My mom sent this email the other day:

I think that it is already  time for Cubs fans to start the perennial chant.

Kind of reminds me of when I was kid (in the Ernie Banks, Billie Williams, Ron Santo, et. al.) days and my father would bite on this pipe and lament that “if the Cubs could only get …

This is from an email I just sent to my mom. I’m posting it in its entirety, but some of it might not make sense because of that.

Took me a second to realize that you meant “neighborhood” and not “neighbor”. Now it’s much clearer.

I think it’s just a feeling of validation. I was trying to explain to …