{"product_id":"9781623687113","title":"Living the Dream: An Inside Account of the 2008 Cubs Season","description":"\u003cbr\u003eLegendary broadcaster Jack Brickhouse once said \"any team can have a bad century.\" He was joking, of course, but the Chicago Cubs franchise, whose games he worked for decades, entered 2008 on the brink of making his words come painfully true. A number of expansion teams in the four major sports never have won a World Series, Super Bowl, Stanley Cup, or NBA title in their brief histories. But no team ever has gone 100 years without winning a championship. Following the Cubs' quest to avert that infamous distinction is the backdrop for \u003ci\u003eLiving the Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, which, for author Jim McArdle, it truly was. McArdle, a former Cubs employee as editor of the official team magazine \u003ci\u003eVine Line\u003c\/i\u003e, quit his job to devote himself completely to the 2008 Cubs' season. Thanks to clubhouse access generously offered by the team and an apartment located just beyond Wrigley's left-field fence, McArdle was uniquely positioned to compile this fascinating story.","brand":"Triumph Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134511399152,"sku":"9781623687113","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781623687113_p0.jpg?v=1763859287","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781623687113","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}