Comments on The Worst Sports Blog Ever: Trouble in Wrigleyville

To both anonymous posters ... thanks for the comme...

2008-06-02T22:37:37.389-04:00

To both anonymous posters ... thanks for the comments.

People don't think that Fukudome Shirt is a big de...

2008-06-02T17:45:06.983-04:00

People don't think that Fukudome Shirt is a big deal...how about this, paint the face black, and have some watermelon or chicken reference and would you still feel the same way? You think anyone in their right mind will print a t shirt like that? Racism is racism...doesn't matter what race is the victim.

June 6, 2005: Cubs vs. Blue Jays.I was unable to ...

2008-05-21T00:41:57.888-04:00

June 6, 2005: Cubs vs. Blue Jays.

I was unable to keep score. The guy in front of me begins calling a Jays fan a "faggot." He then starts telling every marginally attractive woman in the area that, "this guy is a total faggot."

Cubs lose 1-4.

June 7, 2005: Cubs vs. Blue Jays.

Again, I was unable to keep score. However, this time I was totally entranced by the guy next to me in the bleachers telling Alexis Rios to go back to his own country (Canada).

Cubs lose 4-6.

I've since moved out of Lakeview and never gone back to Wrigley. Rediculous (sic) eh?

Jason ... we'll find out soon enough.John ... I wo...

2008-04-23T11:28:05.402-04:00

Jason ... we'll find out soon enough.

John ... I wouldn't say that I spend too much time "worrying" about the Cubs ... I just like to push Cubs fans' buttons.

Just a few observations.Much of the current critic...

2008-04-23T10:48:12.135-04:00

Just a few observations.

Much of the current criticism of Cub fans is based on the presumption that the Wrigley crowd on any given day is a cross-section of typical Cub fans. It isn't. Wrigley is a historic park in the middle of a trendy neighborhood, so it attracts a higher percentage of people with little or no interest in the game. So be it. But the "typical" Cub fan isn't much different than the typical fan of any other MLB team. Even so, most of the people at the ballpark are there for the baseball.

Marty Brennaman is an angry buffoon who lost any credibility with his decades-long enabling and defense of a certain bowl-cut wearing, convicted felon/degenerate gambler/mental defective. He's also an enormous hypocrite on the issue. On the radio during the Pete Rose-Dave Pallone incident, he spoke favorably of the Cincy fans who were throwing items on the field. His comments were sufficiently troubling that he received and the ol lefthander received an in-person tongue-lashing from Bart Giamatti. He's mad because the the Cubs wouldn't let his son Thom treat the Cubs job like a part-time job when he wanted to moonlight for Fox. Too bad, because I liked Thom, but it goes deeper than baseball.

2) White Sox fans spend way too much time worrying about the Cubs. As for the road show, I think fans of other teams resent the fact that so many Cub fans travel to opposing venues, but secretly wish they had that sort of presence. At every ballpark, there are drunken buffoons. I concede that there are a higher percentage at Wrigley, but I don't understand the desire to paint with a broad brush, which, despite the conciliatory language, you are doing here. If it's moronic to go to the ballpark, have a few beers, and cheer for my team, then I guess I'm guilty as charged.

Boy, win one World Series and you lose all skeptic...

2008-04-23T10:47:20.164-04:00

Boy, win one World Series and you lose all skepticism. I think you and your Sox are in for a world of hurt.

Speak for yourself. I'm all in (baring injury)!Ser...

2008-04-22T22:31:51.821-04:00

Speak for yourself. I'm all in (baring injury)!

Seriously.

Neither of us should gloat about first place just ...

2008-04-22T16:16:01.296-04:00

Neither of us should gloat about first place just 3 weeks into the season...

Anonymous ... re-read the post, per Jason's commen...

2008-04-21T14:01:36.765-04:00

Anonymous ... re-read the post, per Jason's comment.

Jason ... you are one of the two ... and to be fair, the Sox don't suck ... they're in first. It's just that people realized there's no glory in being a Sox fan. The fact is no matter how good the Sox are, the Sox are always second in Chicago. It is what it is.

Apparently Anonymous didn't read past the first co...

2008-04-21T12:53:53.286-04:00

Apparently Anonymous didn't read past the first couple of paragraphs...

"And this doesn't mean that all Cubs fans are like this. I know Cubs fans who love baseball, love the Cubs and don't act like morons when they go to Wrigley Field. I know at least two fit this criteria that read this blog."

And I'm assuming that I am one of the "two" that you referred to.

And I'm not going to take you to town for your thoughts on the typical frat boy fan. You know how much I dislike them as well.

And I respect Marty and his thoughts. He's not wrong.

But let me say this: any team that has some sort of successful attraction pulls in fair weather fans.

We see teams like the Yankees, Red Sox, Cowboys, Patriots, Bulls, etc. that have pulled in idiot fans because these fans want to be part of the party. And when the party is over, they leave. The Cubs just so happen to have the longest lasting party, for a variety of reasons (Wrigley Field and Wrigleyville and national attention via WGN being the big 3), further flamed by occassional on field success and an mythology of gigantic proportions.

This stupid fandom has found its way to our beloved Colts. We deal with it because, well, at least they are our stupid fans.

If the White Sox had continued their on field success after the World Series, they too would have found stupid fairweather fans. Fortunately for you, the Sox suck and you don't have to deal with such troubles.

I think it's just rediculous that you think all cu...

2008-04-20T11:09:12.178-04:00

I think it's just rediculous that you think all cubs fans act like this. I personally know alot of cubs fans that love baseball and love to go to the park to enjoy watching the game. Just because a few people act like that doesn't mean most are like that. I've been to see many other teams and have seen their fans act like morons too. Just because you are a sox fan doesn't mean you have to put down all cubs fans. People have to be more responsible when writing rediculous articles like this.