"When Rich Cohen was eight years old, his father took him to see a Cubs game. On the way out of the park, his father asked him to make a promise. 'Promise me you will not become a Cubs fan. Because the Cubs do not win. And because of that, a Cubs fan will have a diminished life determined by low expectations...That team will screw up your life.' Cohen became not just a Cubs fan, but one of the most fanatical Cubs fans in the world. In The Chicago Cubs, he captures the story of the team, its players, and its crazy days. Billy Sunday and Ernie Banks, Three Finger Brown and Ryne Sandberg, Bill Buckner, the Bartman Ball, Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo--the early dominance followed by a 108-year trek across the wilderness. It's all here: not just what happened, but what it felt like and what it meant"--From publisher description.
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