Measure of Futility

Both the White Sox and Bears won on October 10, the Sox over the Astros, the Munsters over the Raiders. The Sox season ended the next day, when Houston eliminated them in the ALDS. The Bears have kept playing, if only in the most technical sense of the word, and in all that time since have one more win. Only in Chicago. Back in January, the Bears’ brain trust, and there’s an oxymoron for the ages, talked about collaboration and being on the right track. Team president Ted Phillips gibbered on about how the “foundation is in place”; GM Ryan Pace and head coach Matt Nagy were “both solution-oriented”; and said brain trust was “expecting improvement this year.” With a little bit of luck and effort, the Munsters can win half the games they did when Phillips put his foot in his mouth. Only in Chicago.