71 years have passed between the Cubs’ last appearance in the World Series, and their latest, which will begin on Tuesday. A full, productive and (relatively) happy life could have been lived in between these two events. The Anno Catuli counter has another set of zeros on the sign this morning, and employers throughout Chicagoland rejoice at […]
Day: October 23, 2016
Second City October: Cubs Win The Pennant
Tonight, after allowing a one out walk in the top of the ninth inning, Aroldis Chapman threw a fastball that Yasiel Puig bounced to shortstop. And the world changed. The Chicago Cubs are going to the World Series. Usually that’s the kind of sentence that signals “You are about to read a work of fiction.” […]