Cub Tracks’ spring greens Share this story The only pain as exquisite as that of the Cubs fan is pain au chocolat, which is even more delicious with cafe au lait. And hey, there’s goes the lede... I remember when being a division title contender was a pipe dream, and the weed wasn’t even that good. Chicago window box, man. It has a short season, like the Cubs did in those days. But then the Cubs’ organization led us to believe that their mostly homegrown team would be a well-managed perennial world title contender, the cream of the crop, and they’re not, but they did win a World Series and made the playoffs a few more times. So expectations have been adjusted upward. The weed is better these days, but it’s distributed by ‘the Man’. Some of the thrill is gone. It’s like when Jerry Rubin went Wall Street. Ironic.