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Here’s a sentence that’s trying hard to have meaning:
Among Chicago’s professional teams, the Bears are the closest to winning a championship.
That sounds like something, doesn’t it? To the untrained ear, it sounds like the Bears, in a major market filled with franchises that understand the importance of winning, are within spitting distance of a Super Bowl title.
That would have to be one hell of a loogie.
In this city, being closest to winning a championship doesn’t mean being close to winning a championship. It just means there are a lot of bad to mediocre teams with “Chicago’’ written across their jerseys.