The Cubs are so out of the loop that ESPN hasn’t had a Cubs-related article in eight days. If that ain’t symbolic I don’t know what is... anyway, I did watch Saturday afternoon’s game, or at least was in the room while it played, which turned out well as the stinkin’ Cardinals lost.
Two more like that and I’ll feel slightly better about the universe — it’d be fine if the series didn’t get back to St Louis. I’m warming to the idea of the Nationals winning it all for the Hawk and Rock and guys like Warren Cromartie and Ellis Valentine, and Steve Rogers and Tim Wallach, all of whom were on the best team in baseball in 1981 and didn’t win a thing, foreshadowing the events of 1994.