Al Yellon created Bleed Cubbie Blue and has been its managing editor since 2005. His latest book about the Cubs is "Chicago Cubs Firsts." Find him on Bluesky at @bleedcubbieblue.bsky.social
I returned to Chicago on the longest Monday ever — leaving Tokyo’s Haneda Airport at 6:20 p.m. local time and arriving at O’Hare at 4:05 p.m. CT. That gave me a full Monday in Tokyo and allowed me to arrive home to catch the last few innings of the Cubs/Braves game on Marquee. (Thanks to Josh for recapping spring games while they were going on in the middle of the night where I was!