I went with my friend Mark, seen in the photograph above, to Coors Field yesterday afternoon to watch the Colorado Rockies play the Chicago Cubs. The Rockies won the first two games of the series, and I suspected that their good fortune would not continue. And I was right - the Rockies lost the game 6-2. The Cubs had Kyle Hendricks, their ace pitcher, on the mound, and he pitched a very good game. The Cubs still have a slim chance of making the playoffs. They would have to go 10-3 the rest of the season, and both the Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets would have to suffer a major collapse for them to snag the final National League wild-card spot. But at least it is a mathematical possibility. On the other hand, it looks like the Rockies will lose 100 games for the second season in a row. As for my South Side heroes, the Chicago White Sox, they earned their 1st series win and back-to-back victories since June against the Oakland A's, but they will need to go 8-4 over their next 12 games to avoid tying the 1962 New York Mets for the worst season record (40-120) in baseball history. And I have to say, we White Sox fans have every confidence they will equal or exceed that historic mark. How could they not? When you are cursed, you are cursed. Deal with it.
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