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Wednesday
Nov262008

Bill Hillman

DateWednesday, November 26, 2008 at 09:23AM

Five Minutes With Bill Hillman

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MY BRUSH WITH A CUB: I can’t remember the guy’s name. It was after one of my fights at the Park West. I took it on short notice and took a bad beating, but didn’t get stopped, then we’re walking out and there’s this guy and Irvine’s like, “Hey, that’s so and so,” and he’s walking this little poodle. Afterward, we all were a bit shaky about his taste in dogs but he was a nice guy.

 

WHO WERE YOU?: Ryne Sandburg, but the whole ‘89 roster got a nod now and then.

 

WORKING ON: Edgewater, or The Last White Hood, a novel. Has completed a draft and plans to bring it into the advanced workshop at Columbia College this spring term, and finish it as a thesis under the advisement of Don De Grazia.

 

DAY JOB: Union Laborer Local 2, mainly concrete, but I can shoot grades, too, if anybody’s hiring.

 

LITERARY FIGURE I’D HIRE TO MANAGE THE CUBS: Don De Grazia, he loves ‘em more than me.

 

THE CUB I’D MOST WANT TO LIVE INDEFINITELY IN MY BASEMENT: Rick Sutcliffe, in case I ever needed any back up. I live in Pilsen now--and not the nice side.

 

MOST CHERISHED CUBS MEMORY: That Grace home run in the ‘89 division playoff opener.

 

BEST PIECE OF CUBS MEMORABILIA: A warm-up jacket I got when I was a little kid. It wasn’t official, but it looked official, and it was official to me.

 

THE CUBS WILL WIN IT ALL IN 2009 BECAUSE: Pitching. I know not everybody likes him, but Zambrano, that guy plays with the kind of passion that wins championships.

 

THE CUBS WON’T WIN IT ALL IN 2009 BECAUSE: ‘Cause they’re the Cubs.

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