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As the 2016 chicago cubs continue to charge furiously toward destiny, threatening to reverse more than a century of futility, now is a good time to look back at some of the teams history. Billy sunday and ernie banks, three finger brown and ryne sandberg, bill buckner, the bartman ball, kris bryant, anthony rizzothe early dominance followed by a 107 year trek across the wilderness. Display your spirit with officially licensed chicago cubs office supplies, home furnishings, and more from the. The author was franklin pierce adams who was a chicago cubs fan, a sportswriter for the new york evening mail and a poet thanks to an article that his editors said was too short making him pen baseballs sad lexicon to fill that space while on his way to cover a game at the polo grounds. Apr 21, 2017 in my cubs, nprs scott simon writes of the power of stories which have fostered the legend of baseballs perennial losers. All those years we have branded them flubs im referring of course to the cubs but theyve broken the curse. Nov 08, 2016 cubs win 2016 world series via wikicommons.
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