My father taught high school in the 1950s in a small village in central Illinois named Roodhouse. One of his students, Bill Roberts, has become a respectable attorney in Springfield. His offices have a Sky Box suite at Wrigley Field. Bill and my parents are Cardinal fans. So, every year Bill invites my mom and dad to a Cubs-Cards game at Wrigley. Which brings me to this: We’re invited to the game today! We’ll be cheering for the Cubs amidst a bundle of red-shirt-wearing Cards fans. We’ve avoided scuffles so far.

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