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‘Your Brain On Cubs’

Newsweek,  April, 2008  by George F. Will

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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 ?

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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. ...