I am exhausted from 3 days of travel. No one else is home…yet, so I watch the pre-game alone. I am not nervous. I am wearing a blue Sandberg jersey.
Open bomber of 3 Floyds’ Permanent Funeral and pour it into antique Cubs mug
Perhaps it’s the TBS broadcast team, but this feels surreal. Still not nervous.
Funny thing about a “blackout:” you can really see the Cubs blue in the stands. I see Jon Herrera wearing a plastic batting helmet with disembodied hands glued to it and I fall in love. I am confident.