Is this it? Is this what rock bottom feels like?

The Cubs score two cheap runs on two cheap wind-carried home runs. As payback the Sox, the mighty Sox, the South Side Hitmen, the Sleeping Giants from the Tough Part of Town answer with one cheap wind-carried home run of their own, then stick with the script and hand the game over in the 9th. Meanwhile 12 Sox go down on strikes. Cubs 5, Sox 1.

It wasn’t all bad news, however: The Most Grindy Man In The World finally discovered the secret to keeping a Sox hitter’s average from plummeting.

No sooner was this game over than my phone started beeping to life with all kinds of baseball-related messages. Things like “Sox suck,” “Sox really suck,” “I hate the Sox,” and “I hate the Cubs.”

You and me both, friends. You and me both.