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 Tuesday, May 1 If your team is back atop the NL Central, scream loudly as you walk off the pitcher's mound — ah, thanks for confirming things, Jon Lester! "It looks like we're going in the right direction," Lester said after the Cubs' 3-2 win over the Rockies on Monday. Reliever Luke Farrell actually earned the win, the first of his MLB career. Look at these numbers: The bullpen has allowed 5 hits and 1 run in its last 12 1/3 innings, while starters haven't allowed an earned run in their last 33 2/3 innings. All those numbers = Cubs have won 5 straight despite scoring 3 or fewer runs in each those games (ahem, batters). Tonight: It's Kyle Hendricks' turn (7:05 p.m., WGN). |
| Sunday is the 20th anniversary of the day 20-year-old Kerry Wood struck out 20 Astros at Wrigley: "Kerry wasn't old enough to drink, for God's sake. He couldn't even go out in the city of Chicago and order a beer legally." |
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| Ken Williams has urged his Spanish-speaking White Sox players to learn English — at their own pace. Yolmer Sanchez has, and for a really good reason: "So I can talk (trash) to the other guys." Tonight: StL (7:15 p.m., NBCSCH). |
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| Time for Matt Nagy to finish the puzzle with all his fun new draft pieces. Included: Fiery receiver Anthony Miller. Also: The center-turned-guard James Daniels. Not also: Former player Chris Zorich, who has a new job. |
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| An average (average!) of 5.5 million people watched NFL draft coverage over 3 days. Average! 3 days! The NBA attracted just 3.4 million in 1 night. So yeah, NFL is still king. New today: Rules talk and pain management. |
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| It's an all-sports edition of "Dancing with the Stars" this season. Sorry, not you David Ross. Notre Dame's Arike Ogunbowale salsa'd, thanks to an NCAA waiver. And Adam Rippon was the best, per usual. |
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