Category Archives: baseball

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Posted on November 17, 2016 by Ellen Ross

I’m writing this post, Dear Readers, on Friday, November 4, as the city of Chicago celebrates their 2016 World Series team, the Chicago Cubs. In fact, I just watched as the victory double-decker bus parade passed right in front of … Continue reading →

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Hey Hey!

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Ellen Ross

ICYMI: Last Saturday night the Chicago Cubs won the National League Pennant.  They are currently playing the American League champs, the Cleveland Indians, in the World Series. Game 2 Update: The Cubs just tied up the series one one. There … Continue reading →

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Take Me Out

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Ellen Ross

Come on, Dear Readers.  It’s time to step up to the plate. Play Ball! The terrific baseball movie Bull Durham has been on my mind lately because the night of August 18, I went to the Kane County Stadium to … Continue reading →

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Dear Abby

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Ellen Ross

(Photograph by Mary Lu Roffe) As you may know, I have been back in the dating game for awhile now.  And I always discuss the pros and cons of my various suitors with my brother Kenny. Don’t ask me why … Continue reading →

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It Happens Every Spring

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Ellen Ross

Photograph: Fred Nachman Last Sunday, my brother Kenny and I were driving up Lake Shore Drive. It was a very blustery day.  Cold and gray.  An unpleasant kind of day. And then, all of a sudden, Kenny lit up like … Continue reading →

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Rainman

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Ellen Ross

This is a photograph of my brother Kenny and me.  We’re in my mother’s Chevy Impala with our Standard Poodle puppy, Caesar.  The year is 1959, and so that makes me almost ten and Kenny almost six. Fred and Adele … Continue reading →

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Wanna Bet?

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Ellen Ross

I seldom make bets. In fact, the last big one I made was in 1988. It involved my son Nick- then aged eight- and the World Series. In the spring of that year, I had flown out to Oakland, California. … Continue reading →

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Take Me Out To The Ballgame

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Ellen Ross

A couple of Sundays ago, my brother and I took his granddaughters to Wrigley Field. Eliza is almost six and Susannah almost four.  One’s a blonde- Suze.  And the other’s a brunette- Eliza. And they both know everything. (Of course.) … Continue reading →

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Posted in baseball, Memoir, pop culture, Sports | 22 Comments