I had the H1N1 flu (“swine flu”) back in 2009. No stranger to lung infections, this was one of the worst. I didn’t get off the couch for a week. By the end of it, I had been sweating from the fever and not showering for seven days because I couldn’t stand up. My hair was greasy and sticking up in odd angles. I’d worn the same clothes for days. Pretty sure I smelled bad. Finally, when I was well enough to take a shower, it was the single most satisfying shower of my life.
That’s what tonight’s 10-4 win by the Chicago White Sox over the Seattle Mariners felt like.