The Ivy Covered Burial Ground: Strange Game

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Strange Game

It looked as if the Cubs and Madden had conceded this one from the start. First off, Luke Farrell is at best a mediocre journeyman middle reliever, not a starter. So 5 runs in the 1st not unexpected. The oddest thing was not really using real pitchers but position players to finish off the game, although that was weird. The oddest thing was the lineup which featured all right-handed hitters with the exception of Rizzo leading off. Corbin has reverse splits with lefties enjoying nearly a 100 point BA advantage as opposed to righties. Go figure.

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A Manifesto of Sorts

Somehow I have been conditioned to be a Cubs fan. I grew up with the profound conviction that it was nearly impossible or at least a feat of some exceptional athletic prowess to throw a baseball accurately from third base or the hole at shortstop to first base. This odd belief was fostered no doubt by the great fuss Jack Brickhouse made when a Cub infielder actually succeeded in doing so and from the observation of Handsome Ransom Jackson and Roy Smalley, Cubs stalwarts of the era, who rarely succeeded in that endeavor. It was only when I began playing the game in earnest in sandlots and little league that I came to realize it was really not all that hard to do.

Another legacy of my youth was the observation fostered by my father, a lifelong fan, that every Cubs executive who followed William Veeck, Sr., Bill Veeck's father, was an utter nitwit, as were most of the managers they hired. In this opinion, he was not far from the truth, and I cherish it as one of the few useful bits of knowledge he passed on to me.

Anyway, like all fans, I can dream. And, I suppose, rant.

By the way, I owe the title of this blog a line in the Steve Goodman song, "Dying Cubs Fan's Last Request."