The phone rang
yesterday afternoon, and I knew it had to be Clare from the i.d. readout. That, or a fundraiser for the very expensive
Chicago-area Big Ten school was calling a wrong number to ask for an alumni
contribution, to which I could only say: in your dreams, buddy.
But like I said
it was Clare, who had a few seconds free.
“I have two pieces of information” that she proceeded to tell me. First, the Mets had re-signed Yeonis Cespedes
for four years at a boatload of money, and second, “The White Sox told the Cubs
they won’t deal Chris Sale to them.”
Now, that would’ve been interesting, a deal involving Sale and Kyle
Schwarber. Oh, well.
A few hours
after the call, Clare was off to Valparaiso to receive her ring for being part
of the team that won the 2015-16 Horizon League postseason tournament. The ceremony took place during halftime of a
men’s basketball game, always a big thing at Valpo. Clare showed me the ring when she got back
home, “Bukowski” spelled out on one side, and I immediately thought of Bill “Moose”
Skowron.
We met Skowron
at SoxFest in 2011. He was wearing one
of his many World Series rings. “It’s
for sale, but you can’t afford it,” the mostly ex-Yankee and little-bit-of-a-White-Sox
informed me. I hope my daughter can say
the same one day.
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