Steve Rosenbloom – Page 42

If Cubs’ starting pitching comes around like this … then forget it, it’s over

May 11, 2019 at 12:49 a.m.

It's the starting pitching, stupid. Always has been. Always will be. Not just for the Cubs. But every team. But let's deal with the Cubs because World Series winners tend...

Jimmy Butler befofre Game 6 of the playoffs against the Celtics at the United Center on April 28, 2017.

The smart get richer. The Bulls get pantsed. Again. By the Celtics.

May 11, 2019 at 12:49 a.m.

The Celtics won the draft lottery that the Bulls were too stupid to land in — couldn't live without those three home playoff losses, could they? — and so, the...

What the Cubs’ search for pitching says about the White Sox rebuild

May 11, 2019 at 12:49 a.m.

The tweet from ChicagoSports said starting pitching could be available for the Cubs as would-be contenders fade, and I'm thinking, aren't the Cubs one of the teams fading? That tweet...

Joe Maddon needs to sleep on his Cubs excuses

May 11, 2019 at 12:49 a.m.

The Snarko de Mayo celebration continues: Manager Joe Maddon said one of the reasons for the Cubs' problems this season has been "sleep deprivation,'' and I'm thinking, yeah, it's such...

Signed through 2017-18 season ($863,333 cap hit).
2016-17 stats: 76 games, 19 goals, 12 assists, 31 points, plus-13.
Had a rough playoffs, but figures to play a key role next season thanks to his versatility and newfound scoring ability.

The deeper the Stanley Cup playoffs go, the sadder the Blackhawks look

May 11, 2019 at 12:49 a.m.

I don't have an advanced metric or fancy stat for this, just an observation, but the deeper the Stanley Cup playoffs go, the quicker and more dangerous the remaining teams...

The Cubs' Kris Bryant follows the flight of his fly out off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Antonio Senzatela to end the top of the fourth inning.

The Cubs ought to skip or push back Jake Arrieta, but for whom?

May 11, 2019 at 12:49 a.m.

It's funny the way things go: One minute the question is whether the Cubs should pay the big money Jake Arrieta wants in free agency, next minute the question is...

Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester delivers the first pitch of the game.

A simple, pitcher-friendly rule change that should come out of an 18-inning game

May 11, 2019 at 12:49 a.m.

Man, one 18-inning game, and everybody wants to turn Major League Baseball into Little League. Look, you don't have to watch all 18 innings, and by the way, your team...

Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky leaves the field in the fourth quarter on Oct. 20, 2019, at Soldier Field.

How the Bears can hurry along this rebuild

May 13, 2019 at 11:16 a.m.

For those of you scoring at home, interim coach John Fox said in January that the Bears are closer to competing than we think, but last month after the draft,...

60 games (59 starts), 18.3 points, 4.5 rebounds
Contract status: Player option of $23.8 million.
Comment: He will turn 36 next January and Father Time remains undefeated. If he returns, his leadership and ability to provide the occasional big fourth quarter has merit.

Blowing up John Paxson’s response to blowing up the Bulls

May 11, 2019 at 12:49 a.m.

Happy Cinco de Snarketeria: John Paxson refused to commit to blowing up this Bulls mess because "you've seen it around the league that teams do that and it's six, eight...

Fred Hoiberg gives some direction to his team in the second half of a game against the Boston Celtics.

It doesn’t get any dumber than John Paxson talking about Fred Hoiberg

May 11, 2019 at 12:48 a.m.

In Fred Hoiberg's first season as Bulls coach, Jimmy Butler told reporters he needed to coach harder. After Hoiberg's second season as Bulls coach, John Paxson told reporters Wednesday he...

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