Thursday, March 24, 2005

New Rules to be a Cubs Fan

This is a serious post. To be a true Cubs fan you have to suck it up and just enjoy the game. Especially now that you have an organization that is actually making a good-faith attempt to win. Not like the Jim Frey years.

Don't blame Dusty, or Hendry, or MacPhail. Don't blame the players who bust their butts every day, 162 games is a long season.

One final thing stop complaining about injuries. They will happen, but the more you complain the more bad karma you create.(that is debatable I guess)

But also the more you complain the bigger loser you become and you show yourself as what year, a Fad Cubs Fan.

Only certain Cubs fans have a right to complain the ones who were alive in 69. The ones who were at the series in 45 also have a right to complain. If you were lucky enough to be alive the last time the Cubs won the series, and you still have enough energy to complain go ahead.

The one interesting thing is, these older fans don't complain, like the new Fad Cubs Fans do. They love the Cubs through thick and thin, from injury to injury. For example, the only thing my grandfather has complained about for the last couple years was the fact that Chip Caray was not a "hometown" announcer like Harry.

That my friend is a valid complaint.

Comments on "New Rules to be a Cubs Fan"

 

Blogger Will said ... (11:53 AM) : 

I'll let the '84 group complain a little bit, a little before my time as well. I was only 3, although I did get to go to the one game they won in '89 when my favorite baseball player ever Ryne Sandberg hit a homerun. After '84 no complaining though. It's like these people want Jim Riggleman back or something.

 

Anonymous Anonymous said ... (12:40 PM) : 

'84 broke my nine year-old heart.

I've been looking for a way to properly label all the booing last year...Fad Cub Fan. C'mon, these are the Cubs...if you can't see it was a character building year as a fan, then give up your corporate-purchased tickets so that those of us who can appreciate the beauty of the game and the Cubs may do so in the Friendly Confines. Gonzo, Alou and BRTMN in Game Six should've given any Johnny come lately the hint.

 

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