WGN to salute 60 years with the Cubbies

WGN-TV is promoting an April 20 special commemorating 60 years of televising Chicago Cubs baseball games.

There is a legal hook to this special: Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will be one of those interviewed on the show, according to this entry on Len & Bob's baseball blog.

Now that we've gotten that out of the way....

Every child in Chicago knows it's been 100 years since the Cubs have won the World Series. Many theories have been advanced for this century of futility -- the Billy Goat Curse being the most popular -- but, after 1908, the Cubs won the National League Pennant in 1910, 1918, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938 and 1945. That's not exactly a dismal record. But then, in 1948, WGN began broadcasting Cub games... and they've never won a pennant since.

I salute the 60th Anniversary of the relationship between the Cubs and WGN and I hope the relationship continues long after Sam Zell sells either or both to new owners. On the other hand, I've always been a White Sox fan.

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Photo of Justice Stevens obtained from the Supreme Court Historical Society.