Overjoyed Chicago Cubs fans turn attention to World Series CHICAGO — With a mix of euphoria, relief and disbelief, longtime Chicago Cubs fans are shaking off superstitions and setting their sights on the team’s first World Series in 71 years. Loyal fans as far south as San Antonio and as far west as Washington state restructured their worldviews to include the seductive possibility that they won’t be disappointed again. First lady Michelle Obama joined the chorus Sunday morning, congratulating her hometown Cubs a day after the team defeated the Dodgers at Chicago’s Wrigley Field in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series. The Chicago native tweeted: “Way to go Cubs!!” She then recalled her father, saying: My Dad is the reason I’m a true Cubs fans. Scattered across the world, Cubs fans make up their own diaspora. A Midwestern impulse toward redemption is thriving on social media with a “#ForgiveBartman” campaign pulling for Steve Bartman to throw out the first pitch when the World Series returns to Wrigley Field. Kropp favors forgiving Bartman, the fan whose interference with a foul ball in the 2003 playoffs added to the sense of a hovering curse. Tingas, too, is having some trouble letting go of some traditional Cubs beliefs, like the billy goat curse: “When we win the World Series, we’re going to have roasted goat, I’ll tell you that,” the restaurant owner said. Steve Zucker, who has been coming to games since the 1940s, said before Saturday’s game that if the Cubs won, he would go to his father’s grave and leave a Cubs hat and T-shirt. “My dad died playing cards, listening to the game on a little transistor radio, so I may bring that, too,” Zucker said. Cubs All-Star first baseman Anthony Rizzo said the fans deserved to see this team make the World Series.
Overjoyed Chicago Cubs Fans Turn Attention To World Series
Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle: Sports
Sun, 10/23/2016 - 5:43pm
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