"Scott is a native of Chicago and the son of comedian Ernie Simon and Patricia Lyons Simon. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, Mexican cooking and 'bleeding for the Chicago Cubs.'"
Simon also wrote a book that tells all about his Cubs love (in addition to his love of the other Chicago sports teams) called "Home and Away: Memoir of a Fan". It was published in the spring of 2000, and topped the Los Angeles Times nonfiction bestseller list for several weeks.
One of the best passages of that book was about the Cubs. The season of 1969, painful for a Cubs fan to recall because of its wonderful beginning and slow death in September, is recounted as a tragedy, unlike the version you will hear from Mets fans. Here he is talking to Charlie Rose about that book and his NPR program. In this interview, he calls Chicago the best sports town in the world, and explains the difference between a Cubs fan and a Sox fan.
Scott Simon is no longer based here, and he is not really a Chicagoan any more, but can there ever be a doubt how deeply the Cubs virus has bored its way into his system?
