Baseball in September

I haven't mentioned the Cubs in awhile - and can you blame me, really? 2010 has been the worst year for the Cubs since I started following the team closely; prior to this it sometimes did really feel like it COULD be the year for them. But 2010 has been a disaster since opening day, and it hasn't really gotten any better. A lot of times it felt worse. We traded Theriot, Fontenot, and Lee - three of my favorites. Losing Theriot was a big blow to me personally, I really liked him - I mean, I named my car Theriot. (He's now asking for his name to be changed to Starlin.)

Dad kept telling me that the problem was with the manager, and I didn't know how to feel about that. I think Lou Piniella was a really excellent coach and did amazing things for the club, so to hear other fans really give him a hard time was confusing to me. And I didn't understand how he could be the one causing the problems. Then, later this season, it came out that his mother was really sick and I guess he had been very distracted the whole season. First base coach Quade took over as manager and the Cubs really have been playing better - it's a shame he didn't take over sooner, he could have salvaged more of the season, and honestly I wouldn't object to him being the manager next year. He's done a great job.

Anyway. Dad's birthday is this Friday and I am really excited, because we are going to Baltimore for the weekend, and I think it will be a lot of fun. We'll be staying Friday and Saturday nights - and the best thing of course is that David will be coming. Saturday night we will be watching the Orioles take on the Yankees - since the Cubs and the Nats have been eliminated from the post season already, the Yankees are the only team I root for who are left in the race.

It's also been 2 years since we got to see them play in person, and I haven't been to a baseball game since June, so I'm ready. It'll be fun. I only wish that my camera wasn't broken so I could take lots of pictures! I also wish cameras were not so expensive - I would love to buy a new one but I just can't spend that sort of money right now. And I am so tired of having a December birthday, I can't even tell you, because that means not only will I not have a new camera in time for the baseball game, I have to wait all the way until a week before Christmas, and I am sure there are lots of things I would like to be able to take pictures of between now and then. Oh well.