Chicago 365 Championship Central 1/3: Chicago Watches

     Well, what do you know?  After being humiliated by Nevada, and being advised by at least one Little League official to book passage home early to make it more streamlined, Jackie Robinson West reeled off 4 victories(including a win against Nevada) in a row to make it to the World Championship game.  Now what actually happened in the game will be the subject of the next part, but for now we'll be talking about the scene back in Chicago.  And what a scene it was.  Let's start down south. Jackie Robinson Park on 103rd Street has been the site of all the watch parties for their whole run dating all the way back to their Regional tournament. This game was no exception, except for a few differences.  This time, the watch party was at the Kroc Community Center, and there were even such people there as Pat Quinn, Bruce Rauner, and Rahm Emanuel.  But the big party was located downtown in the Loop.  And not just any part of the Loop, but right in front of the Chicago Theater.  The city actually went to the trouble of closing down State Street so that the viewing party could be held.  At this party, Chicagoans of all types turned out united in one desire: to see our boys from the Heights bring home the World Championship.  It was marvelous.  Of course the results of the game, not so much.  But that's for the next entry.