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I'm in a Chicago 'burb right now. Not returning to my west coast Florida abode till the hurricanes decide to stop coming up from the Caribbean like beads on a rosary.

Anyway, I go into this little sports store in the strip mall today. Nobody ever goes there except maybe on weekends. Today, the joint was loaded. Sox shirts, Sox hats, Sox patches, Sox jackets, Sox pajamas, Sox boxer shorts.....all being carted out the door like Katrina Night in downtown New Orleans.

I picked out this cool White Sox cap. Looked good on me. The kid said white on black was my color. I said "Wrap it up. By the way, how much?"

He said "$29.95".

I said, "You're kidding, pal."

He said, "Nope, $29.95 it is."

I said, "Wrap it up. You guys are really makin' out this week, right?"

He said, "You better believe it....this is better than owning a gas station right now."

The reason I was willingly extorted is because I'll wear it in Florida when I return. My neighborhood is full of transplanted NYC and New Joisey liberals who think the Yankees are the only team in the world.

If the White Sox win, I'll flauntingly wear this cap in front of them all......in the streets, on the beaches, in the Publix, in the mall.....and I'll even wear it to church on Sunday with my new black cleats with extra-long white laces.

Anyway, I go into this little sports store in the strip mall today. Nobody ever goes there except maybe on weekends. Today, the joint was loaded. Sox shirts, Sox hats, Sox patches, Sox jackets, Sox pajamas, Sox boxer shorts.....all being carted out the door like Katrina Night in downtown New Orleans.

We have a nominee for Post of the Week. That is freakin hilarious!

I'm a native Chicagoan living in St. Louis. Monday morning I hit a few sports stores at a couple of malls. I was looking for a shirt with the Sox's "Chicago" script (see below) across the front. No such luck. Almost NO Chicago White Sox shirts at all. Not from a run on them, but because they never stocked Sox shirts here. Lots of Cubs shirts, though.

"The reason I was willingly extorted is because I'll wear it in Florida when I return. My neighborhood is full of transplanted NYC and New Joisey liberals who think the Yankees are the only team in the world.

If the White Sox win, I'll flauntingly wear this cap in front of them all......in the streets, on the beaches, in the Publix, in the mall.....and I'll even wear it to church on Sunday with my new black cleats with extra-long white laces."

Now THAT's what I love about the midwest!

I'm from St. Lou. I'm lovin' this series!