{"id":4078,"date":"2008-08-12T00:20:42","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T00:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/08\/thanks-bill.html"},"modified":"2008-08-12T00:20:42","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T00:20:42","slug":"thanks-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2008\/08\/thanks-bill.html","title":{"rendered":"Thanks Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a few years running now, one of my father&#8217;s former students, Bill Roberts, who is now a lawyer in Chicago and Springfield, invites my dad and mom and Kris and me to a Cubs-Cardinals game at Wrigley. As if that invitation isn&#8217;t enough, Bill&#8217;s law offices have a sky box and we get to sit in the sky box and watch the game. <!--more|inline--><br \/>\nAnd, if that isn&#8217;t enough &#8230;<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve not seen the Cubs lose yet. Did I mention yet that Bill and my parents and everyone else they invite are Cardinal fans? But, it doesn&#8217;t matter &#8230; we have a great time and soak up the generosity of Bill.<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/hblanco.jpg\" title=\"hblanco.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/08\/hblanco.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"hblanco.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn many ways, this event is a testimony to teaching. Bill and others who come were in one of the first group of high schoolers my father taught &#8212; well, it was probably the &#8220;coaching&#8221; that had more to do with it. How many years ago was it? I&#8217;m guessing about 50. My dad is 79 and he&#8217;s had a relationship with these student\/athletes for at least 50 years. Kris and I enjoy hearing about the chat of those days in southern Illinois and the games and events and wins (we wonder how many might be &#8220;tall tales&#8221;).<br \/>\nNow for an evaluation: Tony Larussa, who is one of the smartest managers in the game, over-coached and gave us the game: with the suicide squeeze that went awry, trying to run home on Soriano, and the running bunt with Kennedy &#8230; anyway, that&#8217;s our assessment. We&#8217;re glad for the Cubs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a few years running now, one of my father&#8217;s former students, Bill Roberts, who is now a lawyer in Chicago and Springfield, invites my dad and mom and Kris and me to a Cubs-Cardinals game at Wrigley. 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