* I have to take Oscar for a haircut and run another quick errand. Not sure when I’ll be back. Please keep it Illinois-centric and be nice to each other. Thanks.

*** UPDATE *** He’s so cute…

       

31 Comments - illini - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 9:48 am: Just thinking - it has been quite a while since you have posted a picture of Oscar. We always enjoy those pictures. - Just Me - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 9:53 am: Illini - they’re the only part of this blog that isn’t depressing. - Downstate - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 9:54 am: —it has been quite a while since you have posted a picture of Oscar. —- Yes, I would love to see a before and after. - JoanP - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 9:54 am: I was thinking the same thing as illini. How about showing us his new haircut? - Steve Rogers - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 9:54 am: This Sunday is August 26, the 200th anniversary of the adoption of Illinois’s first constitution. Springfield is having an event to open the Bicentennial Plaza next to the Illinois Realtors Association. Anything else going on? - Oswego Willy - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 9:57 am: Two hundred years of Illinois… … and they said it couldn’t be done… I kid… I’m kidding… it’s a joke. - wordslinger - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 10:08 am: I don’t understand why pitchers continue to throw fastballs anywhere near the strike zone to Javy Baez. Is it a macho thing? Last night’s tater was a moon shot. The book is he ain’t going to take a walk. Breaking stuff in the dirt, he’ll swing at. - Can - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 10:12 am: Any chance sports wagering will be legal in Illinois by the end of football season? Asking for a friend. - Leatherneck - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 10:16 am: Looks like some “kash” was misdirected to the wrong ex-wife of Mr. Winderweedle: http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180824/payment-to-wrong-ex-wife-earns-governor-candidate-more-time - Go Hard - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 10:27 am: Will state employees get their backpay 2015 to current and put in proper step when J.B. wins an takes over in January? - Al - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 10:27 am: How about a before and after Oscar picture? - DuPage Saint - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 10:31 am: In the biggest upset since Truman beat Dewey Rauner wins. do you think Bruce would really call Cullerton and Madigan this time? - Saluki - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 10:38 am: Saluki Men’s Basketball opens their season this year against Kentucky. https://siusalukis.com/news/2018/8/23/mens-basketball-salukis-announce-demanding-non-conference-schedule.aspx - Anonymous - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 10:55 am: Wordslinger, Check out this article about Baez feasting on the curve this year: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/some-of-my-favorite-javier-baez-statistics/ - a drop in - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 10:58 am: Javy Baez at the plate brings back memories of the Pirate’s Donn Clendenon (back in the ’60s) - TKMH - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 11:06 am: Kass’ column on immigration today in the Trib is further evidence of his inane, shameful hackery. If I didn’t read the WSJ editorial pages regularly, I could easily declare him the worst columnist in America. - OneMan - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 11:16 am: HS football starts tonight… - hisgirlfriday - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 11:18 am: @SteveRogers - Rauner is campaigning on his motocycle down Route 66 on Sunday in an event that he has somehow connected to the bicentennial. Also supposed to be giving out free barbecue at the governor’s mansion. - Anonymous - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 11:30 am: Not Illinois Centric, but its an unbelievingly heartbreaking day with the news about Sen. John McCain. - City Zen - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 11:34 am: ==Two hundred years of Illinois…== Seems more like millennia. - blue dog dem - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 11:39 am: Yesterday,Hamels threw the first Cubs complete game of the year. This date, 50 years ago, Gibson threw his 22nd complete game of the year. Man. Do I miss a 2hr and 15 minute game. - wordslinger - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 11:40 am: Cole Hamels really takes the sting out of the Jake/Darvish fiasco. The old man makes it look easy, like he’s pitching from a rocking chair. In Theo I trust, but there’s a good long-form New Yorker piece in how the Cubs ended up signing Darvish for six years while Jake ended up in Philly for only three years guaranteed. I don’t think anyone wanted it to go down that way, except for Darvish. - wordslinger - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 12:02 pm: –Wordslinger, Check out this article about Baez feasting on the curve this year:– Thanks, I tried. Way too baseball nerdy, even for me. - BlueDogDem - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 12:38 pm: Dems all over my stomping ground last night. Hope they left me some pork rinds. But I do understand there were a lot handed out. - NorthsideNoMore - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 12:44 pm: Will the Cardinals Catch the Cubs in the Central Yay or Nay and maybe Why or Why not ? - striketoo - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 1:24 pm: “Don’t use tragic events to promote a political agenda.” Said David Hogg. Never. - Amalia - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 1:43 pm: who’s a good boy? Oscar says Rich is a good boy. - Lester Holt’s Mustache - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 1:48 pm: So Rich - our Sox now have young Kopech, Texas fireballer and purported teen poster of racist messages. Do I cheer for him, boo him or abstain from either for a period of time? I want to give the kid the benefit of the doubt, but I was also pretty merciless in my mocking of Brewers fans over the Josh Hader stuff, so…….you know, awkward - Responsa - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 2:00 pm: He’s a cutie for sure, but a question, Rich. How much does an Oscar haircut cost these days? (Just trying to figure out how much dough we’ve saved over the years by owning Labrador Retrievers.) - Oswego Willy - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 2:14 pm: Oscar looks like a million bucks… He’s a good boy. Brings a smile whenever he’s around. - BlueDogDem - Friday, Aug 24, 18 @ 2:58 pm: OK Rich. Who spit shines the floor? Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.