Mark Potash

A 45-year career in sportswriting in two pictures — from the Chiefs-Colts on Sept. 2, 1979 at Arrowhead Stadium to the Bears-Packers on Jan. 5, 2025 at Lambeau Field. I don't know whether to laugh or cry!

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@BBGreatMoments Seaver-Fisk-Baines

Top 10 Best Teammate Trios Ever. who's missing?

@thekapman I would if I had a YouTube channel. Otherwise, no. It’s May 20.

Are you panicking after 2-8 stretch by Chicago Cubs?youtu.be/XqnXbX0GELQ?si…

@SlangsOnSports Fun Fact: Fernando Valenzuela hit .360 (9-for-25) in his first eight starts in 1981.

Lowest ERA in first 8 starts of season, live ball era (1920) excl openers: 1981 Fernando Valenzuela: 0.50 1980 Mike Norris: 0.52 2009 Zack Greinke: 0.60 1945 Al Benton: 0.70 2021 Jacob deGrom: 0.71 2026 Shohei Ohtani: 0.73 HE HIT A LEADOFF HOME RUN TODAY

@WaddleandSilvy It's May 20th. All the Cubs need to do is keep playing baseball.

Blame the pitching injuries all you want…but the #Cubs have scored 31 run in their last 11 games. They have given up 7 games in standings in 12 days. The 1969 Cubs were clutch compared to this team.

@ChiSportsDay The 1969 Astros had two 10-game winning steaks and finished 81-81 — fifth place in the NL West.

Has a team ever had two 10 game win streaks in the same season and missed the playoffs?

Pete Crow-Armstrong, 2025-26: 🤔

@BBGreatMoments Billy Williams.

name a hitter who got overshadowed by bigger names.

@BBGreatMoments "Hey, Yankees! You can take your apology and your trophy and shove it straight up your ass!”

What’s the most ICONIC one-liner in any sports movie?

@jon_greenberg Fun Fact: Larry Bird's first NBA title-clinching game in 1981 — two seasons into the Magic/Bird era — was on tape delay outside of Boston and Houston.

@RockNRoLL_85 Heart of Gold

What’s your favorite Song by Neil Young?

Fun Fact: Bruce Sutter pitched 2 or more innings 289 times in his big-league career. 🤔

Murakami (17), Montgomery (13) and Vargas (11) have combined for 41 HRs this season. At this point in 1977, Richie Zisk (14), Oscar Gamble (8) and Jim Spencer (7) had 29 for the South Side Hit Men.

@BBGreatMoments What triple play doesn’t end an inning?

That time the Angels turned a triple play to end the inning and Shohei couldn’t believe it 🤯

Get your shirt, wear it on June 2 for Lou Gehrig day, and help us in the fight to END ALS. obviousshirts.com/collections/en…

@aseligmanap Very sorry to hear this news, Andy. You do good work. Wishing you all the best.

Some life news. I was laid off today after 21 years with the AP. I am now a free agent, so if you know of any openings …

There are many NFL draft guides, but there was only one Joel Buchsbaum. "My 100 Favorite Collectibles" series continues, with No. 97: Pro Football Weekly's annual draft guides ... with a look back at draft capsules of Hampton, Dent, McMahon and others: markpotash.net/post/my-100-fa…

Oh, for the days when the #Bears were 5-11 and only played two prime-time games, and we were able to spend Christmas with our family, watching Gunsmoke reruns instead of football.🤔

Like Moises Ballesteros, Kyle Schwarber didn't get many ABs vs. lefties with the Cubs. But the Phillies gave Schwarber more opportunities and look at him now — his HR off Tyler Samaniego was his 40th vs. a lefty in the last 3 seasons — slashing .269/.381/.548/.929 in that span.🤔