From the Saturday, Dec. 29, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST Wish lists are for Christmas. But Wisch Lists? Well, just like every year, they’re for New Year’s. As you read today’s column, I’m with my wife out in Los Angeles for the first leg […]
Category Archives: Baseball
Winter Meetings over, but Harper sweepstakes just heating up
From the Saturday, Dec. 15, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST With the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings winding down last Wednesday afternoon, uber-agent Scott Boras held court beneath a Christmas tree in Las Vegas to discuss the sweepstakes surrounding his prized client – Bryce Harper. […]
The key for the Cubs in 2019? It might be simple
From the Saturday, Oct. 13, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST On the second-to-last day of Major League Baseball’s regular season, the Chicago Cubs owned the best record in the National League. Three days later, their season was over. As much I wish the Cubs […]
Baseball is back to bury our Winter of Discontent
From the Saturday, Feb. 17, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST The Bulls are bad. The Blackhawks are bad. Illini basketball is bad. Northwestern’s is too. At 22-5, Loyola’s hoops are looking good – but, let’s be honest, the Ramblers are hardly going to get […]
Fighting Chicago’s ‘Traffick’ problem
Today’s Wisch List column from the Kankakee Daily Journal … Fighting Chicago’s ‘Traffick’ problem The WISCH LIST July 25, 2009 Last Sunday evening in the Peace Garden outside Old St. Pat’s Church in Chicago’s West Loop, the weather was perfect. And the topic at hand anything but. Standing there on the grassy patch of tranquility […]
How to make yourself at home at Wrigley
Before I head off to Wrigley Field — yep, again — for this afternoon’s Cubs-Indians ballgame, here’s today’s Wisch List newspaper column from the Kankakee Daily Journal … How to make yourself at home at Wrigley The WISCH LIST June 20, 2009 I don’t just die with the Chicago Cubs. I live with them. Like, […]
Still fighting the 100-Year War
“And when the day comes for that last winning run. And I’m covered in beer. I look to the sky and know I was right … To think someday we’ll go all the way.” — Eddie Vedder, “All The Way” I went for a run last night. Laced up my Nikes. Tucked my iPod headphones […]
My Dad: A Little League Big Shot
When it comes to my family’s baseball gene pool, I ended up in the shallow end. With a pair of water wings. Whereas I didn’t hit my growth spurt or figure out how to really hit a baseball (keep your head down!) until it was far too late, my younger brother, John, was a perennial […]