In Episode 2 we converse with patient zero for my sports fanaticism, my father. He reflects on how he first became a Chicago Cubs fan and what it's been like to follow them through decades of disappointment before they finally won the World Series in 2016. 

Events referenced in this episode:

• Ken Holtzman's no-hitter on August 19, 1969. Here is the boxscore. Six future Hall of Famers in the lineup that afternoon!
• The Continental Football League's 1969 championship game won by the Indianapolis Capitols, 44-38 in overtime, over the San Antonio Toros. Here is the Capitols page and Toros page.
• The view from the seventh tee at Pebble Beach.
• Hole 8 at Royal Troon.
• Augusta National's 12th Hole.