A great way to follow baseball through a Chicago summer is to dip in and dip out, to come and go.
We might listen to a game on the radio outdoors, after mowing the lawn or while walking the dog. We might slip back inside to catch a big moment on TV.
Baseball’s our summer soundtrack, our daily diversion, our companion.
This summer, baseball has been a little less of all that, due to a shortened season and an eerie emptiness at ballparks because of the pandemic. But the game has also meant all the more to us for just the same reason.