Back in 2008, almost everyone who attended the Cubs' two Division Series games against the Dodgers remarked about how weird, almost funereal, Wrigley Field seemed those two evenings, not even close to a playoff atmosphere.
Monday night, almost as if to make up for all of that, the old ballyard was loud, boisterous, hopeful and beyond thrilled at the Cubs' 8-6 win over the Cardinals that put them one win away from eliminating their arch-rivals from this year's postseason.
Read that last part again, please: "eliminating their arch-rivals from this year's postseason.