I watched the Cubs as a kid in the 1970s because there didn't seem to be much else to watch during the day in the summer. And we only had about 12 channels, and WGN was a big one. I watched the excitement of the 1984 team that made the playoffs with all the memorable nicknames: the Bull, the Penguin, the Sergeant, and the Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg, ace Rick Sutckiffe, Haray Caray favorite Jody Davis....
Again in 1989, it wasn't meant to be. I was a hard core Expo fan by then, but if not my Montreal Expos, why not the good ole' Cubs? Sammy Sosa hit his hundreds of homers in the 1990s, but to no avail.
Could this be real? Does a 5 year-old from Illinois exist somewhere on the earth, who would now be 103? Could a living person remember? Certainly the geriatric have memories of their parents and grandparents who talk about it. The 1908 World Champions.
Ahh, the nostalgia and wonder...
Those Lovable losers! Who needs to win championships? This is a pastoral game to be enjoyed.
Cubs fans like the game, win or lose. Purists.
"Let's play two!" said Mr. Cub Ernie Banks, a great player who never made the World Series with the Cubs, mostly in the 1960s, long before Wrigley Field adopted lights for night games.
The park and city and club was for purists. And decade after decade, generation after generation, for losers.
Bartman proved it in 2003.
The Curse of the Goat was real.
So tonight?
Could all that futility end?
It ... just... might.
And history will end. The Mayan calendar was four years off.
Or ... the Indians will do it for the first time since 1948.
Not bad for baseball , either way.
Let's play two!
Win one.
Game 7, it's all in the 9 or so innings tonight.
1908. Was it Teddy Roosevelt back then? How many Americans had radios?
2016.
Get ready social media, it's your time to shine, win or lose.
Cubs.
Again in 1989, it wasn't meant to be. I was a hard core Expo fan by then, but if not my Montreal Expos, why not the good ole' Cubs? Sammy Sosa hit his hundreds of homers in the 1990s, but to no avail.
Could this be real? Does a 5 year-old from Illinois exist somewhere on the earth, who would now be 103? Could a living person remember? Certainly the geriatric have memories of their parents and grandparents who talk about it. The 1908 World Champions.
Ahh, the nostalgia and wonder...
Generations of Cubs Fans: Tonight might be the Time
Hope springs eternal for Cub fans. There's always next year...Those Lovable losers! Who needs to win championships? This is a pastoral game to be enjoyed.
Cubs fans like the game, win or lose. Purists.
"Let's play two!" said Mr. Cub Ernie Banks, a great player who never made the World Series with the Cubs, mostly in the 1960s, long before Wrigley Field adopted lights for night games.
The park and city and club was for purists. And decade after decade, generation after generation, for losers.
Bartman proved it in 2003.
The Curse of the Goat was real.
So tonight?
Could all that futility end?
It ... just... might.
And history will end. The Mayan calendar was four years off.
Or ... the Indians will do it for the first time since 1948.
Not bad for baseball , either way.
Let's play two!
Win one.
Game 7, it's all in the 9 or so innings tonight.
1908. Was it Teddy Roosevelt back then? How many Americans had radios?
2016.
Get ready social media, it's your time to shine, win or lose.
Cubs.
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