When the interview ended and we both began putting on our jackets in preparation for another frosty Chicago night, we each pulled out poof-ball wool hats. Mine was the Cubs hat I’ve worn since the day I bought it, Game 6 of this year’s NLCS.
Desmond Clark, my interview subject, pulled out a Bears hat.
“You’re talking about my fraternity here!” he told me earlier. “I’m a Bear for life.”
Clark is also a Chicagoan for life. The Bears were his first free agent visit in 2003. He signed here and played here the rest of his career, through training camp of 2011.