OT: Cubs game with my Dad. We're huge baseball fans and my dad has always taken me and my brother to a lot of games. Wrigley Field is a special place to watch a game with it's old fashioned feel.
He took us to a game in the 70's in which Mike Schmidt (always killed the Cubs) hit 4 HR's in a game. When the wind blows out, pitchers take cover (it's 7 blocks from Lake Michigan). It actually blows in more then it blows out.
Seeing as they suck and haven't won a World Series in 100+ years, and when they do get good, they choke in unbelievable ways. Even in the last few years, when they're good, they suck the life out of their fans. They've lost their last 8 straight playoff games.
So, when on the day we went, they were winning 5-2 going into the 9th. As a Cubs fan, on a *special day*, you just know what that means. And what that means is..
Up 5-2 in the 9th...
Cubs reliever walks the leadoff guy, the next batter hits a "would be doubleplay" that the SS makes an error on. Next batter walks, bases loaded, then ...next batter hits another double play type ball that hits the very corner of 2nd base and takes a weird bounce into the outfield. Next play the RF runs to catch a fly ball and pulls up lame with a hamstring injury, doesn't get to the ball (goes on DL then)...
Diamondbacks score 5 in the 9th, Cubs lose 7-5.
It takes a lot of nerve to be a cubs fan. Game was upper 40's and wind off the Lake.
But in the end, I'm lucky enough to be able to go to a game with my dad. Wrigley looked great all "dudded up." My dad said it was a great early Father's Day gift and was something he'll always remember. So, that's what counts. Oh and we got lucky in not having to watch the collapse (that I knew was coming), as you know, old guys have to leave the game early as he had surgery on his knee recently and didn't want to deal with the crowd leaving. We left in the 8th I think. When listening to the radio on the ride home, my dad kept saying "I can't believe they lost." I kept saying "I can't believe - that you can't believe they lost :)"
------------------
Side Note: i used to send in for a lot of autographs. The Dodgers in the 70's and 80's were great about signing them through the mail. My dad also did that with us and it was fun to look forward to the mailman coming and get letters with pictures in the mail back then. I have a good number of Fernando, Ron Cey, Dusty Baker, Steve Garvey, Pedro Guerrero Jerry Reuss and other autos.
These thoughts are just mine, not right, not wrong, just thoughts. Invest in what you believe in, not what I believe in. Do your research, and invest in the facts.
