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Big Al reports in from Cubs Spring Training, Mesa, AZ - Album

Big Al says he, and Las Vegas, think 1916 is the year the Cubs will win the series for the first time in 108 year!
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By Big Al Owens, the Big Rig Trucker

I have been in Mesa, AZ hanging out at the Spring Training for the Chicago Cubs. I met Tom Ricketts, he is the owner of the Chicago Cubs, and I've met some of the players and have been having a great time here in the Phoenix area.

The Cubs have not won the World Series since 1908. They have not been to the World Series since 1945 when they lost to the Detroit Tigers. Las Vegas has the Chicago Cubs as the favorite to win the World Series in 2016.

I have been a Cubs fan since my Dad introduced me to baseball in 1974. I have watched many losing seasons in Chicago, so I am really excited about the possibility of seeing the Cubs go all the way. I only wish that my Dad was here to see it I've taken some pictures which I hope everyone back in Columbia and friends elsewhere all over the country enjoy. - Big Al, the Big Rig Trucker




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The Changing Face of Jamestown Hill: UCB campus & Big Al's Place



2016-02-24 - Intersection of Jamestown & Hayes Streets - Photo by Ed Waggener, CM photo.
Big Al Owens, the Big Rig Trucker, still owns property on the block surrounded by Jamestown Street, Hayes Street, and Heskamp Street, and was proud of the park-like surroundings the United Citizens Bank campus changes have created which benefits him. The far left brick building is the original United Citizens Bank Building. The nearer one, now incorporated into the complex, is the home built by David & Effie Heskamp which remained under Heskamp family ownership until the bank purchased it. Hayes Street elbows around the cleared area including the Big Al place to rejoin Heskamp Street. - EW.

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Big Rig Trucker at Cubs Training Camp, Mesa, AZ



2016-02-25 - Chicago Cubs, Sloan Park, 2330 W Rio Salado Parkway, Mesa, AZ - Photo by Innocent Bystander. Big Al has been in Mesa, AZ, visiting with his favorites from Chicago, including Tom Ricketts, the owner of the Cubs.
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Big Al Owens with Tom Ricketts, owner of the Cubs



2016-02-25 - Chicago Cubs Spring Training Camp, Sloan Park, 2330 W Rio Salado Parkway, Mesa, AZ - Photo by Innocent Bystander.
Tom Ricketts, owner of the Chicago Cubs, and the man that Donald Trump cannot shut down (See Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts replies to Donald Trump accusation, left with our hero from Vester, Chicago, and Hayes Street, at the Cubs Spring Training Camp in Mesa, AZ. See Thomas S. Ricketts Wikipedia Entry

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Epicurean Kentuckian: Bag of Portillo's in Mesa, AZ



2016-02-25 - Chicago Cubs Spring Training Camp, Sloan Park, 2330 W Rio Salado Parkway, Mesa, AZ - Photo by Al Owens.
Big Al found the taste of sweet home Chicago in a bag of Portillo's famed delicacies. Next thing to being in Chicago.

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Cubs owner Tom Ricketts and Manager Joe Maddon



2016-02-26 - Chicago Cubs Spring Training Camp, Sloan Park, 2330 W Rio Salado Parkway, Mesa, AZ - Photo by Big Al Owens.
Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts talks with the Cubs Manager Joe Maddon. - BIg Al Owens

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Cy Young winner at Cubs Training Camp



2016-02-26 - Chicago Cubs Spring Training Camp, Sloan Park, 2330 W Rio Salado Parkway, Mesa, AZ - Photo by Big Al Owens.
Jake Arrieta, Cy Young winner - Big Al Owens

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Big Al's Chariot: H & O Freightliner out of Campbellsville, KY



2016-02-28 - Truckstop somewhere in America - Photo By Big Al Owens, the Big Rig Trucker.
Regular CM Contributor Big Al Owens, who just contributed the excellent photo series from the Chicago Cubs Spring Training Camp, has an important, demanding job. But he always treats it as one of the greatest opportunities in life. He gets to see the world driving this Freightliner, pulling out of Campbellsville, KY for H & O. For the rest of us, when we're traveling America, seeing an H & O rig, a big red Volvo Mister "P" Express freightliner, a tractor trailer bearing the Rogers Trucking Co., badge; or the Lewis Transport logo on the side of a semi, or a Tarter Gate truck, laden with Casey County produced gates, is always a welcome source of pride. - CM

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Big Al Owens and John, professional photographer covering Cubs



2016-02-28 - Chicago Cubs Spring Training Camp, Sloan Park, 2330 W Rio Salado Parkway, Mesa, AZ - Photo by Innocent Bystander.
"This is me on the left, with John, a professional photographer who is covering Spring Training for the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs have not won the World Series since 1908. They have not been to the World Series since 1945 when they lost to the Detroit Tigers. Las Vegas has the Chicago Cubs as the favorite to win the World Series in 2016. I have been a Cubs fan since my Dad introduced me to baseball in 1974. I have watched many losing seasons in Chicago, so I am really excited about the possibility of seeing the Cubs go all the way. I only wish that my Dad was here to see it " - Big Al Owens


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