Quagmire
IT’S HARD TO PICK UP THE PAPER WITHOUT READING ABOUT THE
powerful leader, sure of his convictions and loathe to admit a mistake, whose costly, diversionary and ill-advised gambit has rallied his enemies and jeopardized his reign.
What was Eisner thinking when he hired Ovitz?
Curses
THE RED SOX HAVE WON THE WORLD SERIES. AT LAST. HALLELUJAH.
And with the over-hyped “Curse of the Babe” now history, the sports world can shift its sympathy from whiney Boston to the stout-hearted city that has truly suffered the most World Series pain,the City of Broad Shoulders, the Windy City, the Forsaken City, my hometown, Chicago.
It took Boston 86 years to win this World Series. Big deal. The White Sox drought is 87 years and counting, while the lowly Cubs are now 96 years awaiting. The Chisox and Cubbies haven’t even been in a World Series for 45 and 59 years, respectively, again the longest streaks of futility in the major leagues. Since the Cubs last appeared in a World Series in 1945, the Red Sox have played in the Fall Classic five times.
And talk about a real World Series curse,the White Sox threw the series in 1919. In the 85 years since, that “Black Sox” scandal has been fodder for books and movies. And the White Sox have returned to the World Series only once (and lost).
No other city is close to matching Chicago for World Series frustration, although another place where I lived for a long time, Cleveland, is next on the list. The Indians haven’t won the Series for 56 years.
Thank goodness for the Anaheim Angels of 2002. Once in my life, at least, I’ve rooted for the winner.
,Rick Reiff
