In the middle of tonight's game, the jumbotron camera focused on a woman holding up a sign that said: "We Still Believe."
I'm not sure who was coming up to bat, but I remember that I looked down at him, and watched him look up at the screen.
Maybe he got a little inspiration from that sign? I wish it had registered more clearly in my mind...who it was and what happened next.
But it doesn't really matter except that it was about hope.
That's one of the many things I've loved this season: No matter how bad it looks, no matter how painful the last loss -- there is always another inning, or another game, or another season.
Or tonight, another at-bat and a hope (fulfilled) for a walk-off home run.
True, if my hope has to stretch itself thin over the next seven months to carry me to the possibility of 2009, it won't feel good.
But it won't make me stop believing, either. Not completely.
Ask any Cubs fan and they'll tell you from 100 years of experience: Hope is what keeps the ball in play.
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