Deep in the winter, we won just about the best lottery of them all: the chance to buy tickets to selected Red Sox games. (OK, the absolute best lottery prize would have been free tickets to front row, Green Monster seats.) Normally, our choice would have been a Yankees game, but this year, we chose to see the Cubs, who, of course, broke their own curse in 2016. Fenway in April can be risky—we've gone to games so cold that you need a winter parka and lots of coffee to stave off hypothermia—but today the temperature got into the 80s and the wind never came off the chilly water. This was tee-shirt weather throughout, and the game was nail-biter close, with the Sox getting an early lead and the Cubs steadily chipping away. It was 5–4 going into the top of the ninth, with the Sox ahead and closer Craig Kimbrel on the mound to try to finish things off. For whatever reason, we rarely bear witness to a win when we visit Fenway, but Kimbrel was in full command. This is strike three... game over... Praise be.