A
football “championship” that means nothing to our local sports scene
(because all it does is reminds us that the Chicago Bears are nowhere near talented
enough to be in contention) needs an alternative. Unless you’re really watching
just so you can see a Budweiser commercial that some are trying to claim has
deep sociological meaning and is a political statement on the issue of
immigration.
For
those of you who absolutely can’t handle the thought of watching the Sox, I
also dredged up a broadcast of an old Cubs game – one from 1957 in which the
North Siders were in the borough of Brooklyn to take on the Dodgers at Ebbets
Field.
That
was the Dodgers’ last season out east, before they made the cross-country jump
that led to them playing the first World Series ever in Los Angeles (and
drawing a 92,706 crowd for that Game 5 – which, by the way, is still a record
attendance).
For
what it’s worth, Sandy Koufax was the starting Dodgers pitcher in both
ballgames – going up against Bob Shaw for the White Sox and Dick Drott for the
Cubs.
As
for the Cubs, I’m not going to spoil the outcome of the game. You can listen
for yourself.
Although
anyone with any sense realizes that because it’s the Cubs, of course they’re
going to lose. But you will get to hear a moment when future Hall of Famer
Ernie Banks manages to get a home run off future Hall of Famer Koufax!
Which
I suspect will be sufficient to satisfy the hard-core of Cubbie faithful who decide to tune in.
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EDITOR’S
NOTE: Personally, I’ll be checking out the Caribbean Series matchup Sunday
night between the Granma Alazanes of the Cuban League and Mexicali Aguilas of
Mexico’s Pacific League. The Caribbean Series is in its fifth day in Culiacan,
Mexico, and will end
Tuesday with the championship game for bragging rights of Latin American baseball, which likely will be a better ballgame than anything the Patriots or Falcons do on the gridiron in Houston.
Tuesday with the championship game for bragging rights of Latin American baseball, which likely will be a better ballgame than anything the Patriots or Falcons do on the gridiron in Houston.
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