>>>BlackHawks! My condolences. <g> And I thought I had it bad as a Bears fan! I never got into Hockey, (I guess I could only take SO MUCH disappointment)
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>>What? Are you a Cubs fan too? Hey, Bears are gonna be pretty good this year. We know they'll be able to score (who ever thought they'd say that about the Bears?) and they've tried to upgrade the defense. Last year's 6-10 could've been 10-6 with a few breaks. I'll be surprised if they don't at least contend for a playoff spot. I wouldn't be surprised at all for them to be in the playoffs. IOW, I'm setting myself up for disappointment.
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>Did it show? (Don't tell anyone, but I like both teams about the same -- Cubs over Sox when they play each other) Until a few years ago that didn't matter.

Well, the Cubs are synonomous (sp?) with disappointment. Same here, despite growing up on the South Side, I've always been more of a Cub fan, but root for and watch the Sox when they're on WGN down here. I've been taking a razzing from my co-workers. We have five different front license plates (Cubs, Sox, Bears, Bulls, and Blackhawks) that we rotate depending on the season. One of the baseball teams gets the summer months and, this year, it happened to be the Sox. I usually talk about the Cubs this being a National League area, so now I'm being accused of being a "front runner" because of the front tag.< g >

>Yeah, the Bears show promise. Like many years. I just pray the kicking game isn't SUCH a big factor this year. That doesn't seem to have improved. Kevin?? Butthead?? Where are you when we need you?

You got that right. Just someone who's reliable from 40 yards in. Is that too much to ask for?