This whole season has been fun for me. I’ve been a fan since ‘77 and in August I said that this was my 3rd favorite season ever. It has now surpassed all of them, even if we lose tonight. ‘82 was a fun season but I was 14 and just assumed we’d be back and didn’t truly appreciate how special that season was. This team is just so easy to cheer for, to like. There isn’t a guy on the team that I think is a jag. Counsell has done a masterful job of getting these guys to play hard, even when their playing time was cut and/or they were sent down. Every guy in that clubhouse has bought in to the vision and Counsell has managed to the talent and strengths of the team. They have had several “beginning of the end” stretches this season, yet bounced back every time, they are so resilient and almost seem too “naive” to feel the pressure or even realize there is pressure. I won’t talk about all of them but they won the last 8 games of the regular season to clinch the division, including a road sweep of the Cards and the clincher in Wrigley. They had their backs against the wall last night and they stepped up once again. They are loose and having fun and are a pleasure for me to watch. I can’t tell anyone else how to fan but just enjoy this moment, enjoy this season... it’s been magical. And you never know, it may be another 36 years before you can do this again.