NPR's Scott Simon's personal, heartfelt reflections on his beloved
Chicago Cubs, replete with club lore, memorable anecdotes, frenetic
fandom and wise and adoring intimacy that have made the world champion
Cubbies baseball's most tortured--and now triumphant--franchise.
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Heartbreak and hope. Charmed and haunted. My Cubs is Scott Simon's
love letter to his Chicago Cubs, World Series winners for the first time
in over a century. Replete with personal reflections, club lore,
memorable anecdotes, and tales of frenetic fandom, My Cubs recounts
the franchise's pivotal moments with the wise and adoring intimacy of a
long-suffering devotee and Chicago native. Simon illustrates how the
condition of "Cubness" has defined the life of so many Chicagoans and
how the team's fortunes became intertwined with the aspirations of its
faithful. With the curse finally broken on November 2, 2016, My Cubs
is the perfect portrayal of paradise lost and found.