An American baseball reference?

[MrEddo]

No: HPFGUIDX 68590

Hey, the Cubs are doing great this year, maybe it's a sign of things 
to come for Chudley when Harry and Ron play for them in the future. 
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, pjuel13 at a... wrote:
> Amy Z says:
> >I would love to think that JKR is referring to the long-suffering 
> >Cubbies here, but I think the profile of the Cannons fits the Red 
Sox 
> >more than the Cubs.  The Red Sox, non-aficionados of baseball, are 
> >famous for not having won a World Series since The Great War.  The 
> >Cubs have *never* won a World Series.  The Cannons were once a 
great 
> >team, with their glory days far in the past.
> 
> 
> Err, nope, actually the Chicago Cubs -did- win the World Series way 
back in 
> 1908, with a team led by player-manager Frank Chance (part of the 
famous Tinker 
> to Evers to Chance double play combo) and the great left-handed 
pitcher 
> Mordeci "Three-finger" (AKA "Miner" he lost part of his hand in a 
mining accident) 
> Brown. Legend says that mangled hand could put unholy mojo on the 
ball. 
> The Cubbies were utterly dominant in the first decade of the 20th 
century, 
> but while they did make World Series appearances in the 30's and 
40's (last one 
> in '45) they have been breaking the hearts of fans ever since. 
> *sigh* 
> All together now Cubbies fans "Just wait til next year." 
> 
> And to turn this back to HP topicality, could the UK folks out 
there clue us 
> in as to any possible UK football anologue? I have vauge 
recollections of 
> Arsenal going through a similar long and agonizing championship 
drought, which was 
> broken not too long ago.  
> 
> And what does it say about Ron that he is so passionately devoted 
to the 
> Cannons? 
> Loyalty? Stubborness? Just sheer cussedness?
> Is it a family thing (I don't recall having seen signs that any of 
the other 
> brothers are quite so devoted) or did he latch onto them himself? 
And if so, 
> why?
> Anyone have any thoughts?
> (As a Cubs fan I've got to recuse myself citing an inability to 
remain 
> objective) 
> 
> -Stripedog
> 
> 
> 
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