This Could Be the Year

This could be the year. Seeing the team rush the field after a hard fought 11th inning win and hearing the fans singing “Go Cubs Go” is huge this early in the year!

“Last year and the year before, we lost a lot of games like that,” Castro said. “We played a lot of extra-inning games and lost. We play more than nine and we keep fighting and try to win.”

via Cubs walk off on Starlin’s single in 11th | cubs.com.

Let’s Play Two

“He was Mr. Cub and no other player in franchise history — or in the club’s future — will ever be adored in the same way.”

via Cubs Hall of Famer Ernie Banks dead at 83

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Meant to post earlier but here’s Ryan Newman’s car for 2014 from pit road before the Southern 500

Why Aren’t We Watching the World Series?

“No sports event will ever get 37 million viewers again… except the Super Bowl.”

It’s not just baseball, btw. My beloved NASCAR is similarly hurting for somewhat similar reasons with a push towards equalized competitors in regions of the country that don’t appeal to the base of the sport.