Hey folks,

I'm putting together an audio piece that focuses on the Cubs' 2008 post-season (or post-postseason, if you will). There are a couple of outlets interested in airing the finished piece.

I'm hoping to talk with some Cubs fans, particularly some native Chicagoans, about their feelings about the season, the NLDS and the future. While this is technically a work-related endeavour, I'm hoping it might also be cathartic for myself and my interview subjects. 

I'll be in Chicago from Friday October 10-Monday October 13. If you would let me to buy you a beer at the Cubbie Bear or the Billy Goat and have a chat, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Please email me at rgragg@gmail.com with your full name and contact info if you're interested.

russ

...this Friday.

I bought non-refundable airline tickets 'cause I figured, 'Hey, there's no way the Cubs are gonna get swept in the first round again.'

Oops.

What was going to be a long weekend filled with baseball and Wrigleyville watering holes instead looks like it'll be a stroll through a post-apocalyptic wasteland filled with zombified Cubs fans moaning, "Soriannnnno! Braaaaaaains!"

Any thoughts on activities to keep a mourning Cubs fan mildly entertained in the Second City?

As an aside, if any of the BCB regulars want to meet for a drink and commisurate, I'm all ears.