Thought this was very touching…(although as JOBC reader BH points out–it should be Brickhouse at the gate instead of Harry.)...

There are lots of things written about Ernie Banks on this website, but in honor of Mr. Cub’s untimely passing, I thought I would put them all together in one place for you. First off, Ernie’s entry in my Every Cub Ever A-Z feature… ~...

Ernie passed away yesterday at the age of 83. I feel like I lost a member of my family. Sad, sad, sad, sad. He was my childhood hero. There will never be another Ernie Banks. I think everyone in Chicago has their own personal Ernie story. Here’s ...

This is a little jarring to say the least…...

Every year as opening day approaches, I start drinking that Cubbie Kool-Aid, and while I’ll never admit it openly to my White Sox friends…I start thinking that “this could be the year.” I know it won’t be, but hope springs...

On this day in 2008, despite having the best record in the National League, the Cubs were eliminated from the playoffs in three straight games by the Dodgers. I wrote the following piece in the Northwest Indiana Times… It’s been a rough week for ...

Stuart Shea is the author of Wrigley Field: The Long Life and Contentious Times of the Friendly Confines, published by University of Chicago Press in spring 2014, as well as of Fab Four FAQ (with Rob Rodriguez) and Pink Floyd FAQ. He has edited five ba...

There’s a story in the New York Times about the last surviving member of 1945 Cubs, Lennie Merullo. Lennie was their starting shortstop, and he’s still alive in Massachusetts. He’s 97 years old. It’s a charming story about the m...

May 6, 1998 I was there, sitting in my regular seats, freezing my butt off that day. I must confess, I didn’t recognize at first the magnitude of what I was watching. I remember thinking, “boy he’s got a lot of strikeouts,” but ...

One of the sure signs it’s Opening Day at Wrigley is that you can’t swing a stick around the ballpark without hitting a morning radio show. WXRT’s Lin Brehmer and Mary Dixon are at Yakzies, ESPN’s Silvy and Waddle are at the Cub...