Ah, summer! Ah, baseball!!

schleen
Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:05:55 +0000

Last night I was at Miller Park to see CC Sabathia pitch his first game for the Brewers. Sold out on a Tuesday night…what a great atmosphere! We all stood when he came out to the mount, and stood through his first at-bat: strike out! Kind of muggy at the beginning of the evening, then the cool breeze came along halfway through. Full park, lots of promise, chants of “Let’s go, CC!” and it was magic.

Here’s the kicker: I was born in Chicago and am still a great fan of the Cubbies. Spent my senior ditch day in high school there at Opening Day 1978 and was there on 8-8-88 for the first night game. Saw Ferguson Jenkins pitch in the late 60s…straddling the Cubs-Brewers fence can be done. I win no matter which of my teams wins the North.

I will admit, though, that whichever team I’m watching, if they do poorly I find myself saying, “C’mon Cubs!” Old habits die hard.