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Another Beachwood Special Report
“A judge told a suburban man to stay away from Wrigley Field after allegedly getting rowdy, mouthing off to ballpark security and scuffling with guards at Sunday’s game,” DNAinfo Chicago reports.
“You can’t go to Wrigley Field this summer,” Cook County Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr. told 20-year-od Daniel Krupa of Lemont.
The Beachwood has learned, however, that scuffling with guards was not the only reason why Krupa got banned. Our findings:
Posted on May 19, 2015
By Jim Coffman
When the Bulls bowed out of the playoffs last week, I wasn’t as upset as I would have been 10 years ago and definitely wasn’t as upset as I would have been 20 years ago (I turned 49 a week-and-a-half ago).
And when the Hawks on Sunday dropped one of those special games, most common in hockey and soccer, that features one team outplaying the other but ending up on the wrong side of the scoreboard anyway, it was irritating but far from infuriating.
Posted on May 18, 2015
By Roger Wallenstein
If you’re planning on going to The Cell this week to see the resurgent White Sox tangle with the Indians and Twins, plan on sticking around for awhile. Work, school and appointments the next day will have to wait. Don’t leave early.
Scoring late and often, the South Siders sent that message to the Milwaukee Brewers and Oakland A’s – along with heretofore frustrated fans – last week as the Sox won five of six on the road to square their record at 17. Two weeks ago, after losing four in a row to the Twins, the team’s stock was about as low as Chicago’s bond rating. But four straight series victories and nine wins in the last 12 games have signaled that just maybe this team still could live up to the preseason hype.
Posted on May 18, 2015
By Marty Gangler
Well, that escalated quickly.
Just seven days ago, the Cubs had fallen back to .500 after a losing week. Then they ripped off six of seven and now it looks like this season is legit.
I mean, this doesn’t mean they are going to win anything or they won’t completely fall apart, because who the hell knows. But now they have the opportunity to actually blow it.
Like, there is something here to blow.
Posted on May 17, 2015
By Thomas Chambers
The Cavs fatten up the bankroll; six horses to look at. Plus: The Streets of Baltimore.
Posted on May 16, 2015
By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
WTF was that? Plus: Here Come The Mighty Ducks; The Mighty Cubs; The Mighty Ramblers; The Chicago Fire Did Something This Week; and The Mighty Ramblers.
Posted on May 15, 2015
Another Beachwood Special Report
The new bleachers are finally here, and boy are they an upgrade.
* Benches now made of artisanal woodstuffs harvested from the rainforests of Brazil and certified organic by Whole Foods.
* Now serving a special Budweiser craft beer called Stick Ball, an IPA with hints of popcorn, mustard and entitlement.
* Left field sucks! Right field WILL SUCK in a month!
* Hire-A-Fan lets bleacher-goers pay someone to watch the game for them while they trade stock tips, network with daddy’s board of directors and arrange after-game coke buys with their college dealers.
Posted on May 13, 2015
By Jim Coffman
In January, the downtrodden Denver Nuggets traded a top asset, the reasonably compensated (a little over $4 million a year) burgeoning center Timofey Mozgov to the Cavaliers for two “first-round” draft picks of extremely dubious value.
When fans start identifying reasons for the Bulls losing just about as winnable a playoff game as a basketball team can lose, they can point to Derrick Rose’s disappearances for long stretches, Mike Dunleavy’s offensive failures, J.R. Smith’s killer three-point shooting and LeBron James simply being one of the top five players in NBA history.
But the main thing that killed the Bulls on Sunday was the Cavaliers’ huge advantage at center. Joakim Noah had a great game defensively, but he is in an offensive funk so severe he may have to hire a team of sports psychologists just to help him some day actually make two shots in a row.
Posted on May 11, 2015
By Roger Wallenstein
Two rousing endings to Chicago sports occurred on Mother’s Day about six miles and 40 minutes apart. One was heartbreaking although not so difficult to believe, while the other was totally unexpected and out-of-character.
Of course, the former – the one witnessed by a full house at the United Center and millions watching on TV – featured the finest, strongest, nastiest basketball player alive dashing the hopes of Bulls fans everywhere. The other – pretty much operating under the radar aside from the announced 20,123 at The Cell and the few of us flipping back and forth between the Sox and Bulls – still has us shaking our heads in disbelief.
Posted on May 11, 2015
By Marty Gangler
Okay, I know I vowed to just enjoy this ride but Cubs Anger is starting to rise to the surface. I truly believe that Joe Maddon is getting the most out of these guys, but some of these guys are just not good enough, and Theo and his Wonder Boys surely knew this going in. This team is still rebuilding more than it is competing.
And as much as a lot of fans might be cool with this, we here at The Cub Factor are not. I mean, there are going to be people hit by buses this year who will not be around for 2016 and beyond. Think of the Bus People!
Posted on May 11, 2015
