The year is 2160. Interstellar flight is common, space stations are as busy as 21st-century airports, and extraterrestrials inhabit Earth. And the Chicago Cubs still haven't won the World Series since 1908. Fed up, two Cubs fans use a time machine to travel back to 1908, recruit (okay, kidnap) two players off the last championship Cubs team, and bring them to the future to help the Cubs finally win another World Series. The hilarious plot to get two ringers into a World Series game that's already been played, in hopes of reversing the outcome so that the Cubs win, involves two actual Cubs players from the 1908 team (Joe Tinker and Orval Overall), and two memorable characters from the future, whose witty banter and devotion to the Cubs will endear them to all baseball fans. The haplessness of the Cubs over the years has won them millions of sympathetic and loyal followers. They may well be the most beloved sports team in America. And whether you're a fan of the Cubs or simply of sports in general, this book may be your best and only chance of being there when the Cubs finally take the Series.
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"Harper Scott writes screwball, bantering dialogue as though channeling the best of the scriptwriters for movies like His Girl Friday." --Charles de Lint, author of Trader and Moonlight and Vines
"The fate of the Cubs determines the fate of the World." --Robert Reed, author of Marrow and The Well of Stars
``1908 meets the 22nd Century, Cubs style. Are you sure this is fiction?’’ --Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN, and author of Cubs Nation.
"The fate of the Cubs determines the fate of the World." --Robert Reed, author of Marrow and The Well of Stars
``1908 meets the 22nd Century, Cubs style. Are you sure this is fiction?’’ --Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN, and author of Cubs Nation.
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Harper Scott was–or rather, will be-born in late 21st-century Chicago. In 2121, he transports to Vissulia aboard a corporate laser ship. Upon his return to this solar system, he joins Doctor Alexander Proo in experiencing the time travel adventure described in his memoir, How I Helped the Chicago Cubs (Finally!) Win the World Series. Today, Scott lives in Chicago with his Dalmatian, Orval, and his Beagle, Joe. He has never been asked to sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" over the public address system at Wrigley Field during the seventh-inning stretch.
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By Jerry Wynne (Wisconsin, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How I Helped the Chicago Cubs (Finally!) Win the World Series (Hardcover)
Easily the funniest sports novel I've ever read, easily the funniest science fiction novel, and among the funniest novels period. Hilarious dialogue, an ingenious plot, and two memorable characters who travel back in time to kidnap players from the 1908 Cubs and bring them to the future to help the Cubs win the World Series. You don't need to be a Cubs fan to love this book.
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Judged a Book by it's Cover,
By Mike H. "Mike H." (Chicago) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How I Helped the Chicago Cubs (Finally!) Win the World Series (Hardcover)
I purchased this book because of the snappy title and the hope that it would be an entertaining read. However, halfway through the first chapter I grew bored from the exhausting use of sci-fi imagery and tedious storyline. This is not a book for Cubs fans. It is a childish plot and has little or nothing to offer in the realm of enjoyment. I have to wonder, with all the possible stories that could have been told about this hopeful event, why was this one so lame? As an avid Cubs fan, I truly hope it happens in my lifetime and I certainly hope that, when it does, it won't put me to sleep like Harper Scott's version did!
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Wonderfully funny. I bought it for my son to read. I had already read it a few years ago and will read it again in the off season.
I would recommend it to all baseball fans, especially Cubs fans.
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In the latter years of the second millennium, science determined that light consisted of both waves and particles. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
soy wafers, sensory helmet, visitor gong, coma freeze, temporal conduit, laser ship, robot waiter, lucky cap, time booth, yellow lever, throwing error Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World Series, Doctor Proo, Joe Tinker, Wrigley Field, Orval Overall, Lance Pepperidge, Chicago Cubs, Alexander Proo, Bald Proo, Loomis Moss, Harper Scott, Grant Park, Palmer House, West Side Grounds, Fort Wayne, Ken Griffey, Karen Proo, Lake Michigan, Star Trek, Street Station, World Championship New!
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In the latter years of the second millennium, science determined that light consisted of both waves and particles. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
soy wafers, sensory helmet, visitor gong, coma freeze, temporal conduit, laser ship, robot waiter, lucky cap, time booth, yellow lever, throwing error Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World Series, Doctor Proo, Joe Tinker, Wrigley Field, Orval Overall, Lance Pepperidge, Chicago Cubs, Alexander Proo, Bald Proo, Loomis Moss, Harper Scott, Grant Park, Palmer House, West Side Grounds, Fort Wayne, Ken Griffey, Karen Proo, Lake Michigan, Star Trek, Street Station, World Championship New!
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- Three Finger: The Mordecai Brown Story by Cindy Thomson on page 61, page 63, and page 65
- The Time Machine / The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells on page 128
- The Time Machine by H G Wells on page 128
- Labor Day (Carolrhoda on My Own Books) by Geoffrey Scott on page 107
- White Sox: The Illustrated Story by Richard Whittingham on page 203
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