Michele
and I spent much of Saturday deep in Cub Nation, above Madison Street. There’s a citywide “open house” the Chicago
Architecture Foundation sponsors every October.
Buildings never otherwise open to the public are for one Saturday and
Sunday a year. That was how we got in
the Edgewater Beach Apartments, home of George Halas.
Two
things I noticed as we went from church to apartment building to park
fieldhouse: the North Side loves stop signs and speed bumps; the North Side
loves to fly the Cub “W” flag. Joe
Maddon almost turned that W into an L last night against the Dodgers.
Too-Smart
Joe lifted his starter, Jon Lester, after six innings, even though Lester had
only thrown 77 pitches and had a two-run lead.
Two Cub relievers proceeded to load the bases before Aroldis Chapman
gave up a game-tying single. Too bad
that Joe Blanton grooved a pitch to pinch-hitter Miguel Montero with two outs,
two strikes and the bases loaded. Cubs
win, 8-4.
The
good news for us non-Cub fans is it looks like Maddon will be tempted to push
the envelope again and again until it goes right off the cliff. I hope.
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