Simply The Best

As the Cubs and Sox kick off their annual home and home series Friday at Wrigley, in honor of the six games here are six reasons why the Cubs have a better shot at the World Series than the Sox. DEPTH Since we are looking forward to October, let's look back at recent fall classics. Why did the Red Sox win [read more...]

WS stands for White Sox and World Series – Coincidence?

The baseball season is 70 games old, which makes it about 43.2% complete, give or take 0.009% or so. That also makes it time to obnoxiously and prematurely speculate about who is primed and ready for the World Series. Yes, a month before the Midsummer Classic even happens, we erstwhile members of the sports media have to sit down at our [read more...]

Mars-Wrigley deal not sweet enough for Cubs fans

It's been over a couple decades since the Wrigley family sold the Cubbies to the Tribune Company -- and there haven't been any Life Savers for Chicagoans or anything as sweet as a World Series title during that time; or for the last, say 100 years. So now that Mars Inc. is buying Wrigley Jr. Co., [read more...]

Hart Surgery: Three Things That Made Me Mad About The World Series

Congratulations to the Red Sox. They beat the Cardinals fair and square, and pretty much manhandled them in every facet of the game during the World Series. As a Cardinals fan, I know I should be gracious in defeat. But really, where is the fun in that? So this week I bring you… Three Things That Made Me Mad About…The World Series 1. The base [read more...]

Boston Nears Sweep With Memories Fresh

In Monty Python's Holy Grail, one memorable scene unfolds as a man drags a cart down the street, as it overflows with those dead from the plague. He cries out, "Bring out your dead," as he drags on. At this point, one seemingly dead old man is placed on the cart, only to lament quietly, "But I'm not dead yet..." "Well, [read more...]

Hart Surgery: Seventh Heaven

Well, I suppose I should have kept my mouth shut about these NBA playoffs. A week after declaring this year's version the worst I'd ever seen, we saw two of the best games in playoff history. First the Lakers amazing win over the Spurs in Game 5 out West. I know I talked about it last week, but I cannot stress enough how big [read more...]

Hart Surgery: The postseason, in nine parts

Sitting here watching the World Series, there are so many things I start to wonder about. Maybe it's because it takes like seven minutes for a guy to make one pitch, I'm not sure, but either way, this postseason has raised a ton of questions. So, I thought I would try to answer some of them, one for each inning of a baseball game. [read more...]

Hart Surgery: Playoff Time

Three things that make me mad about the baseball playoffs… 1. Adventures in mediocrity The recently completed baseball season has been lauded for providing incredible excitement in September, what with so many teams challenging for a playoff berth. Pardon me if my yawning gets too loud. What exactly is so exciting about a bunch of barely .500 teams duking it out [read more...]

Hart Surgery: On Martha and the Masters

Last week I wrote a column about the state of women in sports. In it, I refused to touch the subject of Martha Burk and the Masters. I was chicken. A frightened little boy. I have seen the liht though, and today I am prepared to comment.I was dead wrong about Martha Burk. Boy was I wrong. "Mr. Deeds looks [read more...]

Hart Surgery: The Best World Series Ever?

People have been arguing on the airwaves about the place of the 2002 World Series all time. Some are saying it ranks up there with the great ones, especially after Saturday's amazing comeback by the Angels. But now that Game 7 is in the books, I think it is pretty fair to say this is not the Greatest World Series Ever Played. But where [read more...]