I went with my friends Mark and Stuart to the final Colorado Rockies night game of the year last night against the Milwaukee Brewers at Coors Field. The Rockies are 16 games out of 1st place, and the Brewers 30, and so it wasn't exactly a critical contest. The heros of my south side Chicago youth - the Chicago White Sox - are 15 games back. In other words, just as bad as the Rockies. Of these three teams, the worst is by far Milwaukee, but they still managed to beat the Rockies 4 to 3. There is one bright spot in the baseball world, however, which Stuart, from the north side of Chicago, demanded - yes, demanded - that I bring up. The Chicago Cubs, the darlings of Chicago's north side, have the best record in baseball, and are 17 games ahead of their nearest rivals, the St. Louis Cardinals, who are no slouches, either. They go into the playoffs this week hoping to finally win it all this year. Which would be their first World Series win since 1908. And so Go Cubs!
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