Quotes About Cubs

Getting to be in Chicago when the Cubs won the World Series was one of the most magical experiences I think I've ever had in a city.

The Cubs, we built one of best farm systems - I think for a while there, it was the best farm system in baseball. And that was great. It got a lot of attention. But we didn't want the credit for the farm system. What we wanted was to see if we could do the tricky part, which was turn a lauded farm system into a World Series champion.

Baseball is a business. Sure, we fans are wistful dreamers who fantasize about glory on the diamond, but to the people who hold the purse strings, the Cubs win the economic World Series every year.

Cubs fan," John muttered. The Chicagoan's curse. Sandoz pushed a towel aside, eyes wide. "How bad?" "Anybody can have a couple of lousy centuries.

There's a Cubs game on WGN. They're out in San Diego, and they're winning. For the first time in a long, long time, the Cubs aren't terrible, and my grandpa isn't going to get to see how it all plays out. Nancy touches my arm.

The Cubs are gonna shine in sixty-nine.

People ask me a lot about the values I got from playing for the Cubs for so many years. The value I got out of it was patience. A lot of people these days are not very patient.

Better to meet a grizzly robbed of her cubs than a fool hellbent on folly.

I've been pretty lucky with neighbors. But back in 1998, I lived, like, literally next door to Wrigley Field in Chicago. And I had, like, 50,000 bad neighbors spread out over the course of one summer. I'm a diehard Cubs fan, but living right next to the ballpark, it's just - as you're trying to go to sleep, you can just, like, hear urination.

I worked at Goose Island Brewery, and I opened the one that was right by Wrigley Field, so I got to see all of the Cubs come through - it was insane on game days.

My first baseball game was a Cubs game at Wrigley Field... I really wanted to be a boy.

I'm a Chicago Cubs fan. I grew up in Libertyville, Illinois, and attended my first game at Wrigley Field when I was four.

I love Chicago, but I didn't think I had enough soul to be a Cubs fan.

Just the usual formality before the chaos begins. Like playing the National Anthem before a Cubs game.

The Cubs have never expressed any interest in re-signing me, as far as I know.

The game of baseball is better when the Dodgers are playing well, just like when the Yankees are playing well, or the Cubs, the Phillies, the big-name teams.

Wow!" said Queenie. "I've never seen Farmer Ben so mad!" The cubs were huddled in the pumpkin patch. "Where did he go?" asked Lizzy. "Into the house," said Ferdy. "I'll bet he's asking his ancestors for help again.

Nobody deserves to go to the World Series more than the Chicago Cubs. But they can't go because that would spoil their custom of never going. It is an irreconcilable paradox.

He ain't my friend,' Harry said. 'Not no more, he ain't.' Strax leaned across to Jenny. 'At what age do these cubs become grammatical?' he demanded. 'Depends,' she told him. 'At what age do Sontarans become pacifists?

What species of bears live in the area you will be visiting: black bears, grizzly bears, or both? I have already documented that black bear females with cubs are much less dangerous in sudden encounters compared to grizzly bear females with cubs. In areas where both species are found, it is sometimes difficult even for the experts to identify whether a given individual is a black bear or a grizzly. When in doubt, assume the most dangerous case—that it is a grizzly.

Similarly, bear cubs have been observed eating their mothers several hours after the mother's death. Signals between bears are fundamentally important—a mother bear may become a carcass to be scavenged if she stops signaling, I am functioning as your mother. Bears appear to be more pragmatic than sentimental.

One of my best friends, James Miller, managed to find the only Cubs hat that is all red.

Bill showed up bearing Polish sausages and explained that what he most enjoyed were baseball games with fielding errors, because it emphasized the human element in the game. (He didn't comment on whether that was the root of his affection for the Cubs.)

Bill was the Cubs fan the whole nation looked to in the moment of victory: he was shocked and overjoyed and relieved of the weight he had been carrying around for decades. "I've been imagining this for a long time," Bill said. With the