Judging by today’s Tribune, you’d
think the Bears were still playing.
Story on the front-page of sports with all of pages two and three
devoted to the Monsters. Wow, just what
I wanted as the temperature promises to dip below zero most of next week—“an
11-part review of the 2018 Bears season.
Coming Sunday: Defensive
line.” Today’s installment was on tight ends.
Meanwhile, some of us who march to
the beat of a different drummer will be bundling up to venture out to SoxFest
tomorrow. Clare wants to be there for
the 9 AM opening and a chance to meet the (Daniel) Palka. It appears the boy is Polish, and that’s a
good thing in this household.
Clare came across an online NBC Sports
feature where Palka says his name means “club” in Polish. Well, that helps explain the attraction. The story also notes that Palka’s father told
him it was a good thing the Cubs didn’t claim him off of waivers from the Twins
because “‘you never would fit in on the North Side.’” Oh, yeah.
In the story, Palka claims to take
his bat everywhere, to the grocery or L.A. Fitness, on the basketball court. “I play basketball while holding my bat. I play one-handed the whole entire time. I’m still better than anybody.” Maybe the word “Palka” also can mean “Paul
Bunyan.”
Then again, I know a certain child
of mine who in high school put her new bat next to her in bed while she
studied. Again, the connection between
these two is becoming clear to me.
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