And while our magnificent pages and websites are always worth celebrating, her real cause for rejoicing has come this week as her baseball team edges to within one win of World Series glory.

Auntie Barb, who has taken a keen interest in Norfolk's public affairs since I started as a local democracy reporter here, also keeps a vested interest in the goings on of the Canaries.

And when I discussed our ongoing plight with her as we claimed a temporary reprieve at Charlton over the weekend, she pointed me to the success of City owner Mark Attanasio's other venture.

A smiley picture of me and Barb over the summer. You don't catch me grinning like this at Carrow Road these days... (Image: Newsquest)

The Brewers, which Attanasio bought for $223m in 2005, have reached their first World Series since 1982. They lead the Tampa Bay Rays 3-0.

Barb, who was 10 at the time, still remembers '82, and she has urged us Canaries to stay patient.

So should we?

Looking at the Brewers, you can see her point.

Milwaukee is the smallest market in Major League Baseball. Like Norwich, it is a proud sporting city a long way from the big-money giants.

When Attanasio took over, the Brewers had the lowest wage bill in their league. It took three seasons to reach the play-offs and the best part of 15 years to become genuine contenders.

This season they won a club-record 103 games, with a payroll roughly a third of the mighty Los Angeles Dodgers', who they swept aside to reach the final.

The formula is simple enough. Hire clever people and leave them alone. Spend on scouting, data and coaching rather than big names. Grow your own talent and profit off your stars before their wages get too expensive.

Sound familiar? It should. It is precisely the model we were sold.

The question is whether it will work in Norfolk too.

Attanasio says his Brewers success rests on four cornerstones: a perennially competitive team, the best fan experience, being a leader in the community, and being a place people want to work.

Hold Norwich up against that yardstick and it’s fair to be concerned. 

Perennially competitive? Since relegation we have finished 13th, sixth, 13th and ninth. In the summer, Attanasio talked of a push for the top two. We are currently 20th.

The best fan experience? Supporters have been charged for parking at Carrow Road since the summer, and the plan to move 3,000 season-ticket holders had to be shelved.

A place people want to work? Redundancies hit the club towards the end of last season.

Our 3-1 win at Charlton bought Ben Knapper and Philippe Clement a bit of time.

But there are still big question marks over whether the people at the top can deliver a successful strategy in a league this unforgiving.

Attanasio has already put a decent chunk of change in the club,  but the project is yet to take off. He also appears to have not yet won the hearts of fans.

Take last week: Norwich City put out a post wishing the Brewers luck in the World Series, and it was met with a host of Canaries cheering on their opponents, the Tampa Bay Rays.

Much of that comes from our shocking form. But it also stems from Attanasio's absence from Carrow Road for the moving tribute to Michael Wynn Jones before the Portsmouth game. 

It did not help that his son Mike reportedly started blocking Norwich fans on X when they raised their frustrations.

But in truth, I can't blame our owners for staying in Milwaukee. 

They’re enjoying watching the team they have loved and owned for decades on the brink of making history.

While I’m by no means intending to downplay the tribute, or life, of Wynn Jones, the Attanasios deserve to be lapping up their success, as I'm sure many of us would do.

The trouble is, City fans are tired of being the forgotten stepchild. We want to see success, and soon, given the promises and commitments of our owners and management.  

And it’s hard to be patient in this division. 

Delia would tell you the best dishes take time. Milwaukee's success has been a slow cook.

But the Championship doesn't give you all day in the oven. 

There is no relegation in baseball. A bad Brewers season costs fans a summer. A bad City season can cost us a division.

And when the Brewers struggle, Milwaukee also has the Bucks, their NBA team to rely on. If they aren’t performing they can look to the Green Bay Packers, Wisconsin’s NFL team. 

Norwich City is all that we've got.

So should Attanasio's baseball success give us hope? A little. It proves he can build something special without a bottomless chequebook, and that he sticks around when times are hard.

Despite the Californian's limited number of appearances at Carrow Road, he’s shown a genuine interest in the club and the county. 

I really appreciated his appearance on Radio Norfolk when times were tough under Liam Manning. There are a lot of owners who wouldn’t have done such a thing. 

So, despite my concerns with Knapper, who I believe is out of his depth, we should not yet turn on our owners. It could be a lot worse.

We’ve shown we can be a patient bunch - that roaring away end at Charlton was testament to that.

But patience needs evidence that the plan is working, not just promises that it will.

Barb tells me good things come to those who wait. Let’s just hope City fans aren’t waiting 44 years like her for our next big day out in the sun.