | May 25, 2021
What an All-Time Starting Lineup Featuring Only St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs Legends Would Look Like
Sportscasting | May 23, 2021
Michael Jordan Signed His Deal With the White Sox on the Birthday of the Only Michael Jordan to Ever Play Major League Baseball
Sportscasting | April 25, 2021
Jackie Robinson Was Not the Only Black Player for the Dodgers in 1947 or for His Lone Season With the Montreal Royals
Sportscasting | April 15, 2021
Jackie Robinson Was Crazily NOT the Last Dodgers Player to Wear No. 42
Sportscasting | April 15, 2021
Everyone Knows Jackie Robinson Broke the Color Barrier but He Also Made Broadcasting History and Even Has an Asteroid Named After Him
Sportscasting | April 15, 2021
Cancel the World Series…the Oakland A’s Have Already Won the 2021 MLB Season With What They Did to the Houston Astros on Saturday
Sportscasting | April 4, 2021
Rangers Outfielder Joey Gallo Threw a No-Hitter in High School and Then Took a Hall of Fame Pitcher’s Daughter to Prom That Night
Sportscasting | April 2, 2021
What Happened to Tuffy Rhodes, Who Once Hit 3 Home Runs on Opening Day for the Chicago Cubs?
Sportscasting | April 1, 2021
Babe Ruth Actually Hit 715 Home Runs During His MLB Career and Was Given Credit for That Number for About a Week
Sportscasting | April 1, 2021
Super Bowl Champ Warren Sapp Once Gave World Series Champ Johnny Damon a Concussion
Sportscasting | March 9, 2021
Aaron Boone’s Continuing Heart Issues Have Forced Him to Leave the New York Yankees
Sportscasting | March 3, 2021
Where Would Padres Phenom Fernando Tatis Jr.’s New Average Salary Rank in the NFL and NBA?
Sportscasting | February 18, 2021
Hank Aaron Was So Much More Than Just a Baseball Player and Was Once Paid the Compliment of Compliments by Muhammad Ali
Sportscasting | January 22, 2021
Don Sutton Was Once Accused of Setting Up His Teammate for a DUI As a Way to Get Him Out of the Starting Rotation
Sportscasting | January 19, 2021
Tommy Lasorda’s Legacy Includes Wishing His Racist Friend’s Mistress Would Get Hit By a Car and Racist Comments of His Own
Sportscasting | January 8, 2021
The Luke Norris Experience 