On June 11th, the city of Chicago, and Wrigley Field, will open at 100% capacity. Yesterday, the Cubs released the tickets for the remainder of the season to their season ticket holders. Once again, the tickets are all digital through the MLB Ballpark app, a move that continues to be a disappointment for those of us who collect ticket stubs.
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Book 22 (of 52) – The Escape Room
The Escape Room – Megan Goldin
When a recent graduate gets a job with a major financial institution, she thinks she has it made. Between her salary and bonuses, she’s able to pay off her student loans and her parent’s medical bills. But, when things go south, she finds how quickly things, and her co-workers, will turn on her. Meanwhile, in the future, her former co-workers find themselves summoned to a supposed escape room. Trapped in an elevator with clues that point back towards former co-workers long dead, the quartet finds themselves trapped in an elevator for an entire weekend, with little food and water and a loaded gun.
In The Escape Room, Megan Goldin tells a compelling story about a woman scorned and the lengths she is willing to go to in order to get vengeance on those that have wronged her and others. I think this was a free book that I got as an Amazon Prime member, and it did a great job of creating someone who will be on the lookout for Goldin’s work in the future.
Post Mortem – Run
Run, starring Merritt Weaver and Domhnall Gleeson, debuted in April, about a woman who leaves her family behind to meet up with a college boyfriend after 17 years when she receives a text. However, HBO didn’t see a lot of stamina for the show and announced they were ending it in July, shortly after the first season finished airing. I can’t really say that I was left waiting for more. I mean, I could, but that would be a lie.
Fitbit VII – Week 18
A downturn this week, despite multiple baseball related outings. Things got off to a decent enough start on Sunday, as I finished 21 steps shy of 5500. Monday was a little bit better, coming in with 4700 steps. Tuesday’s trip to Guaranteed Rate Field to see the Cardinals and the White Sox left me over goal with nearly 7900 steps. The return trip on Wednesday afternoon put me at only 4200 steps. Thursday fell all the way back down to 3150 steps. Friday, with rains in the forecast all day, was even worse, finishing with only 2900 steps. Saturday’s return trip to the south side for a double header put me at 5300 steps.
Total steps: 34,834
Daily average: 4976.3
Mass Appeal
We wrap up the first half of 2020 by turning our gaze to the east and the state of Massachusetts. These pictures come from two different trips our east, the first with Danny and Michael in 2017 to see the White Sox battle the Red Sox at Fenway Park and the second in 2018 to see Angelina skate with Boston University. The first row has Angelina performing at the BU Skating Show followed by Danny in a small chair at the Boston Science Museum. The middle row sets the scene with a cool looking Boston Red Sox sign, followed by Angelina with her friends at the free skate after the show and, finally, Danny with his now famous Lendall Pitts card from the Boston Tea Party Museum. The bottom row has Angelina and her teammates competing in the Cape Cod Synchronized Skating Classic, Michael measuring himself at the Science Museum, and Danny and Michael in the stands at Fenway.
May All Time Leaders – Through 2020
With a full year of baseball on tap after last year’s troubles due to a combination of the corona virus and needless labor squabbles, I thought it would be interesting to look at the all time leaders in both offensive and defensive categories for each month in games that I have attended.
As the weather starts to turn for the better, Memorial Day weekend has played a part in my attending 160 games during the month. I’ve managed to see a game on every day of the month of May, with 10 games on the 22nd and a single game on the 11th.
Home Runs
| Name | Total |
|---|---|
| Paul Konerko | 12 |
| Sammy Sosa | 7 |
| Corey Patterson | 7 |
| Alfonso Soriano | 7 |
| Derrek Lee | 7 |
| Jermaine Dye | 7 |
Hits
| Name | Total |
|---|---|
| Alexei Ramirez | 49 |
| Paul Konerko | 47 |
| Derrek Lee | 47 |
| Alfonso Soriano | 47 |
Runs
| Name | Total |
|---|---|
| Paul Konerko | 29 |
| Alexei Ramirez | 23 |
| Derrek Lee | 23 |
RBI
| Name | Total |
|---|---|
| Paul Konerko | 41 |
| Aramis Ramirez | 28 |
| Alexei Ramirez | 25 |
Doubles
| Name | Total |
|---|---|
| Alexei Ramirez | 11 |
| Alfonso Soriano | 10 |
| Aramis Ramirez | 9 |
| Jose Abreu | 9 |
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By The Numbers – 53
In 1929, uniform numbers appeared on the back of baseball jerseys for the first time, thanks to the Indians and the Yankees. By 1937, numbers finally appeared across all uniforms, both home and away, across both major leagues. Since that time, 81 distinct numbers have been worn by members of the White Sox, while the Cubs boast 76.
Today, we continue our look at those players, picking our favorite, if not the best, player to wear each uniform number for both Chicago teams with #53. 34 players have donned #53 while playing in Chicago, 14 for the White Sox and 20 for the Cubs.
Signed prior to the 2015 season, Melky Cabrera donned #53 for 2 1/2 seasons for the White Sox. Cabrera hit .273 with 36 doubles, 12 home runs, and 77 RBIs in 2015. 2016 was more of the same, as Cabrera finished the year batting .296 with 14 home runs. He was hitting .295 with 13 home runs and 56 RBIs in 98 games in 2017 before being traded to the Royals at the trade deadline.
On the north side of town, the #53 that sticks out the most is Trevor Cahill, who worked out of the bullpen for the Cubs in 2015 and 2016.
Connecting The City
Back in April, Nike announced they would be introducing City Connect uniforms to Major League Baseball, similar to their ColorRush and City uniforms for the NFL and NBA respectively, which reimagine a teams look and “celebrates the bond between each team and its city.” The Red Sox were the first to both announce their uniforms and to wear them, a blue and yellow monstrosity based on the finish line of the Boston Marathon which they wore against the White Sox on the weekend prior to Patriot’s Day.
Yesterday, the White Sox released their design, which they will debut next weekend against the Tigers. The jerseys and pants are mostly black, with white pinstripes and retain the olde English S to spell out Southside rather than Sox on the jersey. The white sock patch, currently only seen on the black alternates, graces the left sleeve.
All things considered, this could have been much worse. They retained the team’s color scheme, which has been a constant since the end of the 1990 season. Assuming they only appear for the weekend series and then go away for the remainder of the season, I have no complaints. In fact, one of the videos the team posted on Twitter showed the Southside logo on a sweatshirt that may end up in my closet one day.
Fitbit VII – Week 17
Things continue to trend in the right direction, as I managed to post my first 10,000 step day and my first 40,000 step week since March. The week got off to a decent enough start on Sunday, as the final day of my 7 games in 6 days week at Guaranteed Rate Field left me 6 steps over 6000. Monday fell off a bit, coming in 8 steps shy of 4800. Tuesday was the low point of the week, finishing with a mere 3100 steps. A trip to Wrigley Field after work on Wednesday put me over goal, finishing with 8300 steps. Thursday fell back down again, with only 4200 steps. Friday saw an increase up to 5500 steps. Saturday’s trip to Brookfield Zoo put me 20 steps shy of 10,900.
Total steps: 42,962
Daily average: 6137.4
The CW Upfronts
The CW has finally decided to expand to a 7th night of programming for the first time in their existence this fall, with 3 new shows added to the schedule. Monday gets a brand new look, with the returning All American followed by 4400, a reboot of the USA show from the mid-2000s. Tuesday brings the new seasons of Flash and Riverdale, while Wednesday leans in to the DC multiverse with DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Batwoman.
Walker lead off on Thursdays, followed by Legacies. Friday has Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Nancy Drew. The weekends are given over to reality programming, with Saturday’s initial offerings being 2 episodes each of Whose Line Is It Anyway? and World’s Funniest Animals. The Sunday night offerings are Legends Of The Hidden Temple, a reboot of a Nickelodeon game show from the 90s, followed by Killer Camp, a US version of the British competition where a mix of 13 campers navigate through new deadly twists and surprises while competing to expose the “killer” among them.
Waiting in the wings for midseason are All American: Homecoming, from the producers of All American, Naomi, the latest DC adaptation from the book created by Brian Michael Bendis, David F. Walker, and Jamal Campbell, alongside returning seasons of Charmed, Stargirl, Dynasty, In The Dark, Kung Fu, Superman & Lois, and Roswell, New Mexico
Lost to the sands of time are Black Lightning and Supergirl.