A Celebration Worth Remembering
After an emotionally draining World Series and the celebration that ensued, I was able to get my hands on a ton of pretty cool newspapers to document the Cubs historic win, which FINALLY allowed me to hang up something with “Cubs” and “Championship” in the same sentence.
Anything that documented the Cubs win was probably purchased by yours truly. So much so, I had to reorganize my basement to dedicate an entire wall to the historic 2016 Chicago Cubs. (You can’t see it, but there’s confetti from the championship parade inside one of the pictures.)
The championship memorabilia also includes an Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant bobblehead, an official World Series patch, bottles of championship booze (some drank already) and about 10 t-shirts that are not included in the picture.
As any Cubs fan will tell you, it was a long and stressful journey to get to 2016. I still have the ticket stubs from when the Cubs clinched the division in both 2003 and 2008 and swore to myself both times that those years would be the year that the Cubs broke the “curse.”
The tickets are joined by an article that I cut from the Chicago Tribune during the 2003 NLCS (The Bartman series). I read it at the time and it explained how I watch Cubs games perfectly.
When things go bad, walk away.
Expect the worst.
Drink.
Don’t get too emotional.
All of which still apply to how I watch Cubs games to this day.
