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 2020.
Manny Ramirez Completes the Sox Trifecta in His Latest Return To Baseball
Sportscasting | December 17, 2020
The Cleveland Indians Really Only Have Two Logical Options For Their New Team Name
Sportscasting | December 14, 2020
Don’t Be Surprised if Newly-Released Kyle Schwarber Is Wearing a Chicago Uniform in 2021
Sportscasting | December 4, 2020
Packers Star Davante Adams Was the Second-Best Wideout on His High School Team Behind a Guy Who Just Won a World Series
Sportscasting | November 5, 2020
Jon Lester Dropped $47,000 on Beer Over the Weekend in an Amazing Gesture To Cubs Fans
Sportscasting | November 2, 2020
Inspired By His Grandfather, World Series Champ Mark Teixeira Is Helping Break Down Barriers Surrounding Men’s Health
Sportscasting | October 27, 2020
Former Rays Pitcher Jim Morris Has Fought Through Parkinson’s and Addiction Since the Events of ‘The Rookie’
Sportscasting | October 27, 2020
Rays World Series Hero Brett Phillips Was Taught Lessons in Competitiveness By His Old Neighbor, WWE Legend ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage
Sportscasting | October 25, 2020
Who Has the Most Home Runs in the World Series?
Sportscasting | October 23, 2020
Remember When the LA Dodgers Had 5 Rookie of the Year Winners in a Row?
Sportscasting | October 21, 2020
Why Do Baseball Players Wear Oven Mitts?
Sportscasting | October 21, 2020
ALCS MVP Randy Arozarena Is the Lowest-Paid Player on the Tampa Bay Rays World Series Roster
Sportscasting | October 20, 2020
Clayton Kershaw and Mookie Betts Made More Money This Season Than the Entire Tampa Bay Rays World Series Roster
Sportscasting | October 20, 2020
Which MLB Teams Have Never Won a World Series?
Sportscasting | October 20, 2020
How Many Times Have the Braves Won the World Series?
Sportscasting | October 16, 2020
Randy Arozarena Once Made $4 a Month Playing Baseball and Is Now Making History For the Tampa Bay Rays
Sportscasting | October 16, 2020
How Many Teams Has Tony La Russa Managed?
Sportscasting | October 14, 2020
The Biggest Lies Hollywood Told You About the Oakland A’s in ‘Moneyball’
Sportscasting | October 8, 2020
Former Yankees Ace CC Sabathia Tears Into ‘Clown’ Carlos Correa and the Astros in Profanity-Laced Rant
Sportscasting | October 5, 2020
Dodgers Ace Clayton Kershaw Owns an MLB Record That Doesn’t Make Any Sense
Sportscasting | October 1, 2020
The 2020 LA Dodgers Hit More Home Runs in 60 Games Than the 1988 World-Series Winning Team Did in a Full Season
Sportscasting | September 28, 2020
The 2020 MLB Postseason Bracket Is Finally Set
Sportscasting | September 27, 2020
The Biggest Storylines Heading Into MLB’s Final Weekend of the 2020 Season
Sportscasting | September 25, 2020
How Will the St. Louis Cardinals Playing Just 58 Games Affect the National League Playoff Picture?
Sportscasting | September 23, 2020
How Concerned Should the Chicago Cubs Be About Kris Bryant?
Sportscasting | September 22, 2020
2020 MLB Playoffs: How Seeding Works, Where Games Will Be Played, Tiebreaker Rules, and Everything Else You Need to Know
Sportscasting | September 21, 2020
The Murder of Rising MLB Star Lyman Bostock Forced Changes to Indiana’s Insanity Laws
Sportscasting | September 9, 2020
The Question ‘Who Was the First Pro Athlete to Make $1 Million in a Single Season?’ Has a Tricky Answer
Sportscasting | September 8, 2020
Cal Ripken Jr.’s Mother Was Kidnapped and Threatened With a Gun in Separate Incidents Over a 15-Month Period
Sportscasting | September 6, 2020
The Tragic Death of Jackie Robinson Jr., Who Was Killed Just 16 Months Before His Famous Father Passed Away
Sportscasting | August 28, 2020
Why Did Jackie Robinson Wear No. 42?
Sportscasting | August 28, 2020
Was Roberto Clemente the Best MLB Player to Wear No. 21?
Sportscasting | August 18, 2020
Mike Trout’s Stats Over His Last 162 Games Are Just Ridiculous
Sportscasting | August 12, 2020
Albert Pujols Is on the Verge of Two Major Milestones
Sportscasting | August 2, 2020
Lorenzo Cain Has Opted Out of the 2020 MLB Season and Is Giving Up Quite a Bit of Cash to Be With His Family
Sportscasting | August 1, 2020
What Happened to Former MLB Tough Guy Kyle Farnsworth?
Sportscasting | July 28, 2020
Washington Nationals Manager Dave Martinez Says What Everyone in MLB Should Be Thinking
Sportscasting | July 28, 2020
David Price Slams MLB and Rob Manfred Over the Miami Marlins Coronavirus Outbreak
Sportscasting | July 27, 2020
Atlanta Braves Hall of Famer Chipper Jones Has a Huge Net Worth
Sportscasting | July 24, 2020
A Look Back on When Two-Time MLB All-Star Vince Coleman Threw a Lit Firecracker Near a Group of Fans at Dodger Stadium
Sportscasting | July 24, 2020
The New York Yankees’ Former Equipment Manager Tried to Take No. 2 Away From Derek Jeter
Sportscasting | July 22, 2020
Javier Baez Should Benefit Greatly From the Mookie Betts Deal
Sportscasting | July 22, 2020
Red Sox Hall of Famer Says Mookie Betts Never Wanted to Leave Boston
Sportscasting | July 22, 2020
A Look at the Best 60-Game Stretches in Every Major MLB Category
Sportscasting | July 21, 2020
3-Time Cy Young Winner Max Scherzer Has an Odd Problem With Shin-Soo Choo
Sportscasting | July 21, 2020
The Complete List of MLB Players Opting Out of the 2020 Season
Sportscasting | July 17, 2020
Cincinnati Reds Hall of Famer Cesar Geronimo Twice Found Himself on the Wrong Side of MLB History Against Astronomical Odds
Sportscasting | July 13, 2020
Barry Bonds Hit His 762 Home Runs Off an Insane Number of Pitchers
Sportscasting | July 1, 2020
What is Bobby Bonilla’s Net Worth?
Sportscasting | June 30, 2020
The First Contract Derek Jeter Ever Signed Was Worth Zero Dollars
Sportscasting | June 30, 2020
Nobody Could Blame Ryan Zimmerman If He Chose to Just Ride off Into the Sunset
Sportscasting | June 29, 2020
Ranking the 5 Players Taken Ahead of Derek Jeter in the 1992 MLB Draft
Sportscasting | June 26, 2020
The 2019 MLB Postseason Would Have Looked a Bit Different With a 60-Game Regular Season
Sportscasting | June 23, 2020
How Did Nolan Ryan Never Win a Cy Young Award?
Sportscasting | June 22, 2020
Ken Griffey Jr. and Sr. Hitting Back-to-Back Home Runs is Still the Coolest Father-Son Moment in Sports History
Sportscasting | June 21, 2020
What Happened to Two-Time MLB All-Star Shawon Dunston?
Sportscasting | June 19, 2020
The Rise, Fall, and Tragic Death of Minnesota Twins Legend Kirby Puckett
Sportscasting | June 19, 2020
How Close Have Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire Come to the Hall of Fame?
Sportscasting | June 14, 2020
Sammy Sosa: From the Sneeze to the Boombox to the Walkout, the Former MVP Had a Wild Final Season With the Chicago Cubs
Sportscasting | June 12, 2020
MLB Draft: Spencer Torkelson Just Made History but the Hall of Fame Hasn’t Been Kind to No. 1 Picks
Sportscasting | June 10, 2020
MLB Draft: The 5 Lowest Picks to Make the Baseball Hall of Fame
Sportscasting | June 10, 2020
MLB Draft: A Doctored Scouting Report Helped Ken Griffey Jr. Become the No. 1 Pick in 1987
Sportscasting | June 10, 2020
MLB Draft: Only One-Third of the 24 Players Taken Ahead of Mike Trout in 2009 Are Still in the Majors
Sportscasting | June 9, 2020
A Look at the Insane Rumor That Cal Ripken Caught His Wife Cheating With Kevin Costner, Which Nearly Ended the ‘Iron Man’ Streak
Sportscasting | June 5, 2020
10 MLB Records That Will Never Be Broken
Sportscasting | June 2, 2020
Colin Kaepernick Was So Good at Baseball the Chicago Cubs Drafted Him Years After He Was an All-State Pitching Prospect
Sportscasting | May 30, 2020
What Happened to Former Chicago Cubs Phenom Mark Prior?
Sportscasting | May 20, 2020
How Much is Kerry Wood Worth and Where is the Former Chicago Cubs Phenom Today?
Sportscasting | May 6, 2020
Despite His Massive Net Worth, Manny Ramirez is Eyeing a Return to Professional Baseball
Sportscasting | April 29, 2020
Jerry Reinsdorf: How Much is the Chicago Bulls and White Sox Owner Worth?
Sportscasting | April 20, 2020
The Best Players Not Named Jackie Robinson to Wear No. 42 in MLB
Sportscasting | April 15, 2020
Former St. Louis Cardinals World Series Champ Mike Hamilton Is Now a Doctor and Ready to Battle COVID-19
Sportscasting | April 8, 2020
What an MLB Return With All Games Played in Arizona Would Look Like
Sportscasting | April 7, 2020
What Happened to Controversial MLB Pitcher John Rocker?
Sportscasting | April 5, 2020
Paul Lo Duca Slams Alex Rodriguez in New Interview, Even Taking Shots at J.Lo
Sportscasting | March 31, 2020
The Cincinnati Reds’ Michael Lorenzen Shares a Fun MLB Record With Babe Ruth
Sportscasting | March 30, 2020
What Happened to Former Softball Star Jennie Finch?
Sportscasting | March 28, 2020
The Little-Known Story of How Babe Ruth Almost Went to the Cincinnati Reds
Sportscasting | March 27, 2020
How Many Teams Did Babe Ruth Play For?
Sportscasting | March 25, 2020
Agent Scott Boras Proposes MLB Schedule That Includes a World Series Game on Christmas Day
Sportscasting | March 25, 2020
The Number of Female Coaches in Major League Baseball Is Growing
Sportscasting | March 24, 2020
Which MLB Team Drafted Tom Brady in 1995?
Sportscasting | March 23, 2020
Kenny Rogers Sang One of the Greatest Sports Songs in History
Sportscasting | March 21, 2020
Could 2020 Be the Last Season for Yadier Molina?
Sportscasting | March 16, 2020
When Was the Last No-Hitter for Every MLB Team?
Sportscasting | March 13, 2020
It’s World Series or Bust for the New York Yankees in 2020
Sportscasting | March 11, 2020
How Christian Yelich is the New Bobby Bonilla
Sportscasting | March 9, 2020
Do the Chicago Cubs Have the Pieces They Need to Bounce Back in 2020?
Sportscasting | March 6, 2020
Where Will the New Christian Yelich Deal Rank on the MLB Salary List?
Sportscasting | March 3, 2020
Who Are the Top Unsigned Free Agents in Major League Baseball?
Sportscasting | March 1, 2020
Will Tim Tebow Play For the New York Mets in 2020?
Sportscasting | February 28, 2020
Dates and Venues for the Next World Baseball Classic Are Set
Sportscasting | February 25, 2020
It’s Not Shocking What Happened to Jose Altuve In His First Spring Training Game
Sportscasting | February 25, 2020
Remember When the Houston Astros Were the Victims of a Scandal?
Sportscasting | February 20, 2020
Will Kris Bryant Really Be the Cubs’ Leadoff Hitter in 2020?
Sportscasting | February 20, 2020
Have the Houston Astros Become the Most Hated Team in Major League Baseball?
Sportscasting | February 18, 2020
The Luke Norris Experience 