Right Now You Are Cubbing Whether you are at Wrigley Field,
discussing the baseball team at work, or reading about the Cubs-you
are Cubbing. Just thinking about the Cubs-you are Cubbing. Just
writing about the Cubs-I am Cubbing, and pleased you have joined me
as we go Cubbing. In the 2009 season, the Cubs were in first place
by two percentage points on July 31. From the start of Spring
Training as related in this book, my Cubbing comments were positive
as I was positive about the 2009 season. The first three months I
felt that the Cubs any day would pull away from the pack. And when
in late July they started making their move, actually being in
first place by a percentage point, I just knew they were on their
way. As Lou Piniella would say, I really knew. I said "Go, Cubs,
Go" to friends and strangers alike. I placed a large placard with a
W in a window. And I kept Cubbing for this book with the day-to-day
games, other activities, and here and there a remembrance and
comment of the Cubs in years gone by-some of them, I'm sure, never
before related. And then in Florida, between the second and third
innings July 31, a billy goat actually walked on the field and
strutted in front of the dugout mocking the Cubs. Was this a
renewal of Bill Sianis' 1945 curse? Could be. Within a week the
descent had begun, the Cardinals were flying high, and the Cubs had
gone into hibernation. Consider this: The month of July the Cubs
won 18 and lost six. Then the goat strolled. The month of August
the Cubs lost 17 and won only 11. The Billy Goat Curse of 1945,
taking its toll once again. It must be real, really real. How else
can you explain happenings such as the black cat strolling in front
of Ron Santo in 1969, the Playoff failures of 1984 and 1989, the
Bartman incident of 2003, and the more recent collapses, especially
the Dodgers' sweep of the 2008 Playoffs. I have begun to believe.
There is no other explanation. The words were uttered thusly by
Bill Sianis: "The Cubs no win here no more." However, a one
hundred-plus year of losing hasn't deterred Cubbing. So join me.
Let's go Cubbing. -Russ Leonard
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