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Fans all over: Who you’ll find in the Cubs’ corner
- Updated: October 23, 2016
CLEVELAND — Sure, it has been 108 years since the Cubs last won the World Series. Nobody knows much about the immortal Orval Overall, the pitcher whose complete game wrapped up that 1908 Fall Classic over Ty Cobb’s Tigers, but that’s OK.
The Cubs have always kept seats available on the bandwagon, and if you haven’t fallen in love with the team that manager Joe Maddon has run out on the field over the last two years, you must not have been paying attention.
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But most Cubs fans loved them back in 2012, when they lost 101 games, and these days love them like they do a 72-degree day in December. The level of support is consistently impressive, with fans often making so much noise at road games that you’d think the Cubs were playing at home.
And Wrigley Field, with the Ernie Banks statue in the front and the Harry Caray statue behind the bleachers? That’s holy ground, my friend. Just ask the generations of Chicagoans who have snuck their loved one’s ashes into the park and dumped them over the outfield wall, into the ivy or onto the warning track.
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Who will be backing the Cubs in the World Series? Let’s name some of the groups:
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Born and breds, with bonafides: Chicago is as provincial as its Lake Michigan shoreline is beautiful. The Cubs’ fan base is loaded with families who have followed the team since the Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance years, with season-ticket holders that date to the Phil Wrigley ownership group.
One sign in the stands at Game 6 of the National League Division Series against the Dodgers speaks loudly for these folks: “Do it for Mom.” How can you argue with that?
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