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Crazy '08

            "Baseball is an evocative sport -- it broadcasts beautifully on radio -- which is one of the reasons it attracts so many blowhards. It lends itself to talk and reflection."

  -- Cait Murphy, "Crazy '08," p. 141

I don't do many self-portraits, but for days I have been wanting to put the pile of leaves in our backyard to good use before I get around to raking them up, and this is how I chose to do it. The book I am contemplating here is my current reading material, "Crazy '08," by Cait Murphy. It's the engrossing and highly entertaining story of the 1908 baseball season, at the conclusion of which the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. (Yes, the Cubs were actually a powerhouse team way back then, in the era of Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance and a very good pitching staff, which included the likes of Three-Finger Brown and the rather oddly-named Orval Overall.) Ever since 1908, the Cubs have failed to win the Series again, and the last time they even appeared in it was in 1945, when they lost the fall classic to the Detroit Tigers. 

Now, 101 years later -- and during yet another Cubless postseason -- I am pondering that long-ago moment of glory. It will be noted that in this self-portrait, I am wearing my Cubs cap. There is always next year. Hope springs eternal -- but so, perhaps, do foolishness and futility. :-)

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