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...forward to Sunday football games was one of the few reprieves from the cold, dreary, snowy, and generally depressing weather. Every kid who lived in Chicago during the 1990s knew that their career of choice was to be Michael Jordan and also knew, for better or worse, that the Cubs?? annual late season collapse was an essential part of the calendar year. After home teams have given us so many memorable childhood experiences, they deserve lifelong fans, supporters who will come to their defense in any city, in any game, at any time...
...lived in the fantasy world created by so-called “experts,” right now everybody would be talking about how President-elect Hillary Clinton, fresh off her defeat of Mitt Romney, was going to throw out the first pitch at the World Series champion Chicago Cubs?? first home game next season...
...might happen, you want me to sing it?” Darnielle asked the crowd. “If you had written a song called ‘Red Sox in Five,’ would you be singing it now?” Despite the fragility of the Cubs?? post-season hopes, Darnielle plunged into the simple song, a tale of impossibility and frustration. All this baseball mopery may not seem relevant, but it’s what made the Mountain Goats show so touching. For me, at least. I’m sure there were people...
...drought since 1918, and we Sox fans still curse ourselves for bringing the curse upon us: selling Babe might have been the greatest mistake ever for the city. But Chicago has been absent from the Series for a decade longer and ostensibly for a far more ridiculous reason. The Cubs?? drought has nothing to do with management decisions. Instead, they say it’s because a popular and powerful pub owner was not allowed to bring his goat in to Wrigley Field, even though the goat had a ticket. Furious, the man pronounced, “Never...
...Chicago, it lies in the heart of the Midwest, which is begging for some sign of life. The Sox haven’t won since 1918, but the Cubs?? dry spell stretches back...
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