October 30, 2016: Nowhere to park, of course, but I did drive by Wrigley Field on the day the Cubs hosted a World Series game — one of only three days someone could say that since 1945.
On the night of October 14, 2003, I was in charge of laying out the front page of the Iowa State Daily. For the centerpiece, we were banking on the Chicago Cubs winning the NLCS and advancing to the World Series. I had a headline and everything — “Holy Cow” with the “C” being the Cubs logo — but I could only do so much before the game ended, so I had time to check out the last few innings.
I’m on design duty again tonight. I apologize in advance — but this time around, I’m pretty sure I had nothing to do with Javier Baez striking out in the bottom of the ninth with two runners on base in Game 4. Then again, when I was in Merrillville, Indiana, Saturday night buying a Cubs shirt (both as a souvenir of my vacation and because the Cubs won the pennant[!!!]), the music on the sound system was Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition.” I AM NOT MAKING THAT UP.