Tag: chicago cubs

• Memoir: Every song that mattered to you can tell a story (1971)

  

  “Yes,” I could say, “my family life might be shameful, but I know who bats third for the Cubs (Joe Pepitone) and who guested on the Flip Wilson Show last week (Bill Cosby, Gina Lollabrigita, and John Sebastian).”

  abendelow

  July 11, 2025

  memoir

  1971, acoustic guitar, am radio, Bill Cosby, chicago cubs, every picture tells a story, folk-rock, maggie may, mandolin, music, pop music, rod stewart, top 40

• Memoir: Early memories of dad (1966-67)

  

  Sports were one place dad felt comfortable interacting with me. Otherwise he acted as men who came of age in the 1940s and 50s did: strong, silent, and cool. Except when it came to sports. In the presence of an athletic contest, dad re-animated. Watching a game on our black and white TV, he’d explosively…

  abendelow

  July 2, 2023

  memoir

  chicago bears, chicago blackhawks, chicago cubs, Ernie Banks, FOCA, masculinity, memoir, oak park, OPRFHS, Randy Hundley, sports, Wrigley Field