October 23, 2005
Bowling For Cauliflowers
I spent the 1st game of the world series with some native south-siders. They admitted that cubs fans would most likely - on a whole - root for the sox but if it was the other way around...probably not. When the sox won, lots of dancing and barking. The west coast puffers were in full celebration so we could only imagine that the southside originals (Yo, ess-oh) were either razing the roof or at least, raising it.
During today's game 2, I was flanked by a couple sox fans. One of them was reminded of my upbringing. "You're from Aurora, right?" Yes. "Did you ever live in the city?" No. "Well, you missed a lot." I chuckled and had to say, "Listen, I left Illinois immediately after turning 18. But - I spent plenty of time in the city while I was there and my years of 14 thru 18 were like another's 21 thru 25, so heh, I really don't think so."
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