On Wednesday, Wrigley Field will celebrate its 100th birthday. As you would expect, several events are planned to mark the occasion, including a live broadcast from the historic ballpark by MSNBC.
The Cardinals and the Cubs are one of the best rivalries in baseball. There is plenty of history between the two teams. How much of it do you know? Take this 5 question Cardinal-Cubs quiz and see how you do!
The St. Louis Cardinals are in first place and the Chicago Cubs are in last place after both opened their seasons on the road with the Cards winning in Cincinnati and the Cubs losing in Pittsburgh. Both games were by 1 to nothing scores.There are still 161 games to be played and a lot can happen between now and then. But you can't get to game 162 without playing game #2 next. So you may be asking
To baseball fans and people wanting winter to come to an end, Major League Baseball teams begin arriving for Spring Training this and next week starting with the Arizona Diamondbacks pitchers and catchers arriving today.
The year was 1908 and the New York Giants and the Chicago Cubs were playing the final game of the season. The Cubs and the Giants were both tied for the National League Championship and this game would determine the National League winner. With the score tied at 1 to 1 New York was batting in the bottom of the ninth with two men on base and with two men out. The New York batter singled to centerf
When I heard about two explosions in Boston during the Boston Marathon Monday afternoon, it brought back flashbacks of 9-11 all over again. Innocent people killed and maimed for no reason at all. It also brought out the anger in me in that I wanted this person (or these persons) to suffer for it, as well. God would not have been proud of me for what I was thinking.
If you ever get the chance to go to Spring Training, whether it be the St. Louis Cardinals, the Chicago Cubs, or any other Major League Baseball team, you should make the trip. I just returned from my second Spring Training venture in 3 years through Destination Travel and thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it.
The Quincy Park District weeks ago announced that they were going to build a new park next to the site of the new offices for the Park District on Bonansinga Drive. With that announcement came the word that the Park District would be soliciting potential names from the public.
Want a sign of spring? Well the pitchers and catchers for major league baseball teams reported to camp today in Florida and Arizona in preparation for the upcoming baseball season.