In the Adult World

Last night, White Sox starter Dylan Cease had to face a team without “Detroit” in its name, so things didn’t go well. Cease got clobbered for seven runs, six earned, in just 3.1 innings of work in a 10-2 loss to the Astros in Houston. Cease’s record on the season now stands at 2-3 against non-Detroit teams, with a 5.12 ERA vs 3-0 against the Tigers, with a 0.95 ERA. Time to grow up, Dylan. Then again, I can see where it might be hard for the 25-year old righthander to act like an adult in the same town where the Halas family wants to take their toy and go play with it in the suburbs. Which is to say the Bears announced yesterday that they put in a bid for the 326-acre Arlington Park racetrack property in northwest suburban Arlington Heights. Team president and CEO Ted Phillips released a statement claiming it is “our obligation to explore every possible option to ensure we’re doing what’s best for our organization and its future.” Obligation to whom, exactly? The maladroit McCaskey family? The bid is heavy on bravado, short on details. Nothing so far on how much the Munsters bid and no indication how a stadium would get built. You think the McCaskeys intend to spend a dime of their own money on the project and then pay annual property taxes on it? Oh, and they have a lease with the Chicago Park District for Soldier Field that runs through 2033. Is the city supposed to roll over for them? No doubt that’s what the team would like, which is childish of them to believe, but, oh, so predictable.