CHICAGO -- Carter Hawkins was part of Cleveland's front office when the Indians lost to the Chicago Cubs in the 2016 World Series. He vividly remembers being on the team bus for the trip to the airport after Game 5.
"We're just inching along, just barely going anywhere. There's people everywhere," Hawkins recalled, "and all I could hear was 'Go Cubs Go' over and over and over and over."
Now he wants to sing along with those same fans in October.
The 37-year-old Hawkins was formally introduced as the Cubs' new general manager on Monday, stepping into a position that had been open since Jed Hoyer was promoted to president of baseball operations almost a year ago.