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Classic Royko: A pitch for the Cubs, as columnist recalled his first time seeing them play

Chicago Sun-Times | March 31, 2024

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Can Cubs manager Craig Counsell make the team’s home opener on Monday a game to remember like the first one that the late Sun-Times columnist Mike Royko once wrote about?

Editor's note: The Cubs’ home opener is Monday. Which we mark with this classic Mike Royko column, originally published April 5, 1979, from the Sun-Times' archives.

It's always one of the best events of the year, the real beginning of Chicago's spring, and I remember the first time I took part.

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