Nomar Looks Happy

Big Red C hits on a point that I was thinking about....

So, as long as I'm wallowing in the morass of subjective impressions, how cool was it when Nomar asked for the ball after his first hit as a Cub? I'm no psychologist, but I don't think players who view their time with a team as a short-term rental agreement ask for sentimental souvenirs of their stint in uniform.

He looked like a man who wanted to be where he was (and who wouldn't, with the reception he got?), and who might want to stay there for a long time. And you know what? That'd be just fine by me.

Compare Nomar's facial expressions yesterday and over the last couple months and you saw more smiles and laughter out of him in one day than you probably saw in the last 18 months.