Cubs vs. Sox: How's about you do my job?

So I'm going to attempt a little experiment over here at COI. I love our little site, and amazingly we actually have some regular readers, and some that pass through from time to time. One thing I do wish our site had though, like many other great Cub blogs, was readership participation. You see, no one leaves comments at our site.* And so here it is: another attempt at what is sure to be another failed experiment. I will put together this post, and then ask you, the reader, to comment to the open question at the end of the post. Don't be afraid, the comments won't bite. And if you're afraid to show your true identity (I understand if you are regular commenter over at HJE, ACB or the like and don't want to be "seen" posting at our seedy site) then just post anonymously. Okay? Okay.

It's finally here. With a mediocre season looming over Cubdom, the fans have something to finally get excited about. Yep, it's Crosstown Classic time again: the Cubs vs. the Sox, the Good Guys vs. the Bad Guys, the Drunks vs. the Meth-Heads. Fortunately, living 1,841 miles (to be exact) away in AZ, I will be unable to attend any the games. I do miss going though. For years before I left to settle in a place where the clouds are as scarce as attractive Brewers fans, I would attend at least one of these games a year, usually on a bus trip through the NIU Employees Credit Union, which was great because although it was hardly a booze cruise, drinking wasn't entirely discouraged.

One year which I remember quite vividly was back in 2003 at Comiskey Park. I recalled the events over at the WAIW Roundtable Week #8 in which we were asked to stake claim to our worst bullpen guy of all time. If you're too lazy to click over there (God knows I would be) here is the excerpt:

Saturday, June 28, 2003, Comiskey Park. The previous day Alf had given up the game losing run in the ninth after the Cubs managed a late rally in the top of the inning to tie the game. This day the Cubs would go into the 8th with a 6-4 lead. The game was pretty much in the bag and my Mom, a Sox fan, was jeering me about how I was going to gloat about the Cubs beating the Sox. "Wait," I told her, "Dusty's putting in Alfonseca, congrats, you just won the game."

Sure enough, Fatty gives up a 2 run shot to Aaron Rowand with 2 outs to tie the game. Sure it was Juan Cruz who took the lost giving up the losing run the next inning, but it was Alf's pitching that deflated the Cubs that day, and my confidence in him forever. Luckily, he would only last till the end of the year with the Cubs, but I've hated that f#@ker ever since. It makes me even more sick when he went on to win a ring with the Phillies last year. Excuse me now, I have to go throw up just thinking about it.

Obviously it was far from my best memory of the Crosstown Classic, as the Cubs lost, but probably the one that stands out the most. So with the series upon us once again, I ask you, fellow readers: What is your most memorable Cubs/Sox experience?

Go Cubs!

*Now that you have gone off the handle Steve, John, JDot, Normand the Haberdasherer III (btw Normand, if that is your real name, if you want to guest post on COI, shoot me an email at collegeofidiots@gmail.com), or Dong Zhang (whatever happened to jenzie1231?) let me say thank you for your continued support.


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