Well I'll tell you one thing - the Cubs didn't play worth a hoot this year. So, we decided not to give it to a Cub. Harold voiced an opinion for Mike Fontenot - after-all he was the only Cub on the World Series winning team. And I could see Sloop's point that Marlon Byrd should get the nod - seeings as how his stellar play during the All Star Game gave the Giants home field advantage in that series.
But after some heated exchanges around the card-table we decided to give this years MVP to:
The FBI.
The FBI.
You see, it was the FBI who foiled a plot to detonate a bomb right near Wrigley Field. A fella by the name of Sami Samir Hassoun put what he thought was enough TNT to blow up a city block in a trash can less than a block from Clark and Addison.
This here trash can would have been the epicenter of the explosion
Now, I can't tell you how life would have changed around these parts if the long arm of the law hadn't prevented this tragedy. I can tell you that whining about how we haven't fielded a World Series team for over 100 years would have seemed a tad less important.
And even if the damage wouldn't have reached the glorious red marquee that proudly hangs on our beloved Stadium - the innocence of heading to watch a baseball game would have never been the same. I can't even imagine how security in and around would have changed. You'd have heavily armed police patrolling the aisles with bomb sniffing dogs. You'd have idiots calling in bomb threats clearing the stands mid-game. Who knows if people would even show to watch. One way or the other, this event would have spelled the end of something special or just maybe it would have been the very end of Wrigley Field herself.
This here trash can would have been the epicenter of the explosion
Now, I can't tell you how life would have changed around these parts if the long arm of the law hadn't prevented this tragedy. I can tell you that whining about how we haven't fielded a World Series team for over 100 years would have seemed a tad less important.
And even if the damage wouldn't have reached the glorious red marquee that proudly hangs on our beloved Stadium - the innocence of heading to watch a baseball game would have never been the same. I can't even imagine how security in and around would have changed. You'd have heavily armed police patrolling the aisles with bomb sniffing dogs. You'd have idiots calling in bomb threats clearing the stands mid-game. Who knows if people would even show to watch. One way or the other, this event would have spelled the end of something special or just maybe it would have been the very end of Wrigley Field herself.
So from all of us at The Wrigley Blog - Thank you FBI for catching this hooligan. We owe you a cold one.
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