The Cubs beat a D Back team in transition last night and Alfonso Soriano
has nine home runs. But the team is 11 and 14. Starlin Castro continues to perfect his
Derrick Lee imitation; IE, smashing hits all over the yard that mean absolutely nothing.
By the way, the Cubs are 11 and 14 as of this writing. I used to go into an emotion funk
when I'd see my beloved Cubs sputtering about. But with age comes a degree of
both cynicism and indifference. No longer do I think with my heart when it comes to the
Cubs. No, I trust my eyes these days. The same eyes that fill me with a sense of
surrender as I watch another year of mediocre baseball slowly unwind. Maybe the Cubs
just don't possess the mindset to actually do what's right. They are baseballs version of
bad luck Schleprock. Dusty Baker came to this mystical world of angst and misery
with the confidence that he could break through and grab the grail. By the end of 2006,
he was nothing more than a babbling and self delusional mess. Then there was our
dear old Uncle Lou. He was gone half way through the 2010 season.
Like Baker, he left Cubdom searching for answers. If I were ten years younger,
I'd tell you that this misery will end. I'd tell you that there is indeed a manager
out there who can not only survive but also thrive within the confines of this tomb
called Cubdom. I'd tell you that no teams luck can consistently come up snake eyes,
that the misery will end sooner rather than later. But I'm older now
and what I see is an organization that is even more inept and even more baseball dumb.
Boston gets an owner who has the business sense to turn Fenway into a cash cow in
which to attract to free agents. And the Cub? We get Tom Rickett's. We get cutesy
nostalgia and free hot dogs and pitching prospects who have no clue how to get
major league hitters out. Free agents come to Boston and Philly and New York
and find championship solace. In Cubdom, our free agents slowly crumble
beneath the glare of high expectations and a mystical sense of ineptitude that
defies all sense of baseball logic. In Boston and New York and Philly,
they have owners with both the business sense and the financial resources to win.
What do Cub fans have? We have Tom Rickett's, a clueless king who doesn't
have the resources to properly run the very baseball team that was virtually
handed to him by Bud Selig. Remember, this was man who
barely had enough liquid capital to actually finish the purchase at one point.
I'm not mad anymore and I'm not angry. I love the Cubs and I can't say I won't be back.
But not until I can be offered more than hokey nostalgia and the tiresome mystique
of a crumbling financial sinkhole/pick up joint. Nostalgia is for kids. Nostalgia
is for the tourists. True Cub fans want more. Heck, we deserve more.
I just wish someone was listening.
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Ahhh . . . . being a die hard cubs fan comes with a price, doesn’t it~? . . .
I remember watching SNL when they did a presidential debate sketch.
I pulled it up and it hurt laughing!!
From NBC on Thursday night:
New York, NY – October 9, 2008 – The much-anticipated debut of SNL's live primetime "Weekend Update Thursday" arrived with political comedy at the forefront – opening with a parody of the Second Presidential Debate, featuring guest stars Chris Parnell as moderator Tom Brokaw and Bill Murray as town hall questioner "William Murray."
“There was no Tina Fey or Gov. Sarah Palin, but “Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday” did feature a most reliable butt of jokes, the Cubs.
Bill Murray, who appeared as himself in a sketch lampooning the town-hall presidential debate last Tuesday, asked Sen. John McCain (Darrell Hammond) and Sen. Barack Obama (Fred Armisen) what they would do to ensure that the Cubs would never lose in the playoffs again.
"Last week, in the National League divisional playoffs, the Chicago Cubs faced the Los Angeles Dodgers. In Game 1, the Cubs lost 7-3. In Game 2, they lost 10-3 and in Game 3, 3-1. What, as president, would you do to guarantee that this never happens again? Senators, in your answers, please be specific,”
Murray asked.
“That's a fair question, William, but let's face it, the Cubs may very well be in the playoffs again, perhaps even next year. If so, they will lose again, and they will keep right on losing year after year after year, because that is what the Cubs do. We as a nation have got to wean Cubs fans away from supporting that team and train them to root for other teams – teams that will actually have a chance at winning,” Armisen-as-Obama said.
"Senator McCain?" moderator Tom Brokaw (Chris Parnell) asked.
“Here I have to agree with my opponent,” Hammond-as-McCain said. “Let me give you some straight talk, my friends: The Cubs will never win the pennant, much less the World Series! Junior over there, he won’t tell you that. I just did.”
It’s too soon to say “wait till next year” but with all the craziness going on in our state, our county of Cook, the world we live in . . . we know 1 thing: ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. The Cubs just may win in my lifetime!! Miracles can happen☺
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