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Clark & Addison

Episode 9 - “Tombstone time“ A REUNION OF 20 SOMETHING CUB FANS ON THE CORNER OF CLARK AND ADDISON IN CHICAGO - IN A SMALL BAR NAMED WEAGHMAN’S PARK. THE CUBS ORIGINALLY PLAYED AT WEAGHMAN PARK IN CHICAGO BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO CUBS PARK IN 1919 - WHICH BECAME WRIGLEY FIELD IN 1926. NIGHTLY IN DEPTH DISCUSSIONS OF CUBS AND CHICAGO OCCUR AT WEAGHMAN’S PARK. WEAGHMAN’S PARK ONLY SERVES FOOD AND DRINK ORIGINATING FROM ABOVE THE WISCONSIN BORDER . . . SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD WRIGLEY FIELD BAR CALLED WEAGMAN’S PARK WITH ONLY WISCONSIN BEER AND SHEBOYGAN BRATS - A 20 SOMETHING HANGOUT. FOLLOW THE HISTORY OF THE CUBS, BEARS AND BULLS AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF JOSH, ELLIOT, SAM, KERI, MELANIE AND FRIENDS . . . JOSH HEY MAN DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THAT BULLS TRADE - I WAS JUST FINISHING UP HERE LAST NIGHT AND GONNA GET A PODCAST ON THE CUBS....AND THEN I HEAR ABOUT THIS BIG BLOCKBUSTER TRADE with THE BULLS. KERI I FRANKLY DIDN’T THINK IT WAS THAT BIG OF A DEAL - I MEAN WHAT ARE THE BULLS TO DO - THEY COULDN’T BEAT DAVENPORT THIS YEAR. JOSH BUT LOOK KERI THEY GUTTED The club OF BEN WALLACE AND JOE SMITH...I MEAN WE MAY HAVE NOT GONE FAR WITH THESE GUYS - BUT NOW WE WON’T BEAT EVEN BELOIT COLLEGE IN A SCRIMMAGE. KERI IT WAS ONLY LAST YEAR THEY WERE BREATHING DOWN THE PISTONS NECK IN THE PLAYOFFS TRYING TO DISRUPT CHAUNCEY BILLUPS GAME AND NEARLY DID IT. JOSH THEN THEY ACQUIRE NOAH AND THE TEAM FALLS APART. KERI IT’S NOT THAT SIMPLE - COACHING CHANGES, TEAM ATTITUDE, INJURIES, OTHER TEAMS GETTING BETTER. JOSH BUT WE’RE IN THE EAST - AND 400 GETS YOU INTO THE PLAYOFFS IN THE EAST - 6OO MAY NOT IN THE WEST. KERI IT’S ALL RELATIVE - BUT WHEN HAVE YOU SEEN THE BULLS ACTUALLY PLAY DEFENSE ?

JOSH COME TO THINK OF it NOT OFTEN. KERI CASE CLOSED. JOSH BUT WHAT ARE WE TO DO WITH THESE GUYS WE ACQUIRED - SEND THEM TO CEDAR RAPIDS OR PLAY THEM ? KERI I REALLY DON’T KNOW - BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE’RE GOING NOWHERE WITH GUYS HAVING LEBRON JAMES ON THEIR TEAM AND CAN’T WIN. JOSH GOODEN, HUGHES, BROWN, AND SIMMONS FOR WALLACE AND JOE SMITH. ALL WITH UNLIMITED POTENTIAL BUT YET still waiting TO REALLY SHOW IT. KERI LIKE I SAID - MEDIOCRE FOR MEDIOCRE. JOSH NOW THEY’LL HAVE TO RELY ON NOAH TO SCORE - HECK I’M NOT CERTAIN IF HIS TEAMMATES EVEN LIKE HIM - MOST OF THE FANS DON’T - DESPITE HAVING SUCH GREAT ABILITY. KERI WELL WE’LL SEE - WE CAN STILL MAKE THE PLAYOFFS BECAUSE OF THE EAST - A LITTLE RUN AND WE’RE RIGHT BACK IN` IT - AND I DOUBT HOMECOURT MEANS MUCH IN THE EAST - HECK HALF THE GUYS IN THE EAST WOULDN’T EVEN KNOW IF THEY WERE ON HOMECOURT BECAUSE THERE IS SO LITTLE APPLAUSE. JOSH YES - I BET HOME SEEMS LIKE AWAY - SO JUST GETTING IN WOULD DO IT. KERI I FEEL THE BULLS SHOULD HAVE EMERGENCY COTS LIKE THEY DO IN AIRPORTS FOR BLOWOUTS. JOSH AND DESIGNATED DRIVERS FOR HOME SINCE EVERYONE IS ALREADY ASLEEP. KERI I JUST DON’T KNOW IF COACH BOYLAN CAN RALLY THESE GUYS. JOSH HECK - WE CAN’T EVEN STAY WITH SUB 500 TEAMS SOME NIGHTS - I WONDER IF MICHAEL SHOULD COME BACK. 3

KERI NOT A CHANCE - HIS CHICAGO DAYS ARE OVER OTHER THAN WATCHING HIS SON PLAY HERE ONCE IN A WHILE. JOSH HEY THERE IS WILL - I BET HE’S ALL OVER THE NORTHERN TRAGEDY. KERI HEY WILL - DID YOU GET BACK TO NORTHERN ? WILL NO - BUT I BET ALL THOSE SLIMY REMARKS YOU MADE ABOUT NORTHERN WILL BE NOW WITH REGRET. KERI HECK WILL - WE HAD JUST STARTED TALKING ABOUT NORTHERN BEFORE YOU ARRIVED. IT WAS THE VERY WORST TRAGEDY EVER IN ILLINOIS. WILL IT WAS BAD - BUT COULD’VE BEEN MUCH WORSE JOSH SUCH SENSELESS KILLINGS. KERI JOSH AND I WENT TO MASS IMMEDIATELY AND PRAYED FOR EVERYONE AT NORTHERN. JOSH REMEMBER FATHER SHEAY INSTRUCTED US TO CONSTANTLY PRAY EVEN WHEN WE DON’T FEEL THE COMPASSION. HE SAID PRAYER IS THE ULTIMATE POWER. KERI I ATTENDED MASS AND PRAYED FOR DAYS FOR THOSE SOULS INJURED AND LOST AT NORTHERN - WHAT LITTLE MONEY I HAD I SENT TO THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS - FEELING THAT THEY COULD USE THE MONEY BETTER THAN I. JOSH I ALSO SENT CARDS TO ALL THE FAMILIES WITH WHAT LITTLE MONEY I HAD AND AM STILL PRAYING. WILL BOY YOU BOTH WERE TAKEN ABACK BY THE KILLINGS. I NEVER WOULD’VE IMAGINED. KERI WELL - WE’RE SUPPORTING NORTHERN IN A TON OF WAYS FROM NOW ON. YES I DO REGRET WHAT ANY OF US SAID ABOUT NORTHERN - BUT WE AND THEY MUST MOVE ON. 4

JOSH I EVEN HUNG A NORTHERN ILLINOIS PENNANT ABOVE THE PACKER PENNANT ON THE FRONT WALL OVER OUR ENTRANCE AT WEAGHMAN’S PARK. AGAIN THIS WAS THE MOST TRAGIC THING EVER IN ILLINOIS THAT I’VE WITNESSED. WILL YOU GUYS DID MORE THAN I - AND I’M ALMOST AN ALUMNI. I DID CONTACT SOME GUYS I KNOW THERE. AND GUESS WHAT ? JOSH WHAT BIG GUY ? KERI YEA - WHAT ? I BET YOU ASKED THAT GIRL OUT FROM OHARE YOU’VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT NON STOP. WILL WELL YOU’LL NEVER GUESS THIS - BUT MY OLD GIRLFRIEND FROM NORTHERN CALLED THE DAY AFTER THE TRAGEDY. JOSH YOU’RE KIDDING - WHAT IS HER NAME AGAIN ? KERI MEGAN - SHE WAS AT BERNIE’S THE OTHER NIGHT WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER GIRLS! WILL HOW THE HECK DO YOU KNOW THIS KERI ? KERI I JUST FLAT OUT KNOW - I KNOW MORE ABOUT HER THAN YOU THINK. SHE’S BEEN SPYING. WILL DOES SHE KNOW ABOUT MY POTENTIAL OHARE GIRLFRIEND ? KERI YES MOST DEFINITELY. WILL BUT HOW ? KERI GIRLS JUST KNOW EVERYTHING - HECK EVEN SAM KNOWS ALL THIS STUFF. JOSH I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF SMUT DISCUSSED AT BERNIE’S - WE JUST TALK TRUE SPORTS HERE - AT BERNIE’S THERE IS SOME CUBS STUFF - BUT IT’S MOSTLY A DATING 20 SOMETHING CROWD.

KERI BERNIE’S EVEN HOSTS MELANIE ONCE IN A WHILE - SINCE SHE’S STILL CHASING SAM. AND SHE KNOWS SAM MAY BE IN THE AREA - MELANIE WOULDN’T BE CAUGHT DEAD AT WEAGHMAN’S PARK. BESIDES SHE’D EXPLODE IF SHE HAD ZUERCHER’S CHEESE CURDS. JOSH WELL YOU CAN’T BLAME HER FOR CHASING SAM - I MEAN HOW MANY GUYS CAN THROW BOMBS LIKE HE CAN AND THEN GET INTO MEDICAL SCHOOL. WILL ONLY VINCE FERRAGAMO - PLAYED FOR THE RAMS AND WENT TO CREIGHTON MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THE OFF SEASON - YEARS AGO - AND MADE IT TO A SUPER BOWL. KERI WELL MELANIE JUST DOESN’T GET THE POINT - SHE ACTS AS IF SAM WILL RUN BACK TO HER WHEN IN FACT HE’S MADLY IN LOVE WITH YOURS TRULY - I’M SORRY - SHE IS BLIND. WILL BUT HANGING AROUND SOMETIMES WILL BRING BACK A GUY. KERI PLEASE WILL - WE ARE ALREADY DISCUSSING MOVING IN TOGETHER. MELANIE DOESN’T GET IT - AND GOING TO BERNIE’S TO SPY WON’T HELP HER CAUSE. WILL MOVING IN - YOU HAVEN’T KNOWN HIM THAT LONG ! WHAT WILL YOUR PARENTS THINK - THEY ARE OLD SCHOOL - REAL OLD SCHOOL. JOSH AND THE STUDIES SHOW THAT THE DIVORCE RATE IS MUCH HIGHER WITH LIVE INS AS OPPOSED TO A TRUE CEREMONIAL LEGAL MARRIAGE IN A CHURCH SETTING - COMMON FAITH THAT BINDS. KERI PLEASE YOU GUYS - WHAT AM I TO SAY TO SAM - NO ! JOSH YES SAY NO - SAY YOU WANT A DEFINITE COMMITMENT. WILL LIKE AN ENGAGEMENT RING. NOT A MVP TROPHY. THE REAL THING. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE CLASSES THROUGH THE DIOCESE. JOSH THE WHOLE THING OR NOTHING. YOU MAY JUST GET USED AND BE CRIPPLED FOR LIFE. IF HE LOVES YOU - HE WILL PROMPTLY DO THIS WITHOUT HESITATION. 6

KERI HMMMM. A GUY MAKING A COMMITMENT ? LET’S SEE HE’S LOCKED UP AT COOK WITHOUT DOUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, THEN THERE IS THE START UP OF PRACTICE, THEN........ WILL KERI - YOU CAN GO ON AND ON - WE’RE ALL RAMPING OUR WHOLE LIVES - I DON’T CARE IF SAM HAS 20 YEARS TO GO - IF HE WANTS YOUR HAND HE’LL ASK FOR IT - AND NOT SLIP IN THE BACK DOOR. KERI SO WHAT DO I DO ? JOSH BE LIKE A REAL WOMAN - ACT MOODY, SILENT, AND THEN WHEN HE ASKS WHAT IS WRONG - JUST SAY YOU’RE HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT THE ARRANGEMENT. KERI HE MAY LEAVE THEN . WILL BETTER NOW THAN AFTER YOU HAVE KITTENS. YOU NEED TO LAY IT ON THE LINE. NO KIDDING AROUND. JOSH AND THEN YOU WON’T HAVE TO DISCUSS THIS WITH YOUR FAMILY - HECK THEY’D LOVE SAM AND A WEDDING. KERI WOW - BUT IT WON’T BE THAT SIMPLE. JOSH IT TRULY IS - IT IS WRONG TO DALLY A GAL ALONG ON A STRING - JUST LIKE IT IS WRONG TO DENIGRATE NORTHERN - WE NEED TO CORRECT OUR MISTAKES - QUICKLY - AND MOVE ON. KERI YOU GUYS ARE RIGHT - MELANIE IS REALLY NOT THE PROBLEM - IT’S SAM AND MY RELATIONSHIP. I CAN’T BELIEVE WHAT HAS GOTTEN IN TO YOU GUYS SINCE THE NORTHERN TRAGEDY. JOSH OH - WE JUST WANT TO OFFER AS MUCH SUPPORT TO THE UNIVERSITY AS POSSIBLE - WE’LL BE IN DEKALB FOR THE DEDICATION. WILL IN FACT I WAS GOING TO ARIZONA TO WATCH THE CUBBIES ONE WEEKEND ON A CHEAP FLIGHT AND GAVE ALL THE MONEY TO NORTHERN - AND FELT REAL GOOD ABOUT IT - EVEN THOUGH I DON’T HAVE MUCH TO GIVE.

KERI AND TELL ME ABOUT MEGAN - I MEAN WHAT I HAVEN’T HEARD - I DO KNOW SHE KNOWS MELANIE FROM BERNIE’S. WILL WELL SHE JUST WANTED TO TALK - I GUESS HER MOM HAS SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT ME ALSO. SHE ASKED WHY I WASN’T COMING BACK TO CHURCH ALONG THE GOLD COAST LOOKING SO NICE. JOSH SEE I TOLD YOU WILL - THAT 5 PM SATURDAY MASS TRICK WORKED! WILL I JUST DON’T KNOW - MAYBE MEGAN HAD A FALLING OUT WITH HER PARENTS. JOSH OR HER LATEST BOYFRIEND AS CUTE AS YOU SAY SHE IS WILL. KERI MAYBE WE COULD GET HER TO COME BACK DOWN TO WEAGHMAN’S PARK. I’D LIKE TO ACTUALLY SIZE THIS GAL UP. WILL YOU WOULDN’T COMPARE KERI - NOT AT ALL. KERI YOU REALLY KNOW HOW TO MAKE GIRLS FEEL GOOD WILL. WILL YOU KNOW I’M JUST KIDDING - RELAX ! JOSH ENOUGH OF THE SHREDDING OF OUR FRIENDS GANG. WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS - REMEMBER OUR GENERATION IS SUPPOSED TO BE DIFFERENT - WE’RE NOT ACTING LIKE XERS BUT WE’RE BEING EXACTLY LIKE THOSE MATERIALISTIC BOOMERS. KERI I FEEL THIS WHOLE NORTHERN THING HAS SET THE ENTIRE AREA CRAZY - NOT JUST DEKALB. JOSH EVERY ONE HAS GONE BACK TO THEIR BASICS AND ROOTS AND IS BEING OVERLY NICE - EVEN MEGAN - YOU KNOW WILL THIS MAY NOT BE LOVE AT ALL - BUT JUST ONE OF THOSE NORTHERN REACTIONS TO THE TRAGEDY. WILL NO - YOU’RE RIGHT - I FEEL EVERYONE HAS BEEN SO AFFECTED THAT WE ALL FEEL SO VULNERABLE AND FORTUNATE - MAYBE I WASN’T SO BAD AFTER ALL. MEGAN WENT TO THE MEMORIAL SERVICES SINCE SHE 8

ACTUALLY KNEW A COUPLE OF THE STUDENTS AND VISITED THE OTHERS IN THE HOSPITAL. WE CANNOT DO ENOUGH FOR THESE FOLKS. KERI YES - I WON’T EVER STOP REMEMBERING THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AT NORTHERN. HECK I’M PROBABLY GONNA BE THEIR BIGGEST FAN IN ALL THEIR SPORTS FROM NOW ON - JUST BECAUSE I ACTUALLY DO CARE ABOUT THEIR UNIVERSITY. WILL I EVEN CONTACTED SOME OF THE FOOTBALL FOLKS AND THEY WERE DOING A TON FOR THE FAMILIES AFFECTED. OH JOSH THE GUY IN THE REAR BY THE PACKER SIGN WANTS ANOTHER LEINIES AND A SHARP CHEDDAR. JOSH COMING RIGHT UP SIR. WILL, I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’D DO WITHOUT YOU. I COULDN’T SURVIVE. I WOULDN’T KEEP MY JOB - THAT’S FOR SURE. KERI SO WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY THINK OF THE CUBS THUS FAR IN THE CACTUS LEAGUE ? JOSH 500 BALL AND MOVING SORIANO AWAY FROM LEADOFF OR SECOND WILL HELP. KERI SOME OF THIS IS YET TO BE DECIDED - IT DEPENDS ON SPRING TRAINING. WILL Z WILL DEFINITELY BE THE ACE - WITH LOU NOTHING WILL BE A DEFINITE YOU HAVE TO PROVE YOURSELF EVERY GAME NO DOUBT. JOSH THAT’S HOW IT SHOULD BE. BUT I JUST DON’T KNOW ABOUT OUR PITCHING - I’M CONCERNED WE NEED A 17 - 18 GAME GUY ON TOP OF Z. I DON’T KNOW IF TED LILY AND THE OTHERS ARE ENOUGH FOR THIS CLUB. KERI WELL I FEEL KERI WOOD WILL BE A GREAT CLOSER AS THE SEASON WEARS ON. PRYOR WAS GREAT BUT JUST WASN’T EVER GONNA GET BETTER. WILL THIS TEAM HAS GONE THROUGH SO MUCH - I MEAN WITH DEROSA HAVING CARDIAC ABLATION TREATMENT.......... KERI CARDIAC WHAT ?

WILL ABLATION ! EVERYONE KNOWS THIS KERI. ! KERI I DON’T AND I’M ON THE INTERNET EVERYDAY WITH THE CUBS. WHAT THE HECK IS ABLATION ? JOSH PERHAPS SAM COULD EXPLAIN THAT ONE TO YOU. KERI NO - I WANT TO HEAR IT FROM WILL - HE SOUNDS LIKE HE KNOWS WHAT HE’S TALKING ABOUT. WILL IT’S ACTUALLY VERY SIMPLE - MARK HAD EXTRA BEATS IN HIS HEART FROM ABERRANT OR ABNORMAL CONDUCTING ELECTRICAL BUNDLES AND HE HAD THEM ABLATED OR DESTROYED SO HIS HEART WOULDN’T CONDUCT ABNORMALLY. IT’S VERY SIMPLE. KERI TELL ME ONE THING WILL - IF YOU KNOW ALL THIS AND SPEAK SO INTELLIGENTLY ABOUT THIS - HOW THE HECK DID YOU FLUNK OUT OF PURDUE, NORTHERN, AND SOUTH CHICAGO COMMUNITY ? I DON’T GET IT AT ALL. JOSH WILL CANNOT FLAT OUT PROCESS KERI - IT’S THAT SIMPLE AND THERE IS NO GREAT TREATMENT YET. KERI WELL WILL IS A HECK OF A LOT SMARTER THAN I WILL EVER BE AND I GOT THROUGH ILLINOIS. WILL BUT YOU WERE A CHEERLEADER - AND CHEERLEADERS ALWAYS GET THROUGH. KERI YOU’RE PROBABLY RIGHT - THERE WERE SOME ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES - LIKE THAT CREEP QB TO WHICH I WAS ENSLAVED. JOSH HEY SAM - FINALLY GOT SOME TIME OFF ? KERI OH - HE’S FULL OF EXTRA TIME - RIGHT SAMMY ? SAM HEY EVERYBODY - NO CALL - JUST CAME DOWN FOR A LEINIES.

WILL AND A ZUERCHER’S SWISS CHEESE SANDWICH! SAM YES - I’LL TAKE BOTH JOSH - STILL SERVING ? JOSH YOU BET - WE’RE ADDING AN EXTRA PICKLE TONIGHT. WILL AND THE GUY IN THE CORNER WANTS SOME MORE STOUT - HE’S REALLY POUNDING THEM DOWN. KERI YES JOSH - I’D TELL THAT GUY TO CHILL - NO MORE BEERS. HE CAN’T DRIVE. JOSH RELAX KERI - WE WATCH THAT STUFF REAL CLOSE. WILL SAM - WHAT DO YOU THINK OF DEROSA’S ABLATION ? SAM SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA - GET IT DONE BEFORE THE ALL STAR BREAK - BEFORE THE REAL DOGFIGHT WITH THE BREWERS BEGINS IN AUGUST. JOSH WE HAVE TO GET IN THE DOGFIGHT FIRST. SAM WELL ANYWAY THE ABLATION IS A GREAT THING - HE’LL FEEL NO HEART PALPITATIONS IF SUCCESSFUL - OR AT LEAST MUCH LESS OF THEM. WILL IT’S A BIG PROCEDURE UNDER IV SEDATION AND OCCASIONALLY GENERAL ANESTHESIA. SAM WOW WILL - YOU SOUND LIKE A SURGICAL RESIDENT. I THOUGHT YOU HAD ADHD. JOSH LOOK GUYS WILL HAS MORE SMARTS THAN ALL OF US PUT TOGETHER TRUST ME. KERI SO SAM YOU THINK WE HAVE MORE BIG MEDICAL PROBLEMS AT WRIGLEY ?

SAM ONLY LITTLE THINGS LIKE TESTICULAR TORSION, COLON CANCER.... AND DEREK’S DAUGHTER HAVING THE RARE EYE DISEASE - LEBER’S AMAUROSIS. KERI YES TORSION MAKES YOU’RE GLAD YOU’RE A FEMALE - THAT’S ONE THING I COULDN’T HANDLE. WILL YES - IT’S LIKE HAVING YOUR NECK TWISTED AROUND A COUPLE TIMES UNTIL YOU SAY UNCLE. SAM I DON’T THINK THE CUBS FAMILIES ARE ANY DIFFERENT THAN SOCIETY IN GENERAL - STUFF HAPPENS. JOSH ALL I KNOW IS THAT I HOPE DERREK’S DAUGHTER GETS BETTER - THIS COULD CAUSE HAVOC ON HIM THIS SEASON - HE’S SUCH A BIG TIME THREAT EVERYTIME HE SWINGS THE BAT. KERI WELL WITH FUKODOME IN RIGHT FIELD FOR ONLY 48 MILLION - WELL THAT WILL HELP. SAM HE SHOULD PICK UP WHERE SAMMY LEFT OFF. I’M FEELING IT. JOSH THERE IS ENDLESS OPTIMISM AT WRIGLEY AND WEAGHMAN’S PARK. IT’S ONLY BEEN 100 YEARS SINCE OUR LAST SERIES. KERI LOTS GOING ON - FIRST GAME WITH THE HONOR OF ERNIE BANKS. MULTIPLE OLD CUBS IN MITCHELL REPORT - IF ANYONE PAYS ATTENTION IT WILL JUST BE KNOWN AS THE STEROID ERA. JOSH SOUNDS LIKE BUD WON’T PUT ASTERISKS AROUND ANY RECORDS. WILL AND THERE WON’T BE ANY NEED FOR ASTERISKS WITH SAM ZELL STILL OWNING THE TEAM - WE NEED A CHEERLEADER LIKE MARK CUBAN. KERI BUT BUD WILL NEVER LET HIM IN - TRUST ME. MARK WOULD DESTROY THE BREWERS. BUD WON’T LET THAT HAPPEN. SAM HECK WHEN THE TEAM IS FINALLY SOLD IT WILL BE A GOOD THING. I FEEL THE TRIBUNE COMPANY’S FINANCIAL TROUBLE IS WHAT IS CAUSING 12

THE TRIBUNE’S LACK OF INTEREST - THEY JUST ARE WORRIED ABOUT MAKING IT - NOT BEING CUBS CHEERLEADERS. JOSH GETTING RYNO BACK FROM PEORIA IS WHAT WOULD REALLY MAKE WRIGLEY. KERI HE’LL BE THE NEXT MANAGER AFTER LOU - HECK LOU MAY NOT MAKE IT THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK IF HE LOSES THE SERIES TO MILWAUKEE. SAM YES - I COULD SEE LOU LOSING IT ENTIRELY THE VERY FIRST WEEK AND STROKING OUT - BUT WHO KNOWS HE MAY END UP BEING A LASORDA OR BOBBIE COX. JOSH I HIGHLY DOUBT THAT - LOU WILL BLOW UP ON SOMEONE MANAGEMENT, TRIBUNE, PLAYERS, UMPS - SOMEONE. KERI HEY JOSH - THAT GIRL IN THE CORNER DOWN THERE LOOKS FAMILIAR WHO IS SHE ? WILL THAT’S MELANIE ISN’T IT JOSH ? JOSH YUP - THAT’S MELANIE. KERI WHAT IN THE WORLD IS SHE DOING HERE ? WILL SHE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO BE HERE - JUST LIKE ANY OF US. KERI NO SHE DOESN’T - NO WAY - WHAT IS GOING ON SAM ? SAM I REALLY DON’T KNOW - HONEST - SHE’S WITH A BUNCH OF PEOPLE FROM COOK COUNTY - HECK THEy’RE OUT HAVING FUN LIKE US. THEY HAVE A LEGAL RIGHT TO BE HERE. KERI NO - SHE IS STALKING YOU SAM - IT IS QUITE CLEAR. HAS SHE BEEN IN HERE BEFORE JOSH ? JOSH I DON’T KNOW KERI - I DON’T WORK ALL THE SHIFTS .

KERI THAT’S A GUY COP OUT. LOOK I KNOW THIS GAL MELANIE IS CUTE AND STILL LOVES SAM - BUT WHAT IS SHE THINKING ? WILL SHE’S HAVING YOU BOTH COMPARED IN FRONT OF SAM’S EYES - IT’S LIKE A BEAUTY CONTEST RIGHT HERE IN WIRGLEYVILLE. KERI BUT SHE AUDACIOUSLY BRINGS HER COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL CRONIES WITH HER. SAM DID YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THIS ? SAM HECK NO - SHE’S JUST LONELY AND GETTING OVER ME THE HARD WAY. KERI SHE IS THE LOWEST FORM OF LIFE I CAN IMAGINE - A ONE CELLED SLUDGE FROM THE CHICAGO RIVER WHO NEEDS TO SPONGE ON OUR RELATIONSHIP. I DON’T KNOW IF I CAN TAKE THIS ANYMORE SAM. JOSH RELAX KERI - SHE WAS HERE BEFORE YOU EVEN KNEW SAM - YOU DON’T OWN THE RIGHT TO ATTEND WEAGHMAN’S PARK - ALL I HEar IS THAT MELANIE JUST HANGS OUT AT BERNIE’S MOST OF THE TIME. I ALSO HEARD SHE’S A CUB FAN, CATHOLIC, AND A GOOD NURSE. KERI SO YOU ARE STICKING UP FOR THIS PARASITIC ONE CELLED SLUDGE GAL UP STREAM ? JOSH WELL YOU ARE CORRECT - THE CHICAGO RIVER FLOWS BACKWARD DON’T ASK ME THE MECHANICS OF THat- BUT AFTER O’LEARY’S COW THE FRAMERS OF DOWNTOWN DECIDED THE RIVER NEEDED TO BE DUMPED INTO THE LAP OF ST. LOUIS. HECK THERE HAVE BEEN SUITS BY THESE DOWNSTREAM CREEPY CARDINAL FANS. WILL IT’S GRAVITY AND THE PULL OF ST.LOUIS - ANYTHING MUDDY FLOWS THEIR WAY. AT LEAST THEY DIDN’T WIN THE WORLD SERIES LAST YEAR. OUR BIGGEST RIVALS WILL BE MUCH MORE SERIOUS THIS YEAR. TONY HAS DRIED OUT - ALL THE DISTRACTIONS ARE OUT OF THE WAY - AND THEY WILL BE FORMIDABLE COMPETITION THIS YEAR. KERI I REALLY DON’T LIKE THIS GIRL IN WEAGHMAN’S PARK - I THINK WE BETTER FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO HANG SAM. SAM WELL KERI - WE’RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. IT’S THAT SIMPLE. HECK - WHO KNOWS MAYBE SHE HAS HER EYES ON JOSH OR WILL OR ELLIOTT ? I CAN’T KNOW WHAT IS ON HER MIND. 14

KERI WELL I CAN - AND SHE IS HERE FOR YOU SAM - SHE IS JUST REMINDING YOU THAT SHE IS STILL AROUND, AVAILABLE, AND PRETTY. WILL KERI, YOU’RE OVER REACTING - YOU ARE ACTING LIKE A NORMAL GIRL - YOU NEED TO BE COOL LIKE A GUY - DON’T SWEAT IT. CHILL - HAVE A LEINIES AND ENJOY THE CHEESE - CELEBRATE AND HAVE TOMBSTONE PIZZA FROM ABOVE THE BORDER - I SEE THAT’S NEW ON THE MENU RIGHT JOSH ? JOSH YES - WE HAD SO MANY REQUESTS FROM FOLKS WANTING THIS MEDFORD, WISCONSIN PIZZA. SAM EVEN WITH ALL THE GINOS AND EVERYTHING CHICAGO STYLE AROUND HERE. JOSH WEAGHMAN’S PARK - THOUGH home to THE MOST ARDENT BEARs, CUBs, BULLs, BLACKHAWKs, AND NORTHERN FANS ALIVE - HAS AN ABOVE THE BORDER THEME - IT WORKS - IT’S A GOOD BUSINESS MODEL - LOTS OF THOSE PEOPLE COME DOWN HERE FOR THEATER, SPORTS, SHOPPING, RIDE THE L, YOU NAME IT - BUT THEY WANT THIS FOOD AND DRINK OR THERE IS WITHDRAWAL. MOST OF MY MBA INSTRUCTORS WOULD FLAT OUT LAUGH AT THIS BUSINESS MODEL - BUT AGAIN IT WORKS WELL. KERI ONLY WHEN YOU CAN BE BEHIND HOME PLATE AND NOT FLIPPING SHEBOYGAN BRATS. SAM WHY DO THEY CALL IT TOMBSTONE PIZZA ANYWAY ? JOSH WELL THESE TWO GUYS OWNED A BAR ACROSS FROM THE TOWN’S CEMETERY CALLED TOMBSTONE TAP AND STARTED MAKING PIZZA.... AND THE REST IS HISTORY. WILL DIDN’T KRAFT BUY THEM A FEW YEARS BACK ? JOSH YES - AND THEY REPEATEDLY TRY TO BUY ZUERCHER’S SO THEY CAN BE THE TOTAL CHEESE MONOPOLY. BUT ZUERCHER’S IN SKOKIE WON’T BUDGE.

KERI OK - I’LL HAVE A CHEESE AND SAUSAGE DOUBLE CHEESE TOMBSTONE, A LEINIES, AND SOME ZUERCHER CHEESE CURDS - I’LL BAG THE DIET AND SAM YOU’LL JUST HAVE TO SAY THIS IS MY PLUMP GIRL FRIEND. WILL WELL SAM WILL SHARE SOME OF THIS WITH YOU KERI - THIS IS A DATE RIGHT ? KERI IT STARTED OUT AS A DATE AND NOW IT’S A COUNSELING SESSION. WILL ALL WE NEED IS MR. W. TO STOP IN - MAYBE HE’LL LIVEN THE PLACE UP. JOSH MR. W. WON’T BE IN UNTIL JUST BEFORE THE SEASON OPENS - BUT WE’RE GETTING AWFUL CLOSE. I SAW HIM IN HERE ONE MONTH AGO AND HE HAD A BREWERs MEDIA GUIDE 2008. WILL HE IS CLEARLY THE MOST SUSPICIOUS OF ANYONE I’VE EVER KNOWN - HE HAS NO PERSONALITY - ZERO. KERI HE JUST CHOOSES NOT TO SPEAK - IN FACT MOST GUYS ARE BETTER IF THEY ARE QUIET SINCE MOST WHINE - AND THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN A WHINY GUY - TRUST ME. SAM DO I WHINE KERI ? KERI AT TIMES WHEN YOU’VE BEEN ON CALL - BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND - I’D WHINE TOO IF I HAD TO WORK WITH THAT YOU KNOW WHAT MELANIE OVER THERE. SAM WELL I SERIOUSLY THINK THIS IS ALL ABOUT JOSH AND NOT ME - DIDN’T YOU SAY JOSH THAT MELANIE USED TO HANG AT BERNIE’S AND NOW IS COMING OVER HERE ? JOSH JUST A COUPLE OF TIMES . . . WILL I THINK SHE IS FLIRTING WITH YOU JOSH. KERI JOSH I WOULDN’T GET NEAR HER - SHE IS SUPER TROUBLE - I KNOW SHE IS CATHOLIC, CUTE, CUBs FAN, AND WON’T MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY

EVER - SOMETHING GOOD TO TAKE HOME TO MOM AND DAD - BUT BELIEVE ME - SHE IS TROUBLE. JOSH I’VE GOT A HANDLE ON THINGS - TRUST ME. KERI I’LL GIVE MELANIE THIS - SHE’S SMART - SHE KNOWS YOU’LL BE IN SOME HOT SHOT FIRM OR BUSINESS ALONG THE NORTHERN GOLD COAST ANYDAY - AND SHE WANTS ALONG FOR THE RIDE. I KNOW - SHE LOST SAM - WELL AT LEAST I THINK SHE DID. WILL THIS GUY OVER TO THE LEFT WANTS ANOTHER STOUT JOSH - HE MAY NEED A DRAMSHOP ACT. JOSH YES - I’LL TALK TO HIM. KERI HE HAS A LOUD MOUTH AND IS A BIG BULLS FAN. SAM IT IS TOTALLY SICK THAT WE COULD STILL MAKE THE PLAYOFFS AND HAVE PLAYED NO BETTER THAN A DEVELOPMENT TEAM. KERI YOU JUST NEVER KNOW - THE BULLS FLAT OUT ARE CAPABLE OF PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND MAKING A RUN. WILL A RUN INTO THE CELLAR. CAN YOU IMAGINE THE BULLS AGAINST SAY SHAQ AND PHOENIX ? JOSH THEY WOULD GET RUN INTO OHIO - ALL THE WAY ACROSS INDIANA. KERI WELL THEY DO HAVE A COUPLE CUTE AVAILABLE GUYS ON THAT TEAM SAM WHO CANNOT SCORE, DEFEND, DRIBBLE, SHOOT, OR PASS CONSISTENTLY. THAT’S ALL. WILL I STILL FEEL NOAH IS THE KEY - HE HAS SUCH SOFT HANDS AND HE IS TRULY THE WINNER OF THE BUNCH WITH LEADERSHIP QUALITIES. YOU DON’T WIN TWO NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS WITHOUT THIS. HECK IN THE FINALS HE WAS THE CHEERLEADER - HE DOES WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN.

JOSH BUT HE’S RIDING ON MONEY THESE DAYS - AND THAT CHANGES YOU. WILL THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF PRIDE IN MOST ATHLETES - HECK MICHAEL WOULD’VE PLAYED FOR FREE. KERI WELL WEIRD THINGS CAN HAPPEN - THESE GUYS ARE CAPABLE OF PUTTING A LITTLE RUN TOGETHER AND THOUGH WITHOUT HOME COURT - ACTUALLY COULD DO SOME DAMAGE IN THE PLAYOFFS. JOSH I’LL BELIEVE THAT WHEN I SEE IT - WE NEED MORE CONSISTENCY ON BOTH OFFENSE AND DEFENSE. WE MAY BE ABLE TO MUSTER SOME TRANSITION OFFENSE ALSO PERIODICALLY. KERI WE’VE GOT INJURIES, TIRED LEGS, CRITICAL FANS - AND A MEDIA THAT HAS CRUCIFIED THESE GUYS ALL YEAR. THE PERFECT SET UP FOR A RUN. HECK DUHON AND HINRICH ARE GUYS WITH PRIDE ALSO - THEY CAN MOUNT AN ATTACK AGAINST ANYONE. JOSH THE BULLS DEFENSE IS BASICALLY NON - EXISTENT - HAVE YOU SEEN THE STAT SHEETS ? WE’RE NEAR THE CELLAR IN MANY CATEGORIES. SAM IT IS A STRUGGLE FOR ME TO WATCH THE BULLS SOME NIGHTS ESPECIALLY ON CALL WHEN IT’S TRAUMA AFTER TRAUMA. KERI I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WOULD BE TOUGH TO WALK OUT OF THE OR AND TUNE IN AND WATCH THE BULLS IN THE DOCTOR’S LOUNGE - THINKING THE WORSE IS OVER UNTIL YOU WATCH OUR BULLS TEAM PERFORM. JOSH SAM - WELL HE DOESN’T GO TO THE DOCTOR’S LOUNGE - HE’S IN THE NURSE’S LOUNGE! SAM KERI - FINISH UP THAT LAST BITE OF THE TOMBSTONE, WEIGH YOURSELF, AND LET’S HEAD HOME. WILL SEE YOU GUYS.

End - Chapter 9, Clark & Addison