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8. We are speaking of the Cubs here. Many years ago, the Cubs Spring Trained in Mesa. The sportswriter had a ...

Fri Jun 5, 2026, 05:56 PM

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... great column, The Monday Morning Quarterback. Mesans just loved the Cubs and their on-air announcers, Harry and Steve Stone, so when one year the Cubs lost their opener, his headline was "Cubs Lose Opener, Statistically Out of the Running for the Pennant". Did he get grief!

Just like the regular season, the Cubs sold out all the spring training tickets every day.

I lived in Chicago for three years and never scored a Cubs ticket. Now the White Socks? You could go to Circle K and buy a Pepsi in a can and get a free ticket to the Sox. And the Stadium was never, ever half full.

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