The World According to Tribune

Cubune watcher Brian Dykes writes with his take on today's Tribune sports page:

"I absolutely love the cover of the sports page of the Cubune today: A shrink's-couch picture for the slumping Sox (like nobody goes through a slump during a season), and a smiling Dusty Baker of the "Everything is Rosy" Chicago Cubs (like they don't know what a 98 year slump is!). That paper never fails to make me laugh on a daily basis!"

There's definitely some context missing from the page. If you take today's Tribune as a snapshot of our times, the 59-41, 2005-champion White Sox need a psychiatrist, while the 40-61, 1908-champion Cubs get a smiley face. That's a pretty myopic view of the state of affairs, since the White Sox, at least, are still in the race.

At the Cubune, spinning is as good as winning.