As you may know if you’ve ever met me before, I love the Chicago Cubs. Not because blue and red go very nicely together (which they do) but because I just do.
This season has simultaneously been one of the most puzzling and exciting seasons in Cubs baseball history. On the eve of their sweep of the crosstown rivals, I have to take this chance to share my personal thoughts about the Northsiders.
For me, it’s been hard to deal with the success of this season because for once in my history as a Cubs fan, I don’t have much to complain about.
Being a Cubs fan means some very paradoxical things. It means you have faith that they can do better next year if they suck but it also means that you talk some maaaaaaaad shit about them when they do. Every Cubs fan knows something Sweet Lou doesn’t.
Sure, in the series previous to this one, they got swept by the hotter than hot Tampa Bay Rays but you know what, the Cardinals got swept by the Kansas City Royals, who I’m pretty sure have no fan base in or near the Kansas City area. I’m a silver lining kind of girl and that’s the sunshine in my sweep storm.
My little jab at the STL is neither here nor there.
Sitting in the bleachers of Wrigley Field with your friends (besides the bad taste of shelling out more money for one beer at the game than you would spend on three on a Thursday night at Murphy’s) is a thing of beauty that can’t be explained. Even if I have to sit next to a fratty who thinks Gamecocks hats are funny…hell, he’s my brother for those 2-3 hours.
This post is not my declaration that the Cubs will win the World Series on the 100th anniversary of their last win. This post is not the 2004 cover of Sport Illustrated with Kerry Wood’s paunchier mug looking back at you. Kerry Wood is closing the book on teams now and I’m closing the book on making wishes that might not come true.
No matter what happens, the Cubs are now, and will always be, my team. Go Cubs Go.
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JontheCubsFan (JontheCubsFan) says:
(Posted June 24th, 2008 at 10:14 am)
I approve of and agree with this post.
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Charlie (Charlie) says:
(Posted June 23rd, 2008 at 7:51 pm)
Fuck yeah.