My Cubbies Made It!

I supported the Chicago Cubs as a kid, then as a pre-teen, and even later, to a lesser intensity. They had talented big-time players. Hank Sauer, always in "clean-up" position, hit LOTS of home runs. Ralph Kiner, a big bruiser, who wielded one of the heaviest bats in professional baseball, (40 ounces, I think) also clean-up. Pitcher Howie Pollett, Bob Feller, Ernie Banks and Gene Baker,. black guys at short and 2nd., nobody got a ground ball past them.

Old Jack Brickhouse, announcer since who knew when, along with his side-kick Vince Lloyd, kept every presentation lively. "Hey-hey". Way to go, Ernie!

The Cubs were the disparaged, unpopular, always at the bottom of the heap. I loved them anyway. Tonight I love them even more.

After 78 years without a win in the World Series, tonight they clinched it against Cleveland! Topped with the fact that the last World Series they played in was 1948, Whew, those guys must have picked up some GOOD talent in recent years!

You GO, Cubbies!

frank

 

I thought I heard it was 108 years @Frank Sanoica.

 

I was rooting for them. I thought they blew it when they took the starting pitcher out when he was ding so good.
It was 108 years since they won the world series. I can understand you not remembering @Frank Sanoica , you were pretty young back then.

 

What a game!! The election will be a breeze after last night's game. I followed it on twitter and it was CRAZY!

It's been 108 years since they won and they won this game in the 10th inning with a score of 8. 108...neat!!

I talked to my son, their number 1 fan and he said it was agonizing to watch. Said he recorded it and will watch it again tonight and enjoy it.

 

MY CUBBIES won!

 

I was wrong. It was 68 years since they had played in the Series, and 108 years since they had WON playing in the Series.
Frank

 

@Ken Anderson
The Cubs were consistently "in the basement" while I was a fan, while growing up. When I was in grade school, beginning in 7th. grade, continuing much more actively in the 8th., I played softball with the graduates who were already in high school. They knew no one could get to a pop foul as quickly as I, and catch it with one hand! The guys called me "Hands"!

As those guys got really big, a few became able to hit the ball up onto the flat gymnasium roof, a good distance of at least 175 feet, to get it up there, maybe close to 200. Only one monkey enough to shin up the lock and hinges of the lower storage door, up onto the first roof, then up a downspout to the second (the stage was under that one), then the biggie, up the downspout to the high roof, to retrieve the ball, was me! Took me all of about 5 minutes. Those big "Clinchers", 16-inch softballs, were expensive!

So, I followed the Cubs. Some of their players became world-renowned, Ernie Banks, Bob Feller, and Hank Sauer, for instance. The White Sox were over-rated, and over-emphasized I always thought. The Cubs were berated in other ways, aside from being at the bottom of the "heap": Wrigley Field was one of the only major league ballparks with no lights! When they finally got them, I think I had already left Chicago forever.
Frank

 

I've been to many games at Wrigley Field. I agree @Ken Anderson , there is something special about my cubbies.

 

I was rooting for Cleveland but its always good to see a curse broken. congrads Cubs. to bad Harry didn't get to see it

 

Yea, he was something else! He was there when I lived in Chicago and surrounding suburbs.

 

Congratulations Cubs!

 

Harry became prominent after Jack Brickhouse and Vince Lloyd, who were around in the 1950s, doing both Wrigley Field games as well as Comiskey Park.

 

I remember hearing the names but really don't remember them.

 

I thought this was a touching thing to do...Cub fans were writing the names of loved ones who have died and didn't get to see their Cubbies win a World Series.


http://wgntv.com/2016/11/01/cubs-fa...s-not-here-for-world-series-on-wrigley-walls/

There is just something special about Cubs fans.