Back in April, you could only dream of a day like Sunday that began with a window-rattling thunderstorm and ended with a perfect summer night for a baseball game.
For a while, we thought it might never happen, thanks to belligerent owners, stubborn players and the inevitable squabble over money.
The Cubs and White Sox got together for an exhibition Sunday night at Wrigley Field to help shake the cobwebs from our heads and welcome back the game we love. In a few days, camp will end and it will be time to play for real.
“It’s really creeping up on us here,” Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito said on a teleconference.