Joe Maddon – an old hippie with a scraggly white beard who’s become rich and famous beyond even his wildest dreams – looked out at Grant Park through his designer sunglasses.
“Welcome to Cubstock 2016,” Maddon said, standing on stage next to the World Series trophy. “I wasn’t there in ’69. But I wish Richie Havens was here today, man. That would be outstanding.”
An estimated five million people flooded the streets of Chicago on Friday to watch a championship parade that had been 108 years in the making. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity reminded you of another Cubs manager, Lee Elia’s classic rant about how “85 percent of the f------ world’s working.