Lunching With Stuart At Homegrown Tap And Dough

I had lunch with my friend Stuart, seen in the photograph above, yesterday afternoon at Homegrown Tap and Dough, located on Old South Gaylord Street here in Denver. It has a large outdoor patio, and I have often thought about dining there, but never got around to it until now. Stuart and I shared a sausage pizza, and it tasted pretty damn good. The subject of baseball came up, of course, and Stuart is pretty happy that his North Side hometown team, the Chicago Cubs, are in first place and currently tied with the Mets for the second-best record in baseball. Of course, this is June, and the Cubs are notorious for the "June swoon," when they often start the month going gangbusters and finish it with a losing record. Not like my South Side heroes, the Chicago White Sox. The Sox are very consistent, keeping a firm grip on the second worst record in baseball. The worst record, year-to-date, belongs, of course, to our adopted hometown team, the Colorado Rockies, who despite being on a three-game winning streak are currently 12-50 and have set a major league record for the worst start in the history of baseball. Making history at last! Surprisingly, firing manager Bud Black did not improve the team's play. Pretty much everyone in Colorado knows that only the firing of the entire front office will turn the team around. Sadly, Rockies owner Dick Monfort prefers to run the team himself, along with his buddies and sons, instead of people who actually know anything about baseball. Drawing 3 million fans a year no matter how badly the team plays, thanks to a beautiful ballpark and the many fans of the opposing team, makes that luxury possible. And by the way, the White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 8-1 last night. Which means there is still hope! Yes!