Chicago Cubs
Daily Dirt for Wednesday, July 9, 2025 Missourians only rank No. 27… Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 1,337 of The Daily Dirt. 1. Americans love their sports. “From watching Super Bowl-winning performances from home with friends to seeing the U.S. rack up medals in the Olympics, Americans can’t get enough of…
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My wife, Ellen, and I were married on July 4, 1992 at St. Angela Merici Parish in Florissant, Mo. in North St. Louis County. The Cardinals were playing the San Francisco Giants in California that day, so we did not attend the game. Had the game been in Busch Stadium II … she might have…
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QUINCY — The station that brought you “Silly and Billy” weekday mornings and a few innings of Harry Carey during years of Cubs’ broadcasts will be off the air for good on March 1. Gray Television, owners of WGEM, has informed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that the company is pulling the plug on WGEM-AM,…
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QUINCY — Cooper Dinkheller is astute enough at 13 years old to understand professional baseball is a business and a majority of decisions are based on revenue and cost above loyalty and trust. The reality of that hit home Friday. And it hurt. In less than 24 hours, the Cubs’ front office traded away the…
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QUINCY — Riley Martin tried to treat Monday like any other day. He played catch at a baseball field in his hometown of Salem, Ill., then worked out at a local gym. He went to his father’s house where hamburgers were served for lunch, but he didn’t feel like eating much. That happens when you’re…
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