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>>>AS

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SPORTS

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COLUMNIST FOR

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THE CHICAGO READER,

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TED COOK

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HAS COVERED EVERYTHING,

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BULLS,

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BLACKHAWKS AND BEARS,

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ALSO

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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL, BOXING

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AND EVEN CRICKET.

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SOME OF HIS

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FAVORITE COLUMNS

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ARE IN THE NEW

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BOOK.

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TED COX

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NOW COVERS CITY HALL

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FOR THE NEWS WEBSITE.

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AND HE

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JOINS US NOW.

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GOOD TO SEE YOU.

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>>YOU AS WELL.

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>>LET'S

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TAKE YOU TO THE

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BEGINNING.

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ONE OF THE THINGS TALKED

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ABOUT

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IS HOW YOU WOUND UP LIVING

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ACROSS THE STREET FROM WRIGLEY

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FIELD.

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THAT

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WAS TO TELL

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THE TRUTH,

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ROOMMATE AND, COLLEGE

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BUDDIES,

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WE HAD OUR FIRST

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APARTMENT

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IN THE TIME BETWEEN WHEN WE

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SIGNED THE LEASE AND

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WE MOVED

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IN, THEY CHANGED THE

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A COUPLE OTHER THINGS

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BELIEVE IT.

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WE WENT

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LOOKING FOR A

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PLACE.

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INTO A PLACE ACROSS

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THE STREET FROM WRIGLEY

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STREET.

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A DREAM APARTMENT.

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FOR A SPORTS

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FAN

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AND IT WAS EVERYTHING THAT

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WOULD YOU IMAGINE AND

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MORE

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>>AND --

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ROACHES BEING THE MORE

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PART.

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>>YOU

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WERE AT THE

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1983 SOX

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KAMINSKI

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PARK WHEN THEY WON

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THEIR DIVISION.

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TELL ME ABOUT THAT.

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IT MADE ME THINK ARE

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YOU A SOX

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OR CUBS FAN?

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>>I'M

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UNABASHED LOVER OF

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BOTH.

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I KNOW SOME THINK IT IS

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AN

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ABERRATION BUT I'VE NEVER HAD

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A PROBLEM ROOTING

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TEAMS.

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FIELD NOT

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ONLY THIS NIGHT WHEN THEY

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CLINCHED BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE

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AS WELL WHEN THEY

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CLINCHED A

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TIE AND THEN

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THE ORIOLES

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STILL PLAYING IN

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KANSAS

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CITY.

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PEOPLE POURED ON TO THE FIELD

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AND THEY CAME UP ON

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THE

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SCREEN.

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>>YOU WROTE IN YOUR BOOK

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YOU

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WERE CARRIED AWAY BY THE

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CROWD.

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FROM THE BEGINNING IT WAS LIKE

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SUPPOSED TO BE A FAN'S EYE

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VIEW OF THE GAME.

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IT

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DID BECOME MORE

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WRITERLY P IF THAT'S A WORD.

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FAN'S EYE VIEW -- TRYING TO

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GET THE DRAMA THAT WASN'T

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THE

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DAILIES.

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THEY WOULD TELL WHEN SOMEBODY

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HIT A HOMERUN.

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MOMENTS I THOUGHT WERE

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DRAMATIC AND DESERVED TO

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WRITTEN ABOUT THAT MIGHT BE A

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DOUBLE PLAY OR MISSED DOUBLE

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PLAY AND THOSE WERE KEY

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ELEMENTS OF THE GAME.

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IN THAT NIGHT, AND THE

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BEFORE, PEOPLE POURED ON TO

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THE FIELD.

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THE NIGHT BEFORE WATCHED

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ROYALS GAME, ROYALS

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COME BACK

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AND WIN THE

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GAME.

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THEY HAVE TO

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COME BACK THE

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NEXT NIGHT TO CLINCH IT.

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PEOPLE JUST LEFT.

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THEY DIDN'T RIP UP

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THE FIELD,

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TEAR UP THE GROUND.

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AND CAME BACK THE

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AND WENT BACK ON

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FIELD

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, TO

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CELEBRATE.

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AGAIN THEY WEREN'T RIPPING

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THE FIELD,

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TEARING UP

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>>THEY WERE BEHAVING.

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>>YEAH.

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SINCE THEN YOU SEE THE COPS

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COMING IN WITH THE HORSES AND

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STUFF.

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IT IS A BYGONE

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ERA

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>>ANOTHER NIGHT WAS

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2003.

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TELL ME THE STORY OF YOUR

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OBSERVATIONS OF THE

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GAME

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FIASCO?

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BARTMAN IS INTERESTING.

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I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT

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EITHER PRAISE HIM

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HIM.

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-- PILLORY HIM.

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IT IS INTERESTING

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DUSTY BAKER

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LED THEM

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SAYING

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CHANGE THE PAST BUT WE ARE

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GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND WE

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ARE A DIFFERENT

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TEAM

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ANOTHER COLUMNIST

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TALKS ABOUT

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YOU CAN TRUST US,

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WE ARE A

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DIFFERENT BREED.

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THE PLAYERS THAT YOU WERE

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CONSCIOUS OF BEING DIFFERENT

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FROM THE CURSED CUBS OF

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PAST.

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>>YET, YOU SAY

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YOU EXPRESS A

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DEFINITE OPINION REGARDING

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THE

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CONSEQUENCES OF THAT.

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OH WELL

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WHAT IF

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THERE HADN'T

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ABOUT AN ERROR LATER

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AND A

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GAME THE NEXT DAY.

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>>WHAT HAPPENS IS THE FANS

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KIND OF LEAD THE

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TEAMS

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THE MOST LOYAL FANS.

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NOBODY DOUBTS

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THAT

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BARTMAN IS

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A LITTLE FAN MANY ACTING

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THE

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WAY THAT HE ACTS,

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ACCORDING

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HIS NATURE, THE

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FLY

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BALL WOULD

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HAVE CAUGHT IF HE CATCHES IT

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THE CUBS ONE THE WORLD SERIES

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THAT YEAR.

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MARLINS BEAT A WEAK

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YANKEE

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TEAM IN THE SERIES.

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>>YOU THAT I WAS THE PIVOTAL?

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>>YEAH.

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>>SOME SAY THAT WAS

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CERTAINLY

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NOT AN

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INSIGNIFICANT EVENT.

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>>THE PIVOTAL MOMENT, YES.

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NO DOUBT,

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GONZALEZ

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,

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DOUBLE

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PLAY BALL AFTER THAT IS WHAT

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REALLY SINKS THE CUBS.

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THE CUBS PLAY UP TO THEIR

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NATURE AS WELL.

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THE FANS

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, BEHAVING ACCORDING

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TO THEIR NATURE THEY LEAD

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THE

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CUBS SELF-DEFENSE INSTRUCTION

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THAT'S AN INTERESTING WAY TO

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APPROACH IT.

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>>BACK TO THE SOUTHSIDE.

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WITH THE

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2005 WHITE SOX

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, YOU

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MADE A COMMENT ABOUT

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THE

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IMPORTANCE OF CHEMISTRY AND

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THE BONDING THAT

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GOES

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ON AMONG

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THE PLAYERS.

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EXPAND ON THAT.

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>>YOU MEAN, YOU CAN

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ONLY

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EXPAND ON IT UP TO A

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POINT.

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ASIDE

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FROM RARE

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ACCOUNTS

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LIKE

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JIM'S BALL FOUR,

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I THINK THERE

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IS A

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REAL

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PLAYERS DO PRESERVE

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A SANCTITY ABOUT THE

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CLUBHOUSE.

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WHAT YOU SEE, SAY HERE

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WHEN

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YOU LEAVE HERE

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, LET IT STAY

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HERE.

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YOU DON'T KNOW

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EVENTUALLY

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HOW

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-- WHAT IT IS

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ABOUT TEAM

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CHEMISTRY THAT

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WORKS AND IT IS

311
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MAGIC.

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NO DOUBT, BASEBALL HAS

313
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A WEIRD

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CHEMISTRY WHERE GUYS COME

315
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TOGETHER.

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ON THIS TEAM,

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YOU'VE GOT

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THE

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ONE NIGHT

320
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WHERE THEY ARE

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OUT

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AND TELLING THE

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DEEJAY TO PLAY

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SOME JOURNEY.

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THAT BECOMES

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THE

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TEAM'S

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THEME

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SONG AND THEY WIND UP

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WINNING

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A CHAMPIONSHIP.

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THE BEST DESCRIPTION

333
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IS

334
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IN

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A

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FICTIONAL BOOK

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FIRST MARK

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HARRIS NOVEL

339
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, THE

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SOUTHPAW

341
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,

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ARTHUR WIGGINS SAYS,

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WINNING

344
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MAKES WINNING LIKE

345
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MONEY MAKES

346
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MONEY THAT

347
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CAPTURES BASEBALL

348
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CHEMISTRY.

349
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WHEN A TEAM IS WINNING

350
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THEY

351
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FEEL THERE IS NO END.

352
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>>YOU DON'T JUST

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FOCUS

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ON

355
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PROFESSIONAL SPORTS.

356
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YOU ALSO LOOK AT HIGH SCHOOL

357
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SPORTS.

358
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ONE HAS TO DO WITH

359
00:06:30,657 --> 00:06:31,258
GARNETT AND

360
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WHAT A REMARKABLE PLAYER

361
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HE

362
00:06:32,726 --> 00:06:33,493
WAS.

363
00:06:33,493 --> 00:06:34,995
WHAT MADE HIM REMARKABLE TO

364
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YOU?

365
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>>THING THAT WAS REALLY

366
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AMAZING ABOUT HIM.

367
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HE WAS JUST

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UNBRIDLED

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POTENTIAL.

370
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HE WAS

371
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--

372
00:06:42,870 --> 00:06:43,871
EVEN PLAYING FOR FAR

373
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GUT,

374
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--

375
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FARRAKHAN

376
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GUT, WOULD

377
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RUN THE

378
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COURT LIKE MAGIC

379
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JOHNSON, DISHING, HE WAS

380
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NOT

381
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THE BIG BUILT UP CENTER

382
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,

383
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NBA

384
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CENTER THAT HE IS NOW, HE WAS

385
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JUST A GUY THAT COULD DO

386
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ANYTHING HE WANTED ON THE

387
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COURT.

388
00:06:58,919 --> 00:07:00,521
ONE OF THE JOYS OF

389
00:07:00,521 --> 00:07:01,088
WATCHING

390
00:07:01,088 --> 00:07:02,589
HIM WAS THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE

391
00:07:02,589 --> 00:07:03,824
ANY SENSE OF ANY LIMITS

392
00:07:03,824 --> 00:07:04,124
TO

393
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WHAT HE COULD DO.

394
00:07:05,325 --> 00:07:06,527
HE WOULD RUN,

395
00:07:06,527 --> 00:07:07,528
SLING THE BALL

396
00:07:07,528 --> 00:07:08,762
BACK HAND, BEHIND THE BACK

397
00:07:08,762 --> 00:07:09,396
, ON

398
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A FAST BREAK

399
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AND

400
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IT

401
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-- HIM

402
00:07:12,933 --> 00:07:13,433
AND

403
00:07:13,433 --> 00:07:14,668
FIELDS, TREMENDOUS TEAM.

404
00:07:14,668 --> 00:07:16,203
I WAS LUCKY.

405
00:07:16,203 --> 00:07:17,104
I GOT TO SEE

406
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BOTH

407
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GARNETT

408
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AND

409
00:07:19,506 --> 00:07:20,974
DERRICK ROSE AS HIGH SCHOOL

410
00:07:20,974 --> 00:07:21,875
PLAYERS.

411
00:07:21,875 --> 00:07:23,010
WHEN THIS

412
00:07:23,010 --> 00:07:24,378
-- WHEN I STARTED

413
00:07:24,378 --> 00:07:25,579
DOING THE COLUMN, OF

414
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THE

415
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FIRST

416
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THE WHITE SOX

417
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FINISHED FIRST

418
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THE SECOND YEAR THE CUBS

419
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FINISHED FIRST AND THE THIRD

420
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YEAR THE BEARS WON THE

421
00:07:33,487 --> 00:07:33,921
CHAMPIONSHIP.

422
00:07:33,921 --> 00:07:35,055
BY THAT TIME MICHAEL

423
00:07:35,055 --> 00:07:35,756
JORDAN IS

424
00:07:35,756 --> 00:07:37,024
ON THE SCENE AND I GET

425
00:07:37,024 --> 00:07:37,324
THE

426
00:07:37,324 --> 00:07:38,592
BULLS THROUGH THE 90s,

427
00:07:38,592 --> 00:07:39,159
LUCKY

428
00:07:39,159 --> 00:07:39,927
TIME.

429
00:07:39,927 --> 00:07:41,061
>>LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BULLS

430
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AND JORDAN.

431
00:07:41,895 --> 00:07:43,030
MANY THINK THAT WAS

432
00:07:43,030 --> 00:07:45,432
LIGHTNING

433
00:07:45,432 --> 00:07:46,600
IN A BOTTLE.

434
00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:47,034
WHAT IS

435
00:07:47,034 --> 00:07:47,801
YOUR MEMORY

436
00:07:47,801 --> 00:07:48,836
OF MICHAEL

437
00:07:48,836 --> 00:07:49,203
JORDAN?

438
00:07:49,203 --> 00:07:50,337
>>IT IS NOT

439
00:07:50,337 --> 00:07:51,371
LIGHTNING IN A

440
00:07:51,371 --> 00:07:52,639
BOTTLE THAT IMPLIES A ONE

441
00:07:52,639 --> 00:07:53,240
HIT

442
00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:53,607
WONDER.

443
00:07:53,607 --> 00:07:54,908
IT WAS SUSTAINED

444
00:07:54,908 --> 00:07:55,475
LIGHTNING.

445
00:07:55,475 --> 00:07:56,710
>>WHAT I MEANT BY THAT

446
00:07:56,710 --> 00:07:57,411
,

447
00:07:57,411 --> 00:07:58,645
JORDAN HIMSELF WAS A ONCE

448
00:07:58,645 --> 00:07:59,613
IN A

449
00:07:59,613 --> 00:08:01,114
GENERATION KIND OF A PLAYER IS

450
00:08:01,114 --> 00:08:02,216
WAY MEAN.

451
00:08:02,216 --> 00:08:03,350
>>ABSOLUTELY.

452
00:08:03,350 --> 00:08:04,518
I FULLY EXPECT TO GO

453
00:08:04,518 --> 00:08:05,586
TO MY

454
00:08:05,586 --> 00:08:06,854
GRAVE THINKING THAT JORDAN WAS

455
00:08:06,854 --> 00:08:08,956
THE BEST ATHLETE I EVER SAW.

456
00:08:08,956 --> 00:08:09,556
KIND

457
00:08:09,556 --> 00:08:10,123
OF

458
00:08:10,123 --> 00:08:13,627
A

459
00:08:13,627 --> 00:08:14,061
RUTHIA IN

460
00:08:14,061 --> 00:08:14,661
FIGURE.

461
00:08:14,661 --> 00:08:18,298
THE FIRST GAME OF THE

462
00:08:18,298 --> 00:08:18,899
'92

463
00:08:18,899 --> 00:08:20,100
FINALS HE MAKES --

464
00:08:20,100 --> 00:08:21,134
HE MAKES

465
00:08:21,134 --> 00:08:22,302
EVERY THREE POINTER,

466
00:08:22,302 --> 00:08:23,370
AND

467
00:08:23,370 --> 00:08:23,937
SHRUGS HIS Svp

468
00:08:23,937 --> 00:08:25,506
!ERS.

469
00:08:25,506 --> 00:08:25,973
A

470
00:08:25,973 --> 00:08:27,207
GREAT ONE OF THE

471
00:08:27,207 --> 00:08:28,408
CLASSIC

472
00:08:28,408 --> 00:08:28,976
BASEBALL

473
00:08:28,976 --> 00:08:29,943
STORIES

474
00:08:29,943 --> 00:08:30,611
IS

475
00:08:30,611 --> 00:08:31,378
HAYWARD

476
00:08:31,378 --> 00:08:31,645
,

477
00:08:31,645 --> 00:08:33,614
DESCRIPTION OF A

478
00:08:33,614 --> 00:08:34,248
RUTH IN THE

479
00:08:34,248 --> 00:08:35,482
WORLD SERIES, THE RUTH

480
00:08:35,482 --> 00:08:36,149
IS

481
00:08:36,149 --> 00:08:37,751
MIGHTY AND SHALL

482
00:08:37,751 --> 00:08:38,819
PREVAIL.

483
00:08:38,819 --> 00:08:39,253
LATER ON

484
00:08:39,253 --> 00:08:40,354
I BORROW THAT

485
00:08:40,354 --> 00:08:40,921
AND SAY

486
00:08:40,921 --> 00:08:42,356
THE JORDAN IS

487
00:08:42,356 --> 00:08:43,390
MIGHTY

488
00:08:43,390 --> 00:08:43,957
AND SHALL

489
00:08:43,957 --> 00:08:44,324
PREVAIL.

490
00:08:44,324 --> 00:08:46,293
HE WAS THAT KIND OF PLAYER.

491
00:08:46,293 --> 00:08:47,127
>>YOUR MEMORY OF THE BEARS

492
00:08:47,127 --> 00:08:48,262
OVER THE 25 YEARS THAT

493
00:08:48,262 --> 00:08:48,896
YOU

494
00:08:48,896 --> 00:08:49,696
COVERED SPORTS?

495
00:08:49,696 --> 00:08:50,664
>>BOY,

496
00:08:50,664 --> 00:08:51,598
THAT'S

497
00:08:51,598 --> 00:08:54,768
85 TEAM WAS

498
00:08:54,768 --> 00:08:55,769
--

499
00:08:55,769 --> 00:08:56,570
THAT'S

500
00:08:56,570 --> 00:08:57,671
85 TEAM WAS MAGIC

501
00:08:57,671 --> 00:08:58,639
IN A

502
00:08:58,639 --> 00:09:00,774
BOLT.

503
00:09:00,774 --> 00:09:01,241
-- IN

504
00:09:01,241 --> 00:09:01,909
A .

505
00:09:01,909 --> 00:09:03,443
THEY STILL OWN THE TOWN.

506
00:09:03,443 --> 00:09:04,344
THEY NEVER WON

507
00:09:04,344 --> 00:09:05,279
AGAIN FOR

508
00:09:05,279 --> 00:09:06,046
VARIOUS REASONS.

509
00:09:06,046 --> 00:09:07,314
A LOT HAVING TO

510
00:09:07,314 --> 00:09:08,248
DO

511
00:09:08,248 --> 00:09:08,949
WITH DITKA

512
00:09:08,949 --> 00:09:09,550
,

513
00:09:09,550 --> 00:09:10,817
PART OF HAVING TO

514
00:09:10,817 --> 00:09:12,119
DO WITH THE

515
00:09:12,119 --> 00:09:12,986
FOLLOWING YEAR, I BELIEVE

516
00:09:12,986 --> 00:09:13,620
IT

517
00:09:13,620 --> 00:09:15,122
IS McMAHON GETS

518
00:09:15,122 --> 00:09:15,756
CRUSHED BY

519
00:09:15,756 --> 00:09:16,890
MARTIN OF THE PACKERS AND

520
00:09:16,890 --> 00:09:18,792
MESSES UP HIS SHOULDER AND YOU

521
00:09:18,792 --> 00:09:19,626
WIND UP WITH FLUTIE

522
00:09:19,626 --> 00:09:21,061
AS YOUR

523
00:09:21,061 --> 00:09:22,896
STARTING QUARTERBACK IN THE

524
00:09:22,896 --> 00:09:23,997
PLAYOFFS AND THE

525
00:09:23,997 --> 00:09:24,531
FOLLOWING

526
00:09:24,531 --> 00:09:25,899
YEAR YOU HAVE THE

527
00:09:25,899 --> 00:09:26,567
PLAYER'S

528
00:09:26,567 --> 00:09:28,001
STRIKE AND DITKA

529
00:09:28,001 --> 00:09:28,635
SELLS HIS

530
00:09:28,635 --> 00:09:29,937
TEAM OUT, EMBRACING THE

531
00:09:29,937 --> 00:09:30,838
SCAB

532
00:09:30,838 --> 00:09:32,139
REPLACEMENT PLAYERS AND

533
00:09:32,139 --> 00:09:32,773
THEY

534
00:09:32,773 --> 00:09:33,473
NEVER WON AGAIN.

535
00:09:33,473 --> 00:09:35,008
>>WE ARE WRAPPING UP.

536
00:09:35,008 --> 00:09:36,543
ONE OF THE

537
00:09:36,543 --> 00:09:37,411
THINGS ONE OF THE

538
00:09:37,411 --> 00:09:38,278
QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASK

539
00:09:38,278 --> 00:09:39,446
YOURSELF IS, WHY

540
00:09:39,446 --> 00:09:40,147
YOU SO MUCH

541
00:09:40,147 --> 00:09:41,448
TIME FOLLOWING A

542
00:09:41,448 --> 00:09:42,349
BOYS GAME,

543
00:09:42,349 --> 00:09:43,617
SPECIFICALLY BASEBALL,

544
00:09:43,617 --> 00:09:44,251
WHY SO

545
00:09:44,251 --> 00:09:45,519
MUCH TIME IN SPORTS IN

546
00:09:45,519 --> 00:09:46,153
GENERAL,

547
00:09:46,153 --> 00:09:47,421
WHY DID YOU?

548
00:09:47,421 --> 00:09:48,188
>>

549
00:09:48,188 --> 00:09:49,223
I THINK I FOUND

550
00:09:49,223 --> 00:09:50,023
THE SAME

551
00:09:50,023 --> 00:09:53,660
KIND OF DRAMA IN SPORTS THAT

552
00:09:53,660 --> 00:09:54,728
IS IN

553
00:09:54,728 --> 00:09:55,462
OTHER KIND

554
00:09:55,462 --> 00:09:56,496
OF ADULT

555
00:09:56,496 --> 00:09:57,731
LEISURE PURSUIT, MOVIES,

556
00:09:57,731 --> 00:09:59,099
PLAYS,

557
00:09:59,099 --> 00:10:00,801
BALLET.

558
00:10:00,801 --> 00:10:01,635
IT IS

559
00:10:01,635 --> 00:10:02,569
BEAUTIFUL BODIES

560
00:10:02,569 --> 00:10:02,836
AND

561
00:10:02,836 --> 00:10:03,971
BEAUTIFUL MOTION FOR ONE

562
00:10:03,971 --> 00:10:04,738
THING.

563
00:10:04,738 --> 00:10:05,839
ALWAYS THERE'S THESE

564
00:10:05,839 --> 00:10:06,840
DRAMATIC

565
00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:08,075
STORYLINES, YOU

566
00:10:08,075 --> 00:10:09,042
-- IF YOU PAY

567
00:10:09,042 --> 00:10:10,577
ATTENTION AND WATCH IT IS AS

568
00:10:10,577 --> 00:10:12,145
INVOLVING AS

569
00:10:12,145 --> 00:10:13,580
ANY

570
00:10:13,580 --> 00:10:16,149
SHAKESPEAREAN

571
00:10:16,149 --> 00:10:21,388
TRAGEDY.

572
00:10:21,388 --> 00:10:22,256
>>TED COX

573
00:10:22,256 --> 00:10:22,956
,

574
00:10:22,956 --> 00:10:23,957
APPRECIATE IT.

575
00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:24,725
>>THANK YOU.

576
00:10:24,725 --> 00:10:26,326
>>AGAIN, THE BOOK IS

577
00:10:26,326 --> 00:10:26,960
1001

578
00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:27,861
DAYS IN THE

579
00:10:27,861 --> 00:10:28,896
BLEACHERS.

580
00:10:28,896 --> 00:10:30,531
READ AN EXCERPT ON OUR

581
00:10:30,531 --> 00:10:34,531
WEBSITE,