Posted on 05/06/2013 5:37:42 PM PDT by rhema
Agreed. Too many memories of Wrigley, and just about all good. Especially June 23, 1984. Best baseball game I will ever see. The bad was getting back to my friend’s place and discovering my Mustang Mach 1 had been stolen. I had to make a car theft report to some skeptical Chicago cops after an extra inning game at Wrigley.
Heaven is a warm, sandy beach. Across the road behind the beach is Wrigley Field. You can’t miss it; it’s right between the Indianapoplis Motor Speedway and IU’s Assembly Hall. Unfortunately, I suspect the Cubs lose in Heaven too.
The Cubs were one game away from winning the World Series in 1945 (they lost 4 games to 3 to Detroit). That’s the last time they played in the World Series, although they almost made it in 1984 (when they would have had a chance to lose to the Tigers again—San Diego lost 4 games to 1).
Miserable as it must be to wear that uniform, it doesn't help that the owner wants to put up a Jumbotron with the money. It tells me he thinks the team isn't good enough to bring in the crowds, he needs another medium for that.
I can watch TV at home, thank you.
The Cubs were one game away from winning the World Series in 1945 . . .. . . and the Texas Rangers twice were a strike away from winning the Series in 2011.
Close counts only in horseshoes, hand grenades, and (I think) atomic bombs . . . unfortunately.
So...whatcher tellin’ me is that the M’s have to win two World Series in order to catch up to the Cubbies. Oh, thanks a lot. Let me just go shoot myself now...
So...whatcher tellin’ me is that the M’s have to win two World Series in order to catch up to the Cubbies. Oh, thanks a lot. Let me just go shoot myself now...If my New York Mess (er, Mets) and my Boston Red Sox could do it in my lifetime (do not ask my Class A drug bill in October 1986!!!), anything can happen.
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