Ride and More

The stuff you’ll see on a bike path. Yesterday, I was doing the lakefront, knees pumping, nose dripping (worst October allergies in memory). There was a guy with a dog on a leash at Ohio Street; he was walking on the cement shoreline, the dog was swimming in water alongside. And the motorized unicycles. I can never get enough of those, with masked riders looking like they’re ready to attack, ninja-style. I assume the helicopters were hovering about were there to cover the Sky victory parade put on by the city. Back home watching the news, I heard head coach/general manager James Wade tell the crowd to remember where they were sitting because they’d be back at the same time, same place next year. I’m pretty sure people connected to the 1985 Bears, 2005 White Sox and 2016 Cubs said something along the same lines, too. Best-laid plans and all. Speaking of which, somebody explain to me why Braves’ manager Brian Snitker let right-hander Luke Jackson face the Dodgers’ left-handed hitting Cody Bellinger in the eighth inning last night. Jackson had already given up two hits to right-handed batters, and there were two left handers available in the Atlanta bullpen. After Jackson gives up a game-tying three-run homer, Snitker leaves Jackson in to give up yet another hit, and that one would come around to score what proved to be the winning run in another two batters after Jesse Chavez replaced Jackson. I don’t get motorized unicycles, let alone the pitching decisions of some managers.