Somewhere, Harry Caray is smiling.
I live only a little more than 100 miles from Chicago, so it's not hard to follow the Cubs.
My hometown team is the Tigers, as I grew up in Michigan; but I like to see the Cubs win too.
And you have to feel good for them and their fans. Partly, it's of course because the Cubs haven't been to a World Series since 1945. Isn't it their turn?
But partly too it's because for so long the Cubs were a laughingstock, a joke, a punch line. Everyone assumes the Cubs can't win and will never win. Actually, though, the Cubs since 1984 have won 3 division championships and been to the playoffs 4 times. Not exactly a dynasty, but hardly a team that will never win. Maybe, for the Cubs and their fans, next year is here.
