Getting Closer

The NFL AFC and NFC champions are set with the Chiefs and Eagles triumphant. I was rooting for the Bills. They used to play at War Memorial Stadium (think “The Natural”), and our one time in Buffalo, we ate at a restaurant that served a “Polish breakfast.” Let’s just say the portions were ample. Now, all I have to do is get through the next thirteen days, an orgy of football this and that. Ben Johnson, aka the Bears’ Messiah, is assembling his staff, so that merits breathless coverage. When that grows old (I mean if), there’s always mocking the media excess of pre-Super Bowl coverage. Funny how nobody did that in Chicago when the Bears played in Super Bowl XX or XLI. When the Munsters make the ultimate game, anything goes. But I digress. With the Super Bowl now pushed back to the second week of February, you know what comes next, right? Yup, spring training, when I get to see if the 2025 White Sox are more 1971 or 2024. It’s what keeps me going.