Keeping Track

The only way I can put it is Iowa State must’ve let one of its cyclones, aka my grandson Leo, get loose last night. Trucks in the dining room, Halloween costume in the living room, Grandpa in the pantry reading, grandson sitting alongside listening—and making stacks four cans high, the better to knock down. So, I hardly got to watch the World Series last night, though Clare alerted me to Corey Seager’s third-inning, two-run homer that provided the cushion for the Rangers’ 3-1 win over the Diamondbacks. Bigtime players get the bigtime hits, right, Mr. Reinsdorf? But Jerry Reinsdorf had to feel good that his salary-cap team won on the road in Indiana. The Bulls squared their record at 2-2, beating the Pacers, 112-105. Zach LaVine, DaMar DeRozan and Nikola Vucevic all scored twenty or more points, just the way coach Billy Donovan likes to see it. The Bulls’ front office got it stopped-clock right on Donovan, who may not know more than Matt Eberflus, though I think he does, but, unlike Eberflus, knows how to talk about his sport. Eberflus won’t commit to the day of the week while Donovan holds both himself and his players accountable after every loss. So, for Donovan, I want the three-headed monster on offense to succeed, no matter how unlikely.