Dear Cub Fans,
Normally, I revel in other’s misery. I know that you have been splashing around in mine for a few days. But last night made me a bit sad. I turn on my TV with the hopes that you guys would be going bat shit crazy and making nothing but noise for 3 hours. Instead, I got a tense, quiet crowd that completely disappeared when James Loney hit that Grand Slam. Now, I understand what you do has no effect on the game. The “people” down there are unfeeling, unknowing drones who are just statistical creations that fit holes on a stat sheet. But sometimes I like to pretend the players are human. Sometimes, I like to think they rise to the occasion and feel positive chi and feed off the home crowd. I am certain you feel that way too or else you would not spend hundreds of dollars on tickets. So, after spending that type of money and devoting all of your time caring for your team, you showed up nervous. Not good.
This morning, I am reading papers and articles online and the columnists and fans seem to be burying this team, a 97 win team, already. They lost one game. There are possibly four more to go. Adding a day between games one and two is certainly no treat either. At least they play tonight. More Less time to overanalyze one game. Now, I am not a Cub fan so I really don’t have all that history pent up behind me. Hell, I am far from rational either. I can be a regular Chicken McSkyisfalling myself. But, you have a good team. Believe in them. Get out there tonight and show them and the world that all is well. I could tell you that this whole Playoff process is supposed to be fun. It isn’t. It is a terrorizing agony that makes you feel worse as your team progresses. But to get your team to progress and feel absolute joy (something I do know about being a season ticket holder of the World Champion New York Football Giants) you are going to need to sweat it out. You are going to need to feel pain. You are going to need to believe. So get off your fucking hands and cheer your fucking team.
Yours Truly,
RomanWarHelmet
Don’t the two plat again tonight? I don’t believe there is a day between games.
Fuck the Cubs and their cocksmoking fans! I hope they lose forever. Dont cheer just slit your wrist or sombody light the Stadium on fire while the game is going on. HAHA! I dont care if the Sox lose to the Rays just seeing those miserable fucks cry and hope for victory and then get crushed makes my year.
yeah they play today.
Based on what I read over at TBL, Sportsgal is going to lose her shit over this.
That’s bad they play back to back days, they might be tired, mmmmmm mozarella
/TBL
cbh…+1
Cbh, +10. Wow, just wow.
Why not call them out on the booing like someone else did?
cbh +500. i spit out my coffee
Fucking fuck..I knew it was tonight and got talked into tomorrow..fuck..I will fix it
EVANNNNNNNNN
FIXED!!!!!!
We’re proud of you Roman.
Hef, will we be discussing baseball tonight, or the oh so fun VP debate? I think this one is going to be a classic.
We’re going to be discussing everything. I start drinking today at 3:45 (hef time) so I should be a barrel of monkeys.
I probably won’t “see” you guys tonight. If I am here for the debate I will probably be getting -1 and -10.
I think I will watch Iron Man tonight, what a bad ass movie.
sparty–You check your Morning After post from today? He returned. Any comments you’d like to throw there?
[checks time zones]
hef–is that 8:45 ET? or is hef time not the same as jew time?
fucking Sox.
I don’t care to discuss the debate myself…
i saw. he wasn’t too fond of the caption. I get the sense that deep down some of the Sox fans wanted the Yanks to make the playoffs so that they could be rid of him completely.
Hef time=Party time
RWH-this is different. tonight will be pure entertainment.
sparty–I’m not a Yanks or Sox fan, but I wanted to see the Yanks make it in…they would’ve lost anyway.
Are you trying to impart the cocoon of optimism on Cubs fans?
monkey…of course…I can’t use it no more
Wait a second… a METS fan is lecturing Cubs fans for not cheering? A Mets fan. Seriously?
If the Mets somehow managed to make it into the postseason, and they were in a situation where their pitcher gave up a grand slam home run, there is NO FUCKING WAY the fans wouldn’t have booed.
Quit whining, sportsgal.
/sportsgal’d
Actually sportsgal, it depends on the pitcher.
The Johan/The Franchise, Part Deux (you guys call him Big Pelf): no boos.
Everyone else: boos.
All of that said, Roman isn’t mocking Cubs fans. He’s
offering words of encouragement.
The only reason why the Cubs (and Brewers) lost yesterday is bc I rooted for them. I’ll stop doing that now so that they win.
/science
SG..this is not about booing a Grand Slam..it was about the apprehensive hand sitting I watched from innings 1-9…I will send you a tape of 2006…not one person sat in any of the 6 home games we had that postseason…lot’s of sitting yesterday..I expected fucking crazy..I got none of that…
SG..Guru is right..I am offering what Monkey referred to as the Cocoon of Optimism (TM RWH 2006) Just a constant state of support…shit goes wrong..shake it off and get going…I am already sensing whoa is me..Fuck that..your team is better than that…Get going and be heard…BELIEVE…now is that all at you..maybe not..But the 40K that were in Wrigley last night disappointed me
SG, you better scream from your fucking condo or apartment so they can hear you in Wrigley, goddammit!
/RWH
Fuck this fucking shit and act like you fucking care about the fucking cubs!
If Cubs fans were clutch, they would cheer. And those cheers would, in turn, be heard by the Cubs and they would become clutch. Like David Eckstein clutch.
spencer?
her-row?
the fuck?
that’s right.
this was some trash talking going on in the Rays game. almost a brawl. this Rays team is sweet.
Sweet like a gang of faggots.
Pay attention to the people that are at the game tonight. It was written on a bunch of Cubs blogs today – the only people who could afford a ticket are people who are there to schmooze clients or be a part of the “cool scene.” These aren’t Cubs fans. I saw more people checking their blackberrys than watching the game.
Is this not a baseball blog? How about some analysis of the game instead of constant chatter about the fucking fan base? Captain Douchebag in the stands had nothing to do with Ryan Dempster walking Manny in the 5th inning when he’s up 0-2.
I agree; cubs fans suck!!
We already analyzed the game: the cubs lost because they’re quitters and their fans booed because they’re douchebags. What more do you want?
of course this is a baseball blog
Cubs lost and the Fans boo’d it wasnt like 2 or 3 boos it was a lot of boos. I bet SG was booing the TV.
fuck this whole comment section…and i agree with what the thread was,….but fuck all of these comments