Chicago

Chicago’s replacement team was nicknamed the “Spare Bears” and Payton was the quarterback of that fill-in squad.

He performed in Boston, Montreal and Toronto in late August and in early September had stops in Detroit, Chicago and Indianapolis.

When we were dating back in Chicago, he never came to my comedy shows and barely even acknowledged that I did comedy, which sent the message that he didn’t think I was funny.

“I didn’t want to miss any time playing baseball,” said Stephen, a Chicago Cubs fan and a catcher on the Rolling Hills Little League baseball team.

After that game, a win over the Chicago White Sox in early July, the stoic Kershaw finally acknowledged the chills of spending his entire career with one team, and the impact of his journey.