The sky opened up at inopportune time yesterday, while I was running only a quarter of my intended training run for the upcoming marathon. I run drenched from head to toe for one hour before the rain ceased, with winds Chicago is famous for. Running in the rain long distance sucks and there's a good probability the rain gods will 'bless' Chicago with plentiful of tears on the D-day, October 9. The streets will be empty but for die hards supporters, tractions between your running shoes and the asphalt road will dramatically decrease and you will be cold and wet for 3-5 hours.

"Put simply, the Chicago White Sox needed this. With their lead in the AL Central shrinking, with a back-and-forth game tied in the 10th inning and with a fan base collectively holding its breath, Joe Crede delivered.

Crede’s home run leading off the 10th — his second of the game — lifted Chicago to a 7-6 victory over the surging Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night." (msnbc)

I will die young here in Chicago  of heartache if I keep continuing to support any Chicago team in their respective leagues. The White Sox has been choking in the past 40 days cutting down their 15 games lead in Aug 1. to just 2 1/2 last night. The 10th inning homerun saved their bacon last night and bring their lead to 3 1/2 with 2 more weeks of games to play. We'll see if Chicago has anyone to cheer this October. But don't count on it, hope as usual, is a dangerous thing, especially concerning Chicago teams.

"'We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality -- judiciously, as you will -- we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.'" (Archive NYT)

Iraq killed the pre-emptive strike strategy. Katrian killed the 'create our own reality' folly.