If you look at my handle, you can get an idea of how old I am. I can remember listening to the Cubs on the radio with my dad in the 40's. Anyway, my daughter sent a letter to the Cubs asking them if they would acknowledge my long time loyalty with a note to me. They not only sent me a very nice letter but also a bobblehead of Billy Williams. I do appreciate both my daughter and the Cubs for this.
Shout out to the Cubs
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That's great! Congrats on hanging in there for a long time.......My wife has been a fan since Harry joined the WGN broadcast many moons ago.......Always go to Bernie's before the game........
Great story! Gosh, is baseball on the radio even a thing anymore? So many big announcers were almost the face of MLB teams back in the day Glad the Cubs were so generous to you!
Thanks for all the replies. Must be an great household with interesting discussions between Metsman and a wife who loves baseball. Remember lots of times listening to a ball game while driving. Lots of imagination then as one could vision the play in your head. I spent around 13 years out of country and the first part of it would listen to games on Armed Forces radio.
Congrats on the gifts. You finally got the world series win. I thought that team could have been a dynasty.
Most of my family are Cubs fans. For many years the whole family would see a Cubs game. Where they live in Iowa the Cubs were the only cable game we could get. I started in the Jack Brickhouse era. And I listen to games on radio all the time. If there is a local blackout, I always find a radio station. With the internet you can find radio broadcasts for teams all over the country.
Most of my family are Cubs fans. For many years the whole family would see a Cubs game. Where they live in Iowa the Cubs were the only cable game we could get. I started in the Jack Brickhouse era. And I listen to games on radio all the time. If there is a local blackout, I always find a radio station. With the internet you can find radio broadcasts for teams all over the country.
I would rather listen to a game on the radio than watch it on TV.......The morons just go over what you just watched........"Idiots", quoting Napoleon Dynamite.........
oh, yes. It drives my wife nuts, because she cannot follow the action listening to it on the radio, however, I find it relaxing because you don't have to be tied to the tv, and now that play by play is included on the lowest XM radio subscription i get the option to listen to any game i want to. Also because my step dad HATED baseball, growing up it was one way to get my fix in without "bothering him" from 1984 to present Herb Carneal and John Gordon to now Corey Provous and Dan Gladden on the Twins calls and Bob Uecker and Lane Grindal on the Brewers calls. Love it.
Glad the Cubs showed some love. I remember listening to the cubs with my gpa in the backyard while he sat in his fold out lawnchair in the early 70's and me pretending to be the cub players up to bat and playing the outfield.
My gpa even played for the Davenport Cubs back in the 20's he's the third one from the left in the back!!!
My gpa even played for the Davenport Cubs back in the 20's he's the third one from the left in the back!!!
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I'm with you in that with radio you are not locked in to the TV. I've always viewed baseball as primarily a radio sport in part because the number of games and the long Summer nights where you could get great AM reception.
SGlad to see a number of people here still listen to MLB on the radio. I really thought that had gone the way of the horse and buggy.
Congratulations on being around long enough to see them win a World series. My team has been close several times in my lifetime. Last time was in 2016. Does that year sound familiar to you? LOL Congrts again on the sweet gift from your team!!
It was cool to when I moved to Milwaukee in the early 2000s, that during my late night commute, that I could tune in WCCO, in Minneapolis after 11pm so the nights I worked and the Twins were on the west coast I could listen to the games for a half hour or so. Sadly though I also listened to about 2 hours worth of coverage the night Puckett passed away.
Great, this also explains why we bid against each other some times on Cubs cards!!! My dad didn't play baseball but was a pretty good softball player and I cherish the pictures I have of him and his factory softball team.
If it is any consolation, I was very impressed with the reception we received in Cleveland. Even though I wore my Cubs jacket, everyone from the hotel staff to all the people we met on the street, were very pleasant and cordial. This was even after the game as we walked back to our hotel.
Thanks for sharing
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