My First Cubs Memory

My first Cubs memory comes from when I was about 5 years old...It was my very first Cubs game at Wrigley Field. I went with my mom and my Aunt K. It was a give-away day, but I don't remember what item they gave away. It was either a plastic batting helmet or a miniature wooden baseball bat. My mom purchased the other for me as a souvenir. I don't recall all of the specifics (you'll understand by the end of the post!). I do remember it was late in the game and the Cubs were losing...this was during their LONG losing streak between 1945 and 1984!

There were 2 men on base and Billy Williams came up to bat. He hit a long fly ball. As Harry Carey would say "It might be, it could be, it is! A homerun! Holy Cow!" In the excitement the entire stadium raised up as one jumping and cheering. My mom was as excited as everyone else. However, yours truly was not a happy camper. I started crying as my Aunt K tried yelling at my mom. You see, she had my souvenir bat in her hand. It was going up and down and up and down as she jumped. When it went down, it landed smack on top of my (thankfully) helmeted head.

There have been times where I have given my mom a hard time about this...jokingly threatening to sue her from brain damage. However, it makes a great story, and I can truly say being a Cubs fan was beaten into me at a very young age.

Go Cubs!!!!!!!!