‘Your Brain On Cubs’
Newsweek, April, 2008 by George F. Will
It is said there are no atheists in foxholes. There should be lots of them in Wrigley Field in the Cubs’ 10th decade of rebuilding.
Aren’t cartoons supposed to be funny? In a New Yorker cartoon, a man and a woman are seated at a restaurant banquette and the man says, “OK, Cynthia. I’ll tell you my hopes and dreams, my joys and my passions. But be forewarned—they all concern a particular sports team.” What is funny about that ?
It is not nice to joke about a neurological affliction. Fortunately, we can now comprehend the condition, thanks to a new book, “Your Brain on Cubs: Inside the Heads of Players and Fans,” a collection of essays by doctors and others knowledgeable about neuroscience and brain disorders associated with rooting for a team that last won the World Series a century ago. ...