It’s all about chipping in

OK, Chicago Cubs fans, here’s your chance to put up or shut up. Anyone who has ever had their baseball hopes shredded like September ivy on a stadium wall can pitch in $1 – just one buck – and maybe we can raise enough dough to take the team off poor, beleaguered Sam Zell’s hands, now that he has a real, live bankruptcy to ride herd on.

With a century of disappointment dogging Cubs Nation the length and breadth of this great land, I’m sure we could raise something in the neighborhood of nine figures. Maybe even the new residents of the White House could do a little giving back? And the nominee for Secretary of State, an old West Sider herself and no slouch in the fundraising department?

And, just to make sure we have enough of a cushion, anyone who has ever been annoyed by an obnoxious Cubbie fan in a watering hole more than 50 miles outside The Loop can chunk in 50 cents. In return, we’ll issue special “tell someone who cares” cards that requires all crying in beers over yet another flubbed season to be done out of earshot of the bearer.

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