Sporting Life A week or so of sporting events is on the agenda for me starting tonight on the south-side of Chicago. I have tickets to see the Chicago White Sox host the Los Angeles Angels in a crucial game if the 'world champions' are to extend their season into the play-off's. Sox have lost 7 of their last 9 home games and tonight begins a run of 11 consecutive games in Chicago.

I will be back there on Thursday as a guest to greet the team everyone outside of the Bronx loves to hate, the New York Yankees. The Yankees have the largest professional baseball payroll in the country, a sick $194m, and lead the Eastern Division of the American League. Interestingly the 14th highest payers, Detroit Tigers, are by far the best team in the country at the moment. Wouldn't it be refreshing if the Premiership was like that?

On Wednesday I will be at Arlington Park race track to watch the gees gees and probably lose a bit of weight in the wallet area. And then in a wonderful lesson of how to throw good money after bad I am back there on Saturday to watch one of the countries premier races The Arlington Million.

Tis is the season for jollies, so I wrap up next Tuesday with a day at the PGA Championship at Medinah, which is about 30 miles west of here.

Right, back to my expenses....  ¶ 18:21