Podcast: Jon Greenberg on the legacy of the 2003 Cubs

Hindsight and a championship make it a lot easier to enjoy that incredible season

Podcast: Jon Greenberg on the legacy of the 2003 Cubs

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The Athletic’s Jon Greenberg discusses the interviews he did for the 20th anniversary oral history he wrote on the 2003 Cubs. Mark Prior, Kerry Wood, Dusty Baker, E-ramis Ramirez, Jim Hendry, Gabor Bako, Eric Karros, Shawn Estes and more (all the stars) talked about their fond and not so fond memories of that season that was really great until it wasn’t.

Find out which ex-Cubs dodged his calls, and how he ended up with enough stuff for three columns with a fourth yet to come. Find out how he sleuthed an email address for one of the most in-demand characters in the entire saga.

Jon theorizes that Steve Bartman was, and probably still is, a loyal reader of Desipio/Pointless Exercise.

They also talk about an event earlier that season that foreshadowed the way it all ended. All that and much more.

And check out the links below for the three columns Jon’s written on this so far, my rewatch of game three of the 2003 NLCS (one of the most fun Cubs’ playoff games ever) and of course the Remember This Crap on the 2003 season.

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The Athletic: The most influential year in Cubs history, 20 years later: ‘It did change everything’ – Oct. 5, 2023

The Athletic: Talking about the 2003 Cubs brings back memories and a lot of stories – Oct. 6, 2023

The Athletic: Who can forget what happened on Oct. 14, 2003? The ’03 Cubs never will – Oct. 14, 2023

Further Review: Game 3, 2003 NLCS
Since we’re all rewatching old games these days, why not watch a forgotten Cubs’ classic? Had things gone differently three, or four, games later, game three of the 2003 NLCS against the Marlins would be a treasured memory much like game five of the 2016 World Series is.

Podcast Archives – Remember This Crap? 2003 Cubs – Sept. 2021