One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: When you bought your ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.

"I was such a phooey hitter that when the count was three and two,they'd flash me the "take" sign"--BASEBALL IS A FUNNY GAME | "hOW DO YOU GET THAT BIG SQUARE HEAD OF YOURS INSIDE THAT LITTLE ROUND MASK?"--to umpire Beans Reardon(who gave him the day off)---BASEBALL IS A FUNNY GAME