May 19, 2016: Remember the UC

Leave the parking lot.  Turn onto Wells.  Jump on the Eisenhower.  Get off on Damen.  Head north.  That’s the typical first 5 steps of my drive home Monday through Friday.  And as I drive north down Damen and pass the UC on my right side, I think WOW.. I can’t believe there’s nobody playing at the UC.

Yes, I know… there are plenty of artists playing there… lots of concerts, etc, but no Bulls or Blackhawks.  Sad.  It’s Conference Finals time and we’ve been shutout.

I think it would be unanimous that we would be more surprised about the Blackhawks not being there, but the Bulls are equally as disappointing..if not as surprising as the Hawks.  Take a look at the 2 teams in the Eastern Conference Finals, and tell me the Bulls record against them this year.  I’m pretty sure it’s 5-1.  What gives?  Well, we don’t want to go through the rubbage that was the 2015-2016 Chicago Bulls season, but if they had made the playoffs, IF they had got in, why couldn’t they have got to this point?  We own Toronto.  Miami would have been tough… yeah, maybe we wouldn’t have got past them.  But outside of them, well, I’m kind of talking myself out of this argument, since this past year’s Bulls team could lose to anybody at any time, and THAT’S why they didn’t make the cut.  Either way, a ECF meeting with Cleveland would have been the same result as the previous years.  At the end of the day, we still would have been unable to beat LBJ when it counts.  And that’s the bottom line.

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The Bulls did poke their head up again this week, at the NBA draft lottery.  So much for tanking, missing the playoffs for a chance at a top pick.  No such luck this year… the Bulls ended with 14, and it’s anybody’s guess who we will take.  Maybe a trade?  Package that pick with a player or two and get somebody we really want… unless we think we’ll get somebody we really like at 14.

Back to baseball now… although at some point, we need to bring up those Bears again.  For now, let’s enjoy our first place teams, and get out and see them!  Head to Wrigley… head to the Cell… let’s not worry about that dormant UC, and let’s make those places hopping. Remember the UC, but let’s live in the moment.  Baseball season is just getting rolling.