Bibliograph

The Chicago Cubs, story of a curse, Rich Cohen

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The Chicago Cubs, story of a curse, Rich Cohen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

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contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsphotographsplates

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Chicago Cubs

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Rich Cohen

Sub title

story of a curse

Summary

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 never be a Cubs fan. The Cubs do not win, he explained, and because of that, a Cubs fan will have a diminished life determined by low expectations. That team will screw up your life. As a result, Cohen became not just a Cubs fan but one of the biggest Cubs fans in the world. In this book, he captures the story of the team, its players and crazy days. A mix of memoir, reporting, history and baseball theology, this book, forty years in the making, has never been written because it never could be―only with the 2016 World Series can the true arc of the story finally be understood

Table Of Contents

"There's no rooting in the press box" -- "Don't hate on '08" -- 1060 West Addison Street -- Big shoulders, tiny feet -- Year of the goat -- The wilderness -- The chemo coach -- The red line -- The big question -- What is the sound of one Cubs fan not clapping? -- Got milk? Got pot. -- Go Cubs go! -- Post-season -- World Series! -- Game seven -- Afterward

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Story of a curse

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