A rant about the fans of Chicago.

October 17, 2003

I’ve got a bee up my bonnet, but I promise this will be the last time I talk about this…until next year, that is.

I’m SOOOO tired of Chicago fans moaning and weeping over the Cubs losing in game 7. I had a conversation cut short on me by a Chicago friend because I brought up the game and they apparently were still broken up about the game results. I didn’t rub it in, I didn’t make fun of the Cubs, I just asked if they were even going to watch the World Series, and they didn’t even want to talk about it. That’s just plain old dumb. Firstly, it’s just a game. A frickin’ game! One of many, and certainly not even the most popular game anymore like it was so long ago (I think football holds that title). Secondly, no one “deserves” to win anything. That, I tell my readers, it just plain bullshit. If anyone deserves to win at all, it’s the team who plays better, doesn’t screw up, and doesn’t make critical mistakes in the lineup, not a team who hasn’t won in 95 years. That argument is total crap, first of all. “The Cubs haven’t been in the World Series in 58 years and they haven’t won in 95 years. They deserve to be in the Series!” Yeah, because it’s those same guys who played 95 and 58 years ago who are playing now, and they can’t get a break, right? Pure crap. If the Cubs deserved to be in the World Series, it would be on their own merits and not on some chance to reclaim past glory. And they didn’t have enough merit to get there this year. Yes, they played well all season. Yes, they played well in the post season, but it’s clear that the better team won in the end.

Contrary to what people may believe, I didn’t really care who got into the World Series this year. I rooted for the Marlins, because frankly they were the underdogs and I saw their playing and thought that they should go on to the World Series. A team with a franchise that’s only 11 years old in the postseason as a wildcard versus a team that swept through the season and has been around practically since baseball began? Yeah, I’d say the Marlins are the underdogs. I watched four of the seven games, and in three of the four games, the Marlins played beautifully, and at times it was like watching the spirits of the Marx Brothers on the Cubs. Seriously. Everyone makes errors and mistakes, but not THAT many. The fact is that they choked at the 11th hour and never got past it. Or blame the curse, I don’t care. But whining, moaning, and worst of all, getting mad at people who point to what happened as the Cubs just not playing well enough to get to the World Series doesn’t help anything except your own misplaced pride.

I’m tired of seeing pictures of fans at Wrigley field crying, heads in hands. I’m tired of hearing about how one lone fan cost the Cubs the National League title. It’s a frickin’ game, people. Your lives don’t depend on it, and your existence isn’t lessened because the Cubs screwed up. If it is, seek help. Immediately. The Cubs lost the game on their own, and yes, it’s too bad that it had to happen to the home team, 50,000 people in the stands and on the streets right there rooting for them.

Bah, I swear. I think people just want to kill the messenger.

This is a very boring day. I haven’t found anything that I can apply for, and now I’m pretty much just waiting for the weekend classified ads to look through those job listings to see if maybe on the offchance there’s something in there that I could do. Tonight my Mom and I are going to finish Dune most likely, and then tomorrow I may make some of my famous pizza for dinner to eat while watching game 1 of the World Series. Who do I want to win? Frankly, I want the Marlins to win. Not because I want to see them win, because I want to see the Yankees lose. The Yankees have taken 25% of all the World Series ever played, played in maybe 1/3 of ALL of them, so I think that them getting there and losing would be punishment enough. Root for the underdog, people always say. Go Marlins, then!

Only one set of pictures today, but I’m getting down to the bottom of the barrel. I took these this past January, so you should remember when I took them.

Silver Falls Pictures

Back to being bored, I suppose. I could watch my copy of The Matrix Reloaded that I bought for $9.99 with free shipping from Best Buy, but I’m not really in the mood for that kind of movie. I may pop in a DVD from my “La Femme Nikita” Season 1 collection that I got and do some more exercising, so I’ll have to see how my afternoon shapes up. Hope everyone has a good weekend, and I hope that the steady trickle of pictures meets with your expectations.

That’s about enough out of you. That’s right, YOU, Chicago!

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