On 10/27/05, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A true Cub fan would never hop on, but some of the younger ones and > some of the Uppies who are Cub fans only because it's trendy will > conveniently "convert." When the Cubs made the last round of the > playoffs a few years ago, bars on the south side of Chicago were giving > out free beers every time a Cub struck out. When I was a kid living > five miles south of old Comiskey Park, we used to beat up the > occasional Cub fan who might have found himself in the wrong > neighborhood. It's a divided city. > Paul
paul (and all other baseball fans) if you haven't already read it, go get Triumph and Tragedy in Mudville by stephen jay gould. his reminiscence of taking a good beating because he gloated about a yankee victory while visiting brooklyn (he now realizes he deserved it <g>) was priceless. the rest of the book, a collection of essays and articles is wonderful. a great read! and, congrats to you and all sox fans everywhere. it's a nice feeling, isn't it? -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
