Actually yes, Bill Murray has a history of doing things like this. He’s a very nice guy in real life it turns out, of course, he’s a huge cubs fan.
I knew that he was a big Cubs fan. I just haven’t heard that much about his personal life or personal acts of kindness. I don’t know if I could trust someone who tries to kill those cute little gophers. ;-)
He really is a nice guy; met him years ago while working security at the Pebble Beach Pro/Am. He asked if I was Dan Aykroyd’s secret love child ( I bear a passing resemblance), stuck 2 hundred dollar bills in my palm when he shook my hand all while thanking me for being a good sport.
I met Joe Pesci later that same day, and he was not acting in Goodfellas or Casino. He is that guy, sans all the violence. Very friendly and genuine fellow.
I got to see a game at Wrigley. I’m a massive fan of baseball at all levels, but if you are a fan of baseball, you pretty much are a fan of the Cubs, and their fans.
Cub fans are loyal like only abused dogs are loyal. There are some amazing fan bases out there - the Cardinals fans are the nicest in the world - but Cub fans are human beings with hearts in a place like Chicago that doesn’t have one.
I fell in love with the Yanks when I was living in NYC and in the USCG. Steinbrenner himself told the stadium crew that anyone with a green card gets in for a dollar. It was an open secret.
You showed up at the press gate, you gave them a dollar (a subway token at the time was $1.25) and an old vet working the gate for that reason would take you to the third deck. You could bring your lunch too. How do you not love something only baseball would do? Ever hear the NFL do something like that for E-1 through E-3 even? Anywhere?
Boston fans are the most arrogant. The worst. San Diego fans are like Cub fans in a lot of respects, but they are itinerant because of the Navy. Hearing a game called in French in Montreal was surreal. They sort of loved their team there, the ones that showed up.
Saw a bunch of Phillies games in Philly. Decent folks. Oakland is a scary walk to the park, but a good place to watch a game. Candlestick was awesome. Hated that it closed. They new park is better in all respects, but the fans there are essentially yuppie scum. Probably worse than Boston fans now I’d saw, just for being such loud/proud a$$holes.
Mets fans are awesome. Like Cubs fans, but they got their cookie in the recent past. Loved watching games at Shea. One time I was there and a commercial heavy dropped suddenly about 200 feet above the stadium. The announcers even wet their drawers a little. (I was listening to the game on the radio in the ballpark, as I’m wont to do)
I’m just waiting for pitchers and catchers to report again. What an amazing season.