Memorable Baseball Game in Miami

It was October of 2003. My son Andy was able to get two third-row, behind the dugout tickets for Game-5 of the NLCS. The Chicago Cubs were up three games to one over the Florida Marlins, and were only one win from doing the unthinkable…going to the World Series.

 

Being big Cubs fans at the time, (now we cheer more for the Tampa Bay Rays. Hey, I gave the Cubs 60 good years and I’m STILL WAITING!!) we thought we might actually witness history. Sitting a row behind us, just across the isle, were two of our all-time favorite Cub players; Billie Williams and Ryne Sandberg. Andy was able to get their autographs not only on his Cubs hat, but on his Rawlings baseball glove as well.

 

It seems that nobody told the Marlins it was the Cubs year to break their l-o-n-g streak of not going to, and winning the World Series. Of course, it just wasn’t to be. With three quick losses, it was once again, “wait until next year”, and the next, and the next, and the next…

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