Just so there's no confusion as to where my allegiance lies....BEFORE the playoffs begin! Forget the goat, forget the 100 years blah blah, this could be (ever the paranoid Cubs fan) the year because their team is really that good. There are many of you out there that can't understand the seemingly silly and childish fascination that is part of rooting for a team you've followed your whole life. Furthermore...they've been losing for the better part of the time I've been following them. No, this is for my father and all those like him, who were faithful till their dying day and never waivered in their love (and condemnation)for a team that, really, didn't even know or care whether they rooted for them or not. Pro sports has become this huge corporate entity that has de-personalized itself to the point where there is no loyalty so why should anyone care what they do? Well.....it's the same old thing, year after year. We care because it is so closely weaved into our lives that to do otherwise wouldn't seem natural. Silly....perhaps, but it's better than being a terrorist. GO CUBS!!!