Chicago Cubs
There are fans that cannot be convinced. The Cubs fan in your life doesn’t need you to tell them how they feel about this team. Odds are they learned how to feel that way decades ago and wear it proudly like some people wear their family names. The question with them isn’t if you should get them something. It’s what can you actually get them that matches the magnitude of that.
We built this because there are already plenty of shitty Cubs gifts out there. Clothing and other merchandise that could just as easily be from any other franchise. Items that say ‘fan’ without acknowledging why they’re a fan. We wanted the opposite sort of stuff. Hats, shirts, decorations that a true Cubs fan will see and know. Things that celebrate what makes this team unique; the history, the fandom, the particular highs and lows of rooting for Chicago through everything that’s been thrown its way.
And that history definitely includes Wrigley Field. The ivy, the scoreboard, Lake Michigan and that neighborhood that decided to bloom alongside America’s beloved ballpark. That park has personality you don’t find in most stadiums in any professional sport and the best Cubs merchandise acknowledges that. Goombay Smash Candy™ isn’t just inserting a logo onto a bunch of gear. The best Cubs gifts celebrate what it means to be a Cubs fan.
We considered that old man who watched the Cubs when you were still in diapers. We considered the fan that spent April through October of 2016 in Chicago and will never forget it. We considered you introducing younger fans to the passion of being a Cubs fan with something that will last them a long time. Anyone who bleeds Cubbies knows that when you get into specifics it becomes clear these are all very different people who will want different things.
That’s why we didn’t want to overwhelm you with options. Each piece in this collection was curated with care and adding more just for the sake of numbers wasn’t an option. Some of these picks are home-centric, others you’ll want to hang on a wall. But we also have stuff for that uncle who already has everything, but will probably grab anyway. That’s always the hardest to buy for, so you know we put extra thought into finding that special something.