The Chicago Cubs

When Rich Cohen was eight years old, his father took him to see a Cubs game. On the way out of the park, his father aske... (more)

When Rich Cohen was eight years old, his father took him to see a Cubs game. On the way out of the park, his father asked him to make a promise. g2sPromise me you will never be a Cubs fan. The Cubs do not win,g3s he explained, g2sand because of that, a Cubs fan will have a diminished life determined by low expectations. That team will screw up your life.g3s As a result, Cohen became not just a Cubs fan but one of the biggest Cubs fans in the world. In this book, he captures the story of the team, its players and crazy days. A mix of memoir, reporting, history and baseball theology, this book, forty years in the making, has never been written because it never could be{u2015}only with the 2016 World Series can the true arc of the story finally be understood. (less)