From a reader:

“I grew up in Champaign, Illinois, which is midway between Chicago and St. Louis. I played baseball briefly and badly in Little League for the Mittendorf Funeral Home Panthers. And at an age too tender for making life decisions, I had to make a choice between being a Cub fan looking north and a Cardinal fan looking south. All my friends became Cardinal fans and grew up happy and liberal. I became a Cub fan and a gloomy conservative.”
– George F. Will, “Will Hails Game’s Return to D.C.”, by Alan Schwarz, Baseball America, Issue No. 521, page 7 (October 10, 2005).