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Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon leads like every advantage can be critical – like every manager should
April 23, 2015
April 23, 2015
by Kent Sterling Fourteen games in the 2015 Chicago Cubs season, I am convinced Joe Maddon is exactly the right guy to lead them on last leg of a trek from a desert of misery and mediocrity that began in 1908 to a championship – a journey that makes Moses’ trek to the promised land […]
Joe Maddon to Chicago Cubs – How a simple hire turned me stupid … again
October 31, 2014
October 31, 2014
by Kent Sterling As I gave my personal ticket representative my Visa number over the phone, I heard my Dad whisper all the way from heaven, “What are you, a moron?” The Chicago Cubs are on the precipice of hiring a transformative figure in their history, and suddenly I reverted to the hope-tainted wretch I […]
Joe Maddon to the Chicago Cubs has my hope-meter spinning wildly
October 30, 2014
October 30, 2014
by Kent Sterling As a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan, I have learned not to indulge in the last emotional refuge of the truly pathetic – hope. “Life in hope; die in desperation,” is a quote that should be spelled out in the ivy on the Wrigley Field outfield wall that Bill Veeck planted 75 years […]
Chicago Cubs offer me chance to buy season tickets – for great reasons, I’ll happily pass
October 29, 2014
October 29, 2014
by Kent Sterling In late 2007, the Chicago Cubs were riding high, and the team announced the waiting list for season tickets was about to reach 100,000 fans. Despite being swept in the playoffs by the Arizona Diamondbacks, I was swept away by the wave of emotion after being at Great American Ballpark as the […]