True story...

[Butcher]

A friend of mine, who is a die-hard Cubs fan, called me on Saturday and said, "Guess who I just saw at Dick's Sporting Goods shopping for Cubs fleece pants?"

The first person who came to mind was my high school tennis coach -- an African-American man who had a thing for Zubaz pants (remember those?) and was a big-time Cubs fan. He's the first person I could picture wearing fleece Cubs pants.

"Wrong. Try again. Someone famous."

"John Cusack."

"No."

"Am I going to get this eventually?"

"Someone not everyone likes."

"Bob Brenly?"

"You're warmer."

"Len Kasper?"

"Nope."

"Just tell me, dude."

"Jim Hendry."

Of course, the first question I had for him was, "Why the hell was Hendry shopping for Cubs shit? Can't he get whatever Cubs shit he wants for free?"

Anyway, it turns out that he wasn't shopping for himself -- he was shopping for Christmas gifts. My buddy said they chatted for a few minutes and he was really friendly. My buddy asked, "Is Bradley going to be a Cub?" Hendry said, "He'd be a great left-handed bat for us." Obviously he wasn't going to give up any goodies to a random dude at Dick's Sporting Goods...

Something about the image of Jim Hendry shopping for fleece Cubs pants made me laugh...

The End.