there is so much to write about every year during the month of october but once again, i'm drawn back to the woebegone baseball franchise on the north side of chicago because the hits never quit coming.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY STEVE BARTMAN!!! on this date in history ten years ago, 10-14-03, i spent one of the happiest nights of my life sitting in wrigley field and watching BARTMAN screw up any chance that left fielder MOISES "i piss on my hands for toughness" ALOU had to catch a foul ball during the eighth inning of a game that would have send the hapless cubs to the world series.......if they had won. we all know what happened. as it always does on the north side.
10-14-03. the anniversary still makes me smile.
FYI......BARTMAN is the only person who's name is capitalized EVERY TIME it appears in this column, not just the first time. he is truly a hero to me and has a standing invitation to attend any party at my house.
that loud SWOOSH noise you heard recently was the cubs striking out when JOE GIRARDI told the cubs to pound sand regarding the manager's job. god like figure (glf) THEO EPSTEIN took a major hit in the administrative office because girardi is the guy that owner TOM RICKETTS really wanted and epstein couldn't deliver. DALE SVEUM, count your blessings and enjoy kansas city, a team with a future.
so now who to run this shipwreck? most of the names mentioned aren't even on the B list of baseball names with the exception of BRAD AUSMUS, who is currently the manager for Israel's World Baseball Classic team and a special assistant for the SAN DIEGO PADRES. he knows the game, having played 18 years and is ivy league educated, just like the glf. the obvious drawback is that he is a former recipient of the DARRYL KILE AWARD FOR 'INTEGRITY & COURAGE', two traits that normally don't fit in very well on the north side of chicago.
speaking of ricketts, he's having a tantrum and refusing to start construction on various projects approved by the city last july UNLESS the roof top owners drop their lawsuits against the cubs. now tom, before you choke on your silver spoon, the city doesn't care what the rooftop owners do and ok'd the various projects around and outside the stadium because you said it would 'improve the wrigley experience." what does their litigation have to do with your outside construction which includes a new scoreboard? YOU'VE BEEN APPROVED so quit pouting and start turning some dirt so you can improve that junkyard of a stadium.
what a beautiful organization.
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