Cubs and Red Sox Looking Good
The Cubs just clinched a play-off spot. The Red Sox are one win away from clinching. As I see it, all is right with the world.
I grew up in a Chicago suburb in the 60's and 70's. I have three older brothers, but when my dad caught a foul ball (bare handed) at a Cubs game in 1971, I was the one he turned to and handed the ball. I was the fan. He knew that.
For the last 20 years, I lived an hour from Boston. It didn't take long before I became a part of Red Sox Nation. Following a team which hadn't won a World Series for decades and decades was a natural for me. I also learned that a true Red Sox fan detests the Yankees to a degree surpassed only by his devotion to the Sox.
I recently moved back to Chicago. I've been to two games at The Cell when the Red Sox were playing, and I was given tickets to a Cubs game in July, eighth row, behind the visitor's dug out -- the usher asked me who I knew.
I hope October lasts forever. I hope it's the Cubs vs. the Red Sox in the World Series. And, don't tell my sons or my friends back East, but I hope this is the year that Cubs fans find out what it's like to sit back and watch as your team wins it all.
