Gene Stevens

I was born and raised on the northside of Chicago near the Lakeview neighborhood. I was a member of the Neighborhood Chicago Boys Club. It was there where I got my first taste of organized sports. As kids, my friends and I would walk to Wrigley Field, buy cheap tickets and sit in the upper deck to watch the Cubs. My sister worked at Murphys Bleachers across from Wrigley, and my nephew was a bat boy for the Cubs. My real interest in the Cubs peaked after returning home from military service in 1982, and I have rarely missed a game on WGN since. My profile picture is of my kids with Ron Santo a couple of years ago at Gurnee Mills in Gurnee, Illinois.