Yes.

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We were running things back in the aughts.

Apropos of nothing ... Jimmy Shorts & Harry Caray

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

1987...Dawson...Hooked

And I was so excited when they got him back a couple years later.

But, it turns out, SPOILER ALERT, he wasn't very good.

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Since the summer of 1985 or 1986. I was 3 or 4 at the time. I was a Cubs fan first and months later became a Sox fan.

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GO BEARS!!!

Became an avid fan in 1977.

They actually were quite good that year until they faded.

Favorite players over the years: Kingman, Buckner, Dunston, Dawson, Cliff Johnson (lol), Dick Tidrow, many more.

Anyone remember Mike Vail??

Also was a big fan of Lou Boudreau and Vince Lloyd!

Mike Vail, good 'ol #27, tremendous pinch hitter.

Always thought he could hit .400 if they played him everyday.

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Yea he could hit for sure.

Remember Scot Thompson? Promising start and gone after what, 3-4 years?

When I was four or five ('72 or '73) my aunt and uncle bought me a full Cubs' uniform with Jose Cardenal's number 1 on the back. I did not, however, have the afro required to complete the ensemble.

My family got our first color TV from JCPenny in the mid-70s. The first thing I saw on it was a Cub game at Wrigley Field and I remember ohh-ing and aah-ing over how green the ivy looked.

Favorite players were Cardenal, DeJesus, Kingman, and Buckner.

Good ol' #18, bad mustache. Can't rely on a Scott with a missing "t".

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So odd Tad as I know you that it was a Cubs family but you were not the only one by us.

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True. Just googled him. He is 59 now.

Holy shit.

Speaking of hitters, how about Larry Biittner?

Not a bad LH stick.

I've been a Cubs fan for about 48 years, give or take 1 or 2.
I was born in 1959, a year in which the White Sox played in the World Series. A program from one of those games is the only White Sox piece of memorabilia that hangs framed in my basement. I remember beginning to take an interest in the Cubs around 1967 or so. We would play wiffle ball in our backyard damn near every day & I knew the entire Cub lineup. I would mimic Ernie's way of holding the bat in the fingertips of his right hand with his right elbow cocked up in the air. Ernie, Billy, Ronnie, Fergie, Beckert, Kessinger & Holtzman were my favorites.

I became a HUGE Baseball fan in the early 1980's, got married in 1983, & in 1984, I had tickets to the Bears vs Saints game where Wally broke the all time rushing record. I still have those unused tickets, because the Cubs played the Padres in game 5 that same day & given the year & the opportunity that the Cubs had, I had no interest in going to the Bears game.

The 1984 Cubs are my favorite Chicago sports team after the 1985 Bears. God those were 2 great back to back years. This years Cubs team just might be my 3rd favorite. Winning the World Series would move them up to #2.

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We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

My immediate family, my aunt and uncle who lived a few blocks away on 67th, and my cousins who lived in Chicago Ridge were all big Cub fans and I'd go to a lot of games at Wrigley with them. One of my best friends and his family were huge White Sox fans and I'd go to a lot of games at Comiskey with them.

I don't really remember there being a lot of "love one, hate the other" animosity at that time...or maybe I just wasn't aware of it.

It's cool you don't have to deal in absolutes. Only siths and cocksucker chus do.

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I never liked Gary Woods. He was weird lookin'.

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Great story. I was the same. I cried when the cubs blew it vs the padres in 84. Didnt know what the cubs curse was but found out real good after that series. But that 84 season was magic. The Tribune company lived on that 84 season for the next 20 years.

Now not living in Chicago any longer people ask me will I go nuts if the cubs make the WS this year?

I tell them I will cry if they make the WS, celebrate/go nuts if they win it.

They look at me prelexed. Only true longtime Cubs fans can understand my answer to them.




My favorite team was that 84 team. I saw all the 85 Bears games that season, loved them, but looking back that 84 team was just magical. Maybe because I was such a young kid it was the best summer I ever had as a kid. So it meant more than just another baseball season. You know who poo=poo's that 84 team? 69 cubs fans. Esp. Mike Murphy. I guess they all got pissed off when the 84 Cubs won the division and Jim Frey was screaming 'I NEVER WANT TO HEAR ABOUT 1969 AGAIN!' while getting doused with Champagne. I guess they're jealous when you bring up the 84 team that actually won something. But that's a different story.
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Oh yea, to answer the question : 1978. Use to go to day camp and they always had 2 trips to watch the awful cubs. But we would always go to games vs either the Reds or Pirates. So the Cubs would get killed but I got to watch great teams/players like Stargell and Rose.

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Thanks for the memories guys. Hope we have a happy ending this year.

I'm a longtime Cubs fan, about 48 years, & I think I would do the opposite...celebrate & go nuts if they make it to the World Series, & cry if they win it.

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We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

Is that true? That's really dumb. The '84 team was a really good baseball club.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

One of my first games was the 22-0 whipping at the hands of the Pirates in 1975. Rennie Stennet was 7 for 7. Attendance was under 5k -- the Cubs used to close off the upper deck so they wouldn't have to clean it.

Due to the Cubs ineptitude during those years, I became a Big Red Machine fan until Harry and Ryno arrived.

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Surprisingly enough, I can probably match just about anyone here on Cub bona fides.

My earliest memory is watching some game versus the Pirates that the Cubs won in extra innings on a Jerry Morales hit. A group of Mexican guys behind us were chanting Mor-al-es in a heavy accent.

There was a time when the two teams competed for my affection. I was on the Cubs in little league for about five years (didn't switch teams back then). I will keep my promise of not posting negativity during the playoffs in not explaining why I ended up preferring the Sox.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

My first favorite player Amaury Telemaco!!!! My guy!!! 8-year-old Kirkwood thought he had a cool name.

1998 is the 1st season I can still remember pretty well. I had a poster of Wrigley Field Outfield/Bleachers and would Sharpie where Sosa's homers landed. Other than Sosa the Morandini and Beck pair were my guys. I was enamored with their trailer trash appearance.

Kingman, Buckner, Sutter...'79-'81 era.

Seeing all my favs traded away and then adding in the '84 meltdown...closed my baseball world for a long time. I came back in '97 and the circus had been firmly embedded into the Cubs and Wrigley field. I refused to have no part of it.

The 1984 team was good. The 2003 team was also good. This 2015 team is very good, but does't seem to have the pitching depth of the 2003 team....but boy, their hitting as way more clutch.

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I remember a day when Bryan Dayett hit two homeruns for like 6 RBI's. It was one of those wind days.

Morales: one of my guys on the most underrated Cub players list. For his Cub career,the best CF on the Cubs in maybe 40 years.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Loved his basket catches.

They traded Morales to get Heity Cruz.

Cruz got traded away for Lynn McGlothlen and then the Cubs traded to get him back for...Mike Vail.

Six degrees of Heity Cruz.

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Morales seemed like every hit or out was a line drive.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

You all are old.

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GO BEARS!!!