Weekend Wonderings

Thoughts and musings floating through my mind as I go for an early morning ride on the St. Louis course of the Tour of Missouri (I know, I know - it's time to get over it and move on . . . )

The baby bears from Chicago's North Side have purposely not been mentioned in this blog for fear of jinxing them. But wow, 2-1/2 games up and just about a week left in the season - I can dream, can't I? I've been having flashbacks to my junior high and high school years of tagging along with Dad when he would have business meetings in downtown Chicago in the morning, then hopping the El train to Wrigley in the afternoon to watch my favorite team play - a team that, even now, leaves me an outcast in crazy Cardinal country.

And fond memories from 1984 of camping out overnight with buddies in college with our sleeping bags propped up against the leftfield wall in hopes of scoring bleacher tickets for the division-clinching game. (We did!) Other great trips to the Friendly Confines during the '89 playoff run and most recently, the best present a guy could ever wish for - luxury suite tickets at Wrigley for my 40th birthday from my wife. Rest assured, if the Cubs happen to make it to the World Series anytime soon (and that's still a HUGE "if"), the Roberts family will be reporting on this blog live from Clark and Addison - we will find a way!

Great news still continues to come from the Kevin Everett story. The Buffalo Bills football player, who was originally paralyzed from the neck down with a grim prognosis, was recently transferred home to Houston for rehab. The latest reports are saying that he might be able to walk in days! Miracles do happen! http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/09/21/bc.fbn.bills.everetthur.ap/index.html

Finally, I'm beginning to wonder why they call it "fantasy" football. When my nephew Brad recently formed an online league for friends and family members, I was one of the first in. Now after an 0 and 2 start, I'm starting to realize that my fantasy was never to have my butt kick around by relatives with vastly superior football - and sports - knowledge than myself. Looks like it could be a long season - it's hard to trash talk when you've got nothing to back it up.

Talk to you soon. Until then, pick up the pace and run your own race.

- Jeff