"Chicago" is mentioned once, because Wes Unseld Jr. is on the staff.

I'm in the center field batters eye and this looked like it was headed for Sheffield. Landed a row into the bleachers. Hard to judge distance from here but he sure hit it hard.

One cool thing about being in the auxiliary press box at Wrigley Field: You see things you normally don't. Like two guys working to assemble four pieces of the 100-yard long American Flag to be unfurled before the Anthem!

Can't wait to see Statcast on that Judge homer because I think its EV broke the sound barrier.

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her

this is a very very big story because of the apparently totally fake story ICE/DHS put out about what happened.

If Trump's deportation machine were an army, it would be the 13th largest on earth, ahead of Poland, Canada, Iran. The funding increase kicked in Oct 1, as federal agents unleash violence on the Chicago area, raiding communities and brutalizing protesters. By me & Lindsay Koshgarian, 📷 Steel Brooks.

For your Sunday morning reading: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/05/p... It's been two decades since I signed off from WSIU, and I know at least 3 of the people quoted in here. Pillars of the community, whacked at for no reason other than 'the angry people told us to'.

Mac Jones looks like he's going to flip a coin to decide whether Robin lives or dies.

Frankly, I see it as "Jesus Christ. *another* ad?" Every other commercial these guys get is for a betting site.

Is it just me, or does that math not math right? There have only been 16 of these series.

Nick Foligno is at the Cubs game, so he's just fine, @scottpowers.bsky.social (Nazar and Bedard are here too).

Patrick Williams left practice today. Billy Donovan said it looks like an ankle sprain, severity is uncertain.

Ghost Baby Clifford is here to announce that it is officially spooky season. Let the festivities commence.

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

Matt Boyd is your #Cubs Game 1 starter.

The bunting is out of storage here at Beautiful Wrigley Field.

Had it all the way. #bearsky

Man, what an unfair, tough blow for Cade Horton and the Cubs.

HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED

The Sky are hosting a ceremony to celebrate the “enclosure” of the training facility this morning. Here’s what the project in Bedford Park looks like this morning.

Hi team. If you’re not masking, consider masking up. I’ve had three athletes pop positive in the last week. All of a sudden they stopped training well, they complained of fatigue, their heart rate variability tanked. No symptoms, other than fatigue or fatigue plus headache.

I understand the world has a lot of problems right now. But there is no more pressing issue than the immediate removal, from all forms of media, of the Tide commercial wherein a male actor says his shirt is full of "dinge". THAT IS NOT A WORD. Stop trying to ruin our children, Tide!

When some maga bigot shoots a bunch of kids, or a synagogue, or a mosque, or a Walmart, or a supermarket, that's a lone wolf with mental problems. When it's one of theirs who get shot, it's a sophisticated leftist plot, and every single liberal is in on it. That's how it works for the magas.

Is anyone else's audio consistently cutting out on this TNF game?

12:10. New record for "first touchdown scored by a guy on my fantasy bench".

remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature

The White Sox are currently 10 games below what their record "should" be, based on Pythagorean numbers. That's rare enough, but even rarer is that they're also under .500. The last team to finish a season -10 and -.500 appears to be the 2006 Indians. I dunno what that means, but, now you know it.

WBBM Newsradio 780 will carry Notre Dame football, with Tony Simeone and Ryan Harris on the call.

Tonight might be...well....

There is a laundry detergent ad on the TV that features a man saying his clothes have "stains and dinge". DINGE IS NOT A WORD. The copywriter should be sacked and/or unplugged. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

MS NOW sounds too much like MS DOS. It's branding from the 1980s. "My Source News Opinion World" is a collection of words, not a Network name. When you finally got your Prodigy browser running in MS NOW, those were the categories at the top of the page. Congrats, MSNBC. You reinvented tronc.

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Slightly diminish a band: Matchbox Seventeen

I am quite literally the youngest person on Bluesky who lived, at any point, without MTV. AMA.

My grandfather was born in southern Illinois, a Cardinal fan. My father was born in northern Illinois, a Cubs fan. I was born in Joliet, a White Sox fan. We were all Ryne Sandberg fans. RIP to Chicago's original #23, Ryno.

After school in the early 80s we walked home, let ourselves in with our own key because our parents weren’t home, poured a massive bowl of sugary cereal and turned on WGN. Ryne Sandberg was our constant.

Does your pitch hang slow does Chase crush it to and fro does it head into the stands when the count is one and oh? Do you throw it over your shoulder While Meidroth ties it with a bow Tell me, tell me, tell me does your pitch hang slow?

Maybe if Marquee hadn't shown 35 graphics about how crappy the White Sox are in the run-up to the game, Chase Meidroth wouldn't have had to mash a home run ball nine miles to their studio.

Chicago street art.

My friend and former seat-mate in the Chicago City Hall press room Craig Dellimore of WBBM-AM (second from left) is hanging up his microphone Friday. His retirement party was at the station today. One of the good guys in local broadcasting and SAG-AFTRA leadership.

Kid 1 just typo'd "Rice-A-Roni" as "ricoroni". If the San Francisco Treat ever becomes the "Sanremo Treat", I have a new product name....

Clever All-Star Game marketing by the Cubs on the video board that Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his 452-foot home run off of last night:

Grant Taylor really revved up the fanbase!

Today's NYT Strands. IYKYK.

Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today. I'm so angry.

Kid 1, to kid 2, referring to a video game: "Hey, where do you go to buy diamonds?" Me, immediately: "The JEWELRY EXCHANGE in VILLA PARK!" Kid 1: ".....no."

Still time to sign up for tonight’s SABR webinar! Looking forward to our conversation with some outstanding baseball writers: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...