I finished watching the highlights from Saturday night's interleague Major League Baseball match-up between the hometown American League Boston Red Sox, and the visiting National League team from Chicago, the Cubs.
Dressed in similar uniforms from 1918, the white-capped, knee-high red stocking Bosox entered the top half of the eighth inning needing only six outs against the pinstriped Cubs to close another Red Sox victory. Similar to 1918, however, the curse of blown leads and untimely errors which would plague them in big games and throughout their postseason history for the next 86 years would also make a special appearance.
If I know Craig, who is one of the pastors from the church in Oakville I attend and a diehard Cubs fan, he will be dancing, laughing out loud, or rolling on the floor laughing. Another friend I know, whose name is Ana and loves the Red Sox, would throw her shoe through the television screen as Jed Lowrie and then Jason Varitek error to contribute to the Cubs' eight run rally in the eighth inning. The inning began with the Red Sox leading 3-1...
In watching the comedy of errors that would become the legacy or saga of both the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs played out in a miniature, nine-inning game, I remember how unfair the game of baseball can be. Breaks can occur during an inning, a game, a season, or even for decades. "Throwbacks" give us an opportunity to reflect on the past, never to forget how far we come, and remember where we are going. In spite of all the changes to the ballpark, to Boston, to people, and to society as a whole, baseball is still a game that mirrors life, where nothing is certain or guaranteed...like a 3-1 win.
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