CUBS WIN!! CUBS WIN!! CUBS WIN!!

[MIButterfly]

I know it's early in the season and I've had my heart broken more times than I can count, but I can't help but think that maybe, just maybe, this is one of those magical years that everything just falls into place for the Cubbies!

What a great game. Cubs were winning 4-2 until the top of the 9th when the Reds scored four runs, making it 6-4. The Cubs tied it up in the bottom half and won it 7-6 in the 10th! MY CUBBIES!

Fly the W, baby!

[kerry-is-my-prez]

1. We have a long way to go until October.

[MIButterfly]

2. I know. You're absolutely right, but I am loving this right now!

GO, CUBS, GO!!

[SheltieLover]

3. Run that W flag up!

[QED]

4. A walk walk off!

3rd in a row!

[QED]

5. 4 games up on the Reds, 3 games on the Cards

Loving this...Feel badly about Boyd though.

[NoMoreRepugs]

6. Cubs suck. Damn, felt good to say it. Grew up the lone White Sox fan in a neighborhood of cubbie rooters.

[MIButterfly]

7. To each his own

I must say you're in good company: both President Obama and Pope Leo are Sox fans.

[murielm99]

9. I have a mixed marriage.

My husband is a Sox fan. My kids and I are true Cubbie Blue.

WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

[MIButterfly]

11. Oh my! And you've managed to make it work!

Good for you! Do you ever go to any of the crosstown games?

I've always regretted not ever going to Comiskey before they tore it down. I guess I could go to whatever they call it now when the Tigers are in Chicago but I would have to do it when the Cubs are on the road. I could never go see the Sox when I could be at Wrigley Field.

[murielm99]

12. My son and my husband have gone to some of the crosstown games.

When I was a kid, I went to old Comiskey several times. I liked baseball, and followed the Sox a lot. They had some exciting teams and players then. They were in the World Series. I saw Early Wynn pitch. I saw Minnie Minoso hit some good ones. I liked Luis Aparicio. There were other players I followed during that roughly 1958 to 1962 time period.

It did not take me long to get more interested in the Cubs. I did not care if they were 25 games out of first place. I did not care that they were cursed by a billy goat or that they slid into last place every September. Believe it or not, my son and I were there for the Bartman game. (My son was a season ticket holder, but he had to give that up in his divorce).

We put up with a lot as Cubs fans, but it is worth it.

[MIButterfly]

19. What great memories you have of the Sox players!

In my youth, I was a Tigers fan (hometown team). I became a Cubs fan in 1979 and a diehard fan in 1984. I was in my glory in '84, the Tigers were winning and the Cubs were winning. I worked nights so I got to watch all the Cubs games on WGN. One day, the Cubs had a doubleheader and the Tigers had a doubleheader and I sat there for over 10 hours watching every minute of it! I've been hoping for a Tigers/Cubs World Series for decades!

You were at the Bartman game? Wow. I always thought he got a raw deal. He didn't do anything that any other fan would have done. When the ball comes to the stands, everybody is looking up at it and not on the field. He didn't cause the Cubs to lose; the Cubs caused the Cubs to lose. It was heartbreaking to see how badly they fell apart after that play, but it wasn't Bartman's fault. It was the billy goat's fault! I used to have a picture of Bartman with a billy goat next to him in the stands on my desk at work. And having to be escorted out of the ballpark by security and getting death threats? That was outrageous. Poor guy.

My mother and I went to a game in the first round of the NLCS against the Braves that year, right before the series with the Marlins and the Bartman game. That was in the days of dial-up (!) and I was sitting in the virtual waiting room for hours and all of a sudden, a message popped up that there were two Standing Room Only tickets available for Game 4 and did I want them? Hell yes, I wanted them! The Cubs had won the first two games in Atlanta and were playing the third game at Wrigley while we were driving to Chicago. We listened to it on the radio. If the Cubs had won that game, our tickets would've been useless. But they lost and we were there for game 4, which they also lost. It was exciting though, to be at a play-off game at Wrigley Field.

But isn't this current winning streak great? GO CUBS GO!!!!!

[aggiesal]

15. My dad was a White Sox fan. We went to more games @ Comisky Park than any other ballpark. ...

I could go to 5-10 games at Wrigley the next 10 years & I still wouldn't reach how many games we went to Comisky Park.
We used to go to Bat Day every year to get a Little League Approved Go Go Sox Baseball Bat

[MIButterfly]

18. That bat is so cool!

I love baseball. I love that people can have such good memories of going to baseball games with their friends and loved ones. Spending a sunny day at the ballpark watching your favorite team is the best! And Wrigley Field is one of my favorite places to be. I love Wrigley Field, the Ricketts notwithstanding. I don't like them, but I digress. Even listening to the game on the radio is great. Here in the Detroit area, we had the great Ernie Harwell and of course, in Chicago, there was the great Harry Caray.

GO CUBS GO!

[aggiesal]

20. My dad was a huge White Sox fan and the rest of us are huge Cubs fans ...

You poked me mentioning Harry Caray. I have never been a fan of Harry Caray.
He announced the Cardinals games until he got fired for having an alleged affair with the wife of the team owners son.

When he announced for the White Sox, he would call the game while drunk, especially during the second game of a doubleheader.

Even with the Cubs, he sounded like he was slobbering when calling the game.
I would not consider him Great. His sons were better announcers.
When I watched the Cubs game I would listen to the radio broadcast of the games.

Anyway, that's how I feel about Harry Caray.

Go Cubs Go

[MIButterfly]

21. I heard that while he was announcing for the Sox, he and Jimmy Piersall didn't get along

Piersall once said to him "at least I have papers stating that I'm sane" or something to that effect.

I read about the affair in St. Louis on the internet. I can't imagine anyone having an affair with Harry Carey, even in his younger days.

I guess he was more colorful than anything else. I remember after he had that stroke, I felt that he should've retired instead of coming back to the booth. He just wasn't up to it. I remember while he was out, they had a lot of guest announcers in his place and one day it was Bill Murray. He was hilarious, so obviously biased toward the Cubs and dismissive of the opposing team.

I always liked Steve Stone, too. I was sad when he left.

I have Sirius XM and I listen to all the Cubs games. I like their radio announcers and I especially like when I hear someone cracking up in the background. But I like to hear the Cubs win most of all!

[doublethink]

8. Rec'd because of the enthusiasm ...

but go Dodgers!

[MIButterfly]

10. Cubs not playing the Dodgers again until August

I'm looking forward to it.

Here's hoping we meet in the playoffs!

[C Moon]

13. I'm in California, and like our teams, but I've always liked and respected the Cubs and the Bears.

[aggiesal]

14. The Cubs are 1/2 games behind the best record in Baseball !!! n/t

[Xavier Breath]

16. Anything that stymies the Reds is fine by me.

[Morbius]

17. After giving up those four runs in the top of the ninth, I was absolutely sure the streak was over.

Then Pete Crow-Armstrong had that heroic two-run homer, and then I was absolutely sure they were going to win. As they did.

They have won nine straight overall, and 19 of their last 22.
They have won 15 straight at home, the longest such streak for the franchise since 1935. That year they went to the World Series, losing in six to the Detroit Tigers.
They have won an astonishing four straight series sweeps at home.
During this streak they have five walk-off wins.

Yeah, it's a long season. Last year they were toying with the best record in baseball until June. The Brewers caught fire in late May and were basically unstoppable in the regular season. The offense was amazing until suddenly it wasn't. But there are reasons to believe that 2026 is not 2025, one of which is that it seems like there's a different hero every game - a more sustainable formula than seeing the heart of the lineup pound homer after homer (like last year). They're fun to watch right now. Who knows how long it will last? It can't last forever, but the essence of being a baseball fan is not caring how long it lasts, and just enjoying the ride.