Off topic

This is totally off topic -- I can't make even a tenuous Chicago link here -- but I'm watching Real Madrid v. Xerez from last weekend.  (ESPN360.com is a Godsend for sleepless nights.)  They keep showing the Xerez right back.  The kid's game and working hard, but clearly is in for a long day as Madrid's game plan is run the attack down the left.  That means the kid faces Ronaldo on one attack, then the next time they've switched and he's got Kaka.  Think about that.  I wonder if the kid slept a wink the night before the match.  Real Madrid ended up hammering Xerez 5-0 at Estadio Bernabeu.