The Hound must have missed something. The Cubs are battling for a National League pennant. The White Sox are battling for an American League pennant. These are first-place teams. Yet, we see the Blackhawks are going to play a New Year's Day game at Wrigley Field and the Bears training camp opens today in the pride of Kankakee County, Bourbannais. What happened to summer?
We're still in summer, according to not only meteorologists, but the Old Farmer's Almanac. So what's the deal?
The deal is that the Chicago media have fallen for slick public relations flacks peddling their fall and winter wares. Even the great Brian Urlacher (listen, folks, he lives off St. Mary's Road in Libertyville Township if one wants to escape driving 90 miles to Bourbannais) has joined the early fall parade. He just signed a multimillion dollar contract extension. The Hound wants one of those.
Oh, The Hound forgot. The Bears' first pre-season game is Aug. 7 at Soldier Field, which also coincides with the first day of Gurnee Days. That's a real choice: Bears vs. Gurnee Days.
If the pros are ready to rumble, where's the collegians? Buying their dorm wardrobes? Is this a summer lost?
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