I had a late lunch with my friend Stuart, seen in the photograph above, at the Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom in Lakewood, Colorado yesterday afternoon. After discussing the previous night's debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris and my recent trip to Florida, we never did get to discussing the situation with our respective baseball teams - this in spite of the fact that my South Side heroes, the Chicago White Sox, were on the television behind the bar playing the Cleveland Guardians. I guess that was because we knew the White Sox were going to lose once again on their way to the most losses in major league baseball history this year. Stuart, who grew up on the North Side of Chicago, is a Cubs fan, and although the Cubs (currently 4 games over .500) still have a chance to get into the playoffs, Stuart doesn't seem to think they will make it. Which, of course, makes sense, since they are, after all, the Cubs. As the late Chicago newspaper columnist Mike Royko once said, "you win some, you lose some, but with the Cubs, you mostly lose some." As for our adopted hometown team, the Colorado Rockies, they are a mere 8 games away from still another 100-loss season. On the bright side, once again we don't have to be concerned about the high cost of playoff tickets. One less thing to worry about. A minor victory, but a victory none the less.
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