Thursday, April 13, 2017

April Showers


I suggested to Clare a couple of months ago that she look into season-ticket packages with the White Sox, as a kind of communal penance thing.  And the Sox had just the ticket(s), if we were interested, a package for all the April games, for which you could not pay father and daughter to attend.  No sir, but we’d go for free if the younger of us were playing.

Which is precisely what happened for eight years of high school and college.  What Michele and I did was what parents of athletes are supposed to do, go out and bear witness regardless the elements.  It’s raining as I write this, an inconvenience that won’t have a major bearing on my day.  But three or seven years ago, I’d be Johnny the Weather Forecaster checking the radar and seeing what the odds for afternoon precipitation are. 

Some forty thousand Cub fans will be doing likewise because they have tickets to see their world champions play the Dodgers today.  What miserable weather for a ballgame, what perfect weather to watch your daughter play in.

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