Cubs Win! Cubs Win! Cubs Win! (Oh, Wait, Did We Jinx It?)

Stewart McVicar’s Cubs-inspired man cave is really something to talk about. The fancy, 2,500-square-foot man cave in the basement of his McHenry County home boasts 12 video displays and seven different audio zones. One of the bar walls has a 46-inch TV with a pair of 40-inch TVs on each side and an area with theater seating has a 65-inch TV with 55-inch units on each side. There is also a 92-inch projection screen that can be pulled down. The man cave has an arcade with pinball machines, an air hockey table, foosball table and old-school video games. There are two separate bar areas with beer on tap, a commercial beer fridge and a full-stocked liquor bar. McVicar hires a bartender for parties and other events.

Tonight, that Cubs man cave will really be rocking. » Read more

La Grange Native Gets Professor to Move Exam for Cubs’ Game

A “perfectly blunt” student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign became a national hero when he earnestly emailed his professor to request that an exam be rescheduled because his family has tickets to the Cubs’ wild-card game. Guess what happened next. » Read more

Anthony Rizzo Asked ME to Sign HIS Jersey

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• Moneyball, Anyone? How Cubs Rank in Advanced Sabermetric Stats (Tribune)

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