…..in their ivy covered burial ground?
Gosh. Spring Training has just kicked off and I’m catching baseball fever. I’ll admit that the Cubs have broken my heart in the past. But every spring I forgive them and get giddy with anticipation.
This Saturday is the first televised Cubs Spring Training game. It’s sure to be a snooze fest for the most part, and will probably be played by mostly minor leaguers trying to prove they have big league stuff, but I can’t wait. I bleed Cubbie blue, and all that.
The late, great singer/songwriter Steve Goodman grew up in a Chicago suburb and was a Cubs fanatic. His song “A Dying Cubs Fan’s Last Request” sums up the frustration and die hard devotion many Cubs fans feel.
This song was written in the 80′s, but the facts still hold true; the cubs still haven’t been to the World Series since “the year we dropped the bomb on Japan” (The last time they came close (and oh, it was soo close!) was the year of the Steve Bartman incident). Some say the team is cursed by a billy goat.
Baloney. I lift my imaginary Old Style to the Chicago Cubs, and the 2010 baseball season.
Dawn:
Great to see your affectionate Cubs post that invokes Steve Goodman’s “A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request.” Goodman often doesn’t get his due. You might be interested in my 800-page biography, “Steve Goodman: Facing the Music.” The book delves deeply into the genesis, context and effects of “A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request” and its semi-sequel, “Go, Cubs, Go.”
You can find out more at my Internet site (below). Amazingly, the book’s first printing sold out in just eight months, all 5,000 copies, and a second printing of 5,000 is available now. The second printing includes hundreds of little updates and additions, including 30 more photos for a total of 575. It won a 2008 IPPY (Independent Publishers Association) silver medal for biography.
If you’re not already familiar with the book, I hope you find it of interest. ‘Nuff said.
Clay Eals
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Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog. I’m glad you could enjoy a nice Old Style while you were there. I’m anxiously awaiting this years new cans almost as much as the new season. Spring training is so exciting and yet so boring at the same time. This is the year! Go Cubs!