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Wrigley Field & The Baseball Team Who Shall Not Be Named

October 14, 2016 By Linda 6 Comments

You may or may not have heard about a little phenomenon that is going on here in the city of Chicago.

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That’s right. Chicago’s Jewel-Osco is the place for all your fine wine. πŸ˜‰

 

Which you may or may not need (to celebrate and/or nurse wounds) when cheering on (or mourning) the other phenomenon going on here in Chicago.

 

I’ll give you a hint: It rhymes with spaceball. And shrubs.

 

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Now, here in Chicago we have a spaceball team that shall not be named with a long and storied history …

 

a long, storied history filled with goats and curses.

 

And not just any curse. A decades-long curse worthy of Lord Voldemort.

 

Avada Goatavra.

 

I wonder if Expelligoatis could be the counter-curse? 

 

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Or, more likely, talent. You know, in the non-Harry Potter real world in which we live.

 

Though, honestly, I wouldn’t know about talent on the baseball field. I’m not exactly a fan. While I love a day out at Wrigley Field, the idea of sitting down in front of the television to watch a nine inning game is a giant yawn in my book. Especially when so many On Demand episode of Sex & The City are waiting to be watched. πŸ˜‰
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But my husband? Big fan. Huge fan. Lover of all baseball games. Though the team that shall not be named holds a special place in his baseball-loving-heart.

 

So I’ve heard from the sidelines his cheers and claps. Always a good sign the game was going well.

 

I’m observant that way. πŸ˜‰

 

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And then when the shrubs spaceball team seemed to pull ahead in the standings, I made an even more concerted effort to not pay attention.

 

I didn’t want to hear about the games. Their record. Who they were playing.

 

You get it, right? I had formed my very own weird superstitions. Like somehow my paying attention so late in the game would alter the outcome …

 

totally forgetting about that talent thing.

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But sports are filled with odd superstitions, aren’t they. Both on the parts of the players and the fans.

 

Even the non-fans, like me, get in on the act.

 

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So, not to jinx the outcome of the next series of games coming up this weekend, I’ll just end with a Go Shrubs Go! πŸ™‚

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: Life in Chicago


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  1. Donnamae says

    October 14, 2016 at 8:53 am

    Too funny! I’m not a spaceball fan either, nor am I from Chicago. But, in this special case…go Shrubs go!! πŸ˜‰

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  2. Delilah says

    October 14, 2016 at 10:15 am

    I’m a Giant’s fan!! Tried and true but since we’re out of it….thanks to the Shrubs, we’re rooting for you to kill the LA team that we won’t name as that is a 4-letter word in our house! πŸ™‚
    Love your blog!

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  3. kirbycarespodi says

    October 14, 2016 at 10:47 am

    My wonderful friend Carole was originally from Wisconsin and a huge Shrubs fan…
    She passed away shortly after the season began and I know she is smiling down as her team wins!

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  4. Deborah Elser says

    October 14, 2016 at 11:21 am

    this year we are all in with the shrubs…………we had our turn last year ! KC ROYALS!

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  5. shirley@housepitalitydesigns says

    October 16, 2016 at 7:28 am

    Love this!….as a kid, my son was always a Yankee fan and is now a Shrubs fan!!!….

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  6. Shelly Mathes says

    October 16, 2016 at 10:04 am

    Oh good grief, saw where the Cubbies won last night, oh joy. My husband is from there and we were there about 8 years ago to see a game. His best friend had a contact for seats right behind the wall. We had a blast but I got called out a few times because I sat my cup on the wall. I learned after that, no cups on the wall.

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