It’s almost June, and our panelists haven’t put away their coats yet. Not to mention their security blankets. Join us on Facebook at redeyechicago.com/facebookfives.
TOPIC 1: WHO WILL HAVE A BETTER JUNE AND WHY: THE CUBS OR THE WHITE SOX?
Scott Kleinberg: Sox–better fireworks.
Brian Moore: Cubs visit L.A., San D., Tampa and San Fran. At least it’ll be warm when they take their beatings.
Leo Ebersole: Sox. Guys with hideous facial hair always do better in the summer, or so I tell myself.
Tracy Swartz: The Cubs because June is the month we honor old men. Wake up, Lou.
Jimmy Greenfield: The Cubs. Because they get to beat up on the White Sox.
TOPIC 2: HOW HAVE THE RAYS, WHO HOST THE SOX SATURDAY, TURNED INTO A CONTENDER?
Scott Kleinberg: Like rays of sunshine, they . . . (can you tell I didn’t know they were in contention?)
Brian Moore: They got rid of the Devil and found baseball salvation. Amen!
Leo Ebersole: The visitors’ locker room at their ballpark is actually an aquarium filled with piranhas and jellyfish.
Tracy Swartz: Everybody loves Ray men (including their opponents).
Jimmy Greenfield: After Barry Bonds left baseball, there were more steroids to go around.
TOPIC 3: MAKE A SPORTS PREDICTION FOR THE COMING MONTH.
Scott Kleinberg: A team based west of Boston will win the Stanley Cup.
Brian Moore: Alfonso Soriano finally catches something . . . a cold.
Leo Ebersole: The White Sox will have a better June. You see, guys with facial hair . . .
Tracy Swartz: Sorry, I avoid talking about Chicago athletes and magic eight-balls.
Jimmy Greenfield: I’ll look like an idiot for saying the Cubs will beat up on the White Sox.
TOPIC 4: WHICH CHICAGO ATHLETE IS A CLOSET ‘SEX AND THE CITY’ FAN?
Scott Kleinberg: Brian Urlacher–he does commercials for Comcast so he’s an HBO fan.
Brian Moore: Rex Grossman. He’s a big fan of the boob tube.
Leo Ebersole: Jimmy. . . . Oh, you said “athlete.” . . . And “closet.”
Tracy Swartz: Kerry Wood. He and Carrie would enjoy playing the field.
Jimmy Greenfield: Hard to say. Many Chicago athletes probably are in the closet.
TOPIC 5: RANK ON YOUR PERSONAL SCALE HOW LONG THE NBA PLAYOFFS ARE.
Scott Kleinberg: I can’t calculate it. I haven’t been alive that long. It feels like 200 years.
Brian Moore: So long that I can’t remember why I don’t care about the NBA playoffs.
Leo Ebersole: Long enough for my dreams to get crushed, flat-line, revive and get hit by a truck–the first 2 weeks.
Tracy Swartz: F-sharp minor: great distress.
Jimmy Greenfield: Zero minutes. But that’s only because I don’t watch any of it.
