Spring Training Begins In Just Under Six Weeks!

Hard to believe, but baseball spring training begins in just under six weeks. And both the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs have made some major improvements to their teams. As regular blog readers know, my South Side heroes, the Chicago White Sox, were a major disappointment last season, finishing at exactly .500 when they were predicted to be World Series contenders. The Cubs, in a rebuilding mode, were expected to be horrible, and they were. However, both teams are actually trying to improve. The one team that hasn't made any moves is the Colorado Rockies, who finished dead last in their division this past season. Each year team owner Dick Monfort predicts that the Rockies will be contenders, and each year they stink. However, the Rockies still draw almost 3 million fans to the ballpark, who enjoy the ambiance and ignore the disaster on the field. Why tamper with success? On the bright side, both the White Sox and Cubs will be coming to Coors Field here in Denver this year, and so hopefully will be able to pick up a few easy wins. Every bit helps.