When Dreams Change

We were
sitting in his office – him, leaning back in his chair with his feet on his
desk, me, in the swivel chair across from him with my feet tucked
beneath me, spinning myself around and around and around as I tried
to make a decision.

I had been
planning the cross-country move for more than a decade. I attended
university after high school like my parents wanted, even earning a “sensible
degree” in economics – but my passion had always been horses. The deal
was that if I graduated from university, my parents would support me in
whatever I chose to do next, even if that meant moving 3000 miles
away to study horses at the best school of its kind in the country.

Hours
earlier I had received a letter from that school informing me thatThe Chicago Cubs are looking to add a catcher, and as the trade deadline looms ahead, one of the players they’re showing interest in is Rene Rivera.

The surging Cubs, neck and neck with the Milwaukee Brewers for the top spot in the NL Central, are looking to add someone that will back up Willson Contreras, their starting catcher. They have been looking at Alex Avila of the Detroit Tigers, but have recently turned their attention to Rivera as well.

The Mets aren’t going anywhere this season (12 games behind the Nationals in the NL East, 4 games under .500), and with the veteran Rivera becoming a free agent at the end of the season, it makes sense to find a deal for him that might land them something.

Rivera, 34,