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How I Helped the Chicago Cubs (Finally!) Win the World Series

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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.

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!

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.

Hilarious, hilarious book! I'm a very slow reader and it takes me about a month to finish a book (if I even finish)... not this one! I couldn't put it down. I admit, the first 20 pages (or so) were hard to get through. However, once I got through the first couple chapters I couldn't put the book down until I finished. The book captivated me so much I finished reading it in a day! I think this is a good book for any Cubs fan with a sense of humor. I wish this was a movie.