The off-season has begun for the Chicago Cubs. While the playoffs are underway and the focus throughout the game is on some set of games in late October, the Cubs remain focused on the future and building an organization with sustained success. Theo Epstein spent just under an hour with the media in the dungeon the day after the season came to an end. The Cubs President of Baseball Operations addressed a number of topics, including Alfonso Soriano's future with the organization and where the … [Read more...]
Greenberg No Longer in the Company of Moonlight
Thirty years ago, even the most die-hard baseball fan would be hard-pressed to know of Archibald "Moonlight" Graham, an outfielder for the New York Giants in 1905. But the 1982 W.P. Kinsella novel "Shoeless Joe" uncovered his existence to a select group of followers. However, it wouldn't be until 1989 when Kinsella's novel would be made into the feature film "Field of Dreams" that Graham, and his plight, would become almost common knowledge among sports fans. The story of taking chances, living … [Read more...]