Doug Erlandson
ASIN: B00AGMEZEO
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 216
Experience It for Yourself. 60 Years of Cubs Love.A Meticulously Researched MemoirYou are about to enter the world of a lifelong Cubs fan.Combining personal memories and reflections with meticulous research, native Chicagoan Doug Erlandson describes his affection for a team that has raised but ultimately crushed his hopes countless times, a team to which he remains intensely loyal after nearly sixty years of fandom. Beginning with a description of the first game he attended in 1954 (a loss to the New York Giants), he weaves highlights from every season from the late-1950s through 2012 with detailed descriptions of significant games, front-office follies, trades, as well as the individual players who toiled in a Cubs’ uniform during this period.I Bleed Cubbie Blue provides often humorous, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, but always accurate commentary on P.K. Wrigley’s college of coaches, the ...