I have to be honest with all of you.
Around the sixth inning of Saturday’s game, with the Cubs down by eight and the weather conditions about as miserable as I’d ever seen at Wrigley Field, I thought about cashing things in and heading home.
But then, I figured: I’m there. I probably can’t get any colder than I already am. And as a matter of personal pride, I figured I’d stick it out.
Well, that turned out to be the right choice. The Cubs put together a wild and wacky nine-run rally in the eighth inning, on only three hits — the key one being a bases-clearing, game-tying double by Javier Baez — and defeated the Braves 14-10.