Jason Kidd surprises lifelong Cubs fan and Bucks employee with a World Series ticket

29 October 2016 at 7:49 pm

Anyone with but an inkling of professional sports knowledge knows that the Chicago Cubs are in the midst of a preposterously long championship drought, dating back to 1908. As such, generations upon generations of Cubs fans have lived and passed in the years since the team last took the Major League Baseball title, leaving millions ruing a summer (and, in the rare times the team makes it to the postseason, fall) gone wrong while the calendar yet again clicks down till next year.

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Next year might be here, though the Cubs certainly need some help as the team enters Saturday night’s Game 4 of the 2016 World Series facing a 2-1 series deficit against the Cleveland Indians.

Milwaukee Bucks equipment manager Mike Sergo, thanks to an assist from Bucks coach Jason Kidd, will be on hand to lend his voice during Sunday’s Game 5. Sergo, a 20-year employee of the Bucks and lifelong Cub fan, was surprised with World Series tickets by Kidd and the team on Friday:

Mike Sergo is a coworker of mine with the @bucks and has been here 20 years. He is the most selfless person I know, who would lend a hand to anyone. He is also the biggest @cubs fan I know, and when they made the world series, he tried every contact he knew to try to get there. He couldn't find a ticket. Going to the world series at Wrigley Field would mean more to Mike than anything in this world (literally) so I offered to start up a collection to help Mike buy a ticket. A number of staff agreed to pitch in but then Coach Kidd said he'd take care of the ticket. Here is Mike finding out he'd be going to Wrigley Field for game 5. One of the coolest moments of my life.
A video posted by Daniel Marks (@dgm591) on Oct 28, 2016 at 2:29pm PDT

The collection was started by Bucks basketball database manager Daniel Marks, prior to Kidd pushing in with all his chips. Here is Mike after he was given the tickets:

Here is Mike after he got the ticket. He's going to see the world series at Wrigley Field @cubs
A video posted by Daniel Marks (@dgm591) on Oct 29, 2016 at 10:44am PDT

The Bucks do play on Sunday evening, at home against the Detroit Pistons. You, faithful reader, will also be excused if you decide to decline the chance to watch a Pistons/Bucks game in October in exchange for Game 5 of the World Series.

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