It only seems apt to run the Stray Cast here.
After all, this Web log is named for the Stray Cast, which has snapped off the end of the outdoors column in the Sun-Times on Wednesdays since April 2, 2003.
Here’s today’s:
The Sox season feels like the boat ride I took on Lake Michigan on Aug. 17. The Cubs season looks like splashing in a kiddie pool.