There are six of us (four Democrats, two Republicans, all
Cubs fans) in a cottage on the beach near South Haven,
“May I call
you Joe?” Palin asks Biden as they shake hands. Palin is aggressive just like Alfonso Soriano who singles to lead off
the game and Carlos Zambrano who comes out firing like his old self. She’s all “hecks” and “darn rights.” She invokes the name “John McCain” in virtually
every sentence and the word “fight” or
“fightin” in most. But out at Wrigley
Field the fans are on their feet screaming with two outs and Soriano on second
in the very first inning. They already sound a little desperate.
Oops. The Cubs make two errors in the second
including a blown double play that would have ended the inning, and the Dodgers
are suddenly up by five runs. Biden makes no errors, but he can’t get a hit
either. It’s all Palin so far. Did she just wink at me? Cubs fans and Democrats alike have an all too
familiar sinking feeling.
Now it’s
six nothing, then seven. The Cubs make
another error.
Beating
Palin to the sympathy punch, Biden knocks one over the wall when he says, “I
know what it means to have a son who may not make it” with a catch in his voice. Late inning rally, and in the end the talking
heads say that Biden probably won the debate, but that Palin didn’t lose
it. Both kept their cool and played
errorless ball.
Not so the
Cubs. Out at Wrigley Field it’s ten to
one when I go to bed. The best team in
the league looks like the worst and its “insurmountable lead” at home has
turned into a landslide for the Dodgers.
Say it
ain’t so, Joe. Or Lou.
Now their
only chance is to go to LA and win three in a row.
Course they
did do that once before this year.
Stay tuned.
-- Peter
Ferry










