I’m a Cardinal fan. I have been since I was eight years old, and asked my mother who her favorite team was. She told me she liked the Cardinals.
In thirty -four years of fandom, I have seen my team win seven pennants and three world series, including personally attending World Series Game Six in 1982 (St Louis 13, Milwaukee 1). My team won the Greatest Game Ever Played (2011 World Series Game Six).
But.
For my father. My three brothers. My uncle. my aunt. My grandparents who have gone to that big ballpark in the sky. My two nieces and nephew and sundry other relations.
And for all the Cubs fans I live beside and work with in this huge city of Chicago, hell for all of Illinois and for Cubs fans everywhere, I can only say this.
Go Cubs.
Let this be the year.