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Originally Posted by luckymann
Search the thread, he's been done at my request.
EDIT Maybe it was done off-forum. Here it is at any rate.
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Leon Durham's seventh-inning error on Tim Flannery's grounder in the final game of the '84 National League Championship Series led to a heartbreaking Cubs loss to the Padres. "To me, that (error) wasn't really the cause of us not getting to the World Series. But it was part of it," said Durham. "It wasn't like we didn't have an opportunity to score any more runs. There were pitchers who could have been taken out of the game in certain situations. But (manager) Jim Frey decided he went this far with his best, and he wanted to stay with his best.”
On his relationship with the team, "I mean right now, do I feel like I was once a Cub?" No, I don't. I don't because I don't feel like I am part of the family. There are no invites, there's nothing there. I get a fricking calendar every year. Bobby Dernier is more of a Cub guy. They take care of him more than they take care of me, and Bobby Dernier came in there for what? Two or three years (actually four) or whatever, and he's like Mr. Cub … Ernie Banks and (such).
"But I'm not down about it. I have been in this game a long time, almost 38 years. I have no bad feelings in my heart … because I was allowed to take care of my family and I was allowed to take care of my dreams. I have no hostility against the Cubs. I was just treated different. It was not a suicidal thing or something for me to have a bad feeling in my stomach about. I didn't lose any sleep over it. I didn't hold it as my fault that we didn't get to the next level."
"(Fans) treat me pretty good in Chicago when I'm there. There are one or two hecklers here and there, but I dealt with that (mess) when I played. …"If that's all you remember about Leon Durham, then that's your fault. … You're a miserable person." - Chicago Tribune
I'd already made a new one. I doubt the glasses come through (esp. on a Mac) as I used the picture on the left. I'm biased as I know they are there. The one luckymann posted certainly wasn't the one you had though, percolaten! So, either one should be an improvement.