JUNE
19, 2005 --
Not
since the 1938 World Series had the Chicago Cubs played in
Yankee Stadium. Before that, the Cubs were at the Stadium
for the 1932 World Series. Both events
results in four-games sweeps by the Yankees.
Accordingly,
it appears that the Cubs came to the Bronx, June 17, 18, 19
on a four game losing streak at Yankee Stadium.
LPR met one Cubs fan June 17 -- Jerry Deron, a part-trime bartender from Memphis.
LPR photographed members of the Cubs team and two more fans on June 17.
These fans, told by LPR that it is unlikely
the Cubs will again play in this Yankee Stadium suggested otherwise -- that
they would be here in October. A point worth bearing in mind.
As irt stands, however, the Cubs have lost seven straight games at The House
that Ruth Built -- over seventy-three years of
course.
LPR noted that the atmosphere when the Cubs arrived was a lot less tense than
whern the Red Sox are the visiting team. And Greg Maddux and Manager Dusty
Baker were friendly replying to greetings from LPR; Manager Baker indicating
he would like the Stadium a lot more if the team won a game here.
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Cubs
pitcher Greg Maddux outside Yankee Stadium, before
the June 19 game.
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Cubs
bus outside Yankee Stadium before the June 19 game.
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Jerry
Deron, Cub fan from Memphis, where he is a part-time
bartender at Neil's, at Madison and Mclean. (Photo taken
June 17.)
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Sign
on Yankee Stadium, June 19, announcing the day's game
with the Chicago Cubs.
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Cubs
manager Dusty Baker outsider Yankee Stadium before the
June 19 game.
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High
school basketball coaches from Vernon Hills H.S., Vernon
Hills, Ill. (l) and from Stevenson H.S., Lincolnshire,
Ill (r), before the June 19 game.
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