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WooLife

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears." - Thoreau

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Thanks to his grandmother's determination to save him from his physically and mentally abusive mother by introducing him to baseball and religion, a young Ronnie becomes inspired after watching Jackie Robinson play at Wrigley Field and flees his unloving home on the South Side in search of a better life on the North Side. What Ronnie discovers in the bleachers of Wrigley Field is a foster family of Cub fans and baseball players that awakened his spirit and gave him a feeling of self-worth, respect and love that was never there for him with his biological family. After dedicating his life to loving the Cubs, he begins pursuing his dream of becoming their official mascot, and finds his souls music by rejoicing 'cubs woo, cubs woo' in a way that inspires and ignites some of baseballs greatest players like Roberto Clemente, Ernie Banks, Hank Aaron, and Willie Mays. But no matter how hard tragedy strikes or how desperate his situation becomes following the Cubs for five decades, Ronnie's faith in God and the Cubs keeps his hope and dreams alive and he never stops saying 'woo' to life.

The 2000 season of the Chicago Cubs finds Ronnie wearing a jersey with the name 'Woo-Woo' stitched on the back, pants and blue stirrup socks and his trademark toothless smile, still following his heart and never giving up on his dream to become the official mascot for the Chicago Cubs. As the end of the season approaches, Cub fans and the Chicago media come to realize that the three year Cub's tradition of letting celebrities sing 'Take Me Out To The Ballgame' as a tribute to Harry Caray has left out their biggest fan: Ronnie 'Woo Woo' Wickers. Faced with obstacles from Cub's management and jealous fans, the media and fans decide to buy Ronnie a new smile in the off-season to help improve his chances of becoming the first die-hard Cub fan to sing 'Take Me Out The Ball Game'. Despite being happy and grateful without teeth, Ronnie endures major dental surgery and enters the 2001 season with a new smile and renewed hope that his dream of being recognized by the Cubs will come true.

Woo Life is a reminder, a lesson, that life is about following your heart wherever it takes you and that there is more than one path in life, and the one without society's safety net is the most difficult…but it can lead to the deepest sense of what it means to be alive. There isn't another spirit in the universe quite like Ronnie Wickers. Woo Life explores the gifts of this extraordinary man. Feel the 'woo' that his spirit brings to everyone he touches.

"Life isn't important except for the impact that you have on others."
- Jackie Robinson