If the Mets win tonight we should have a SoxTalk meet up for the game Wednesday.

At the cubby bear?

Boss just told me he couldn't imagine not supporting a team from your city (he's not really a baseball fan). Again, are Yankees fans being held to the same standard right now?

Ask him about his favorite moment from 2005.

 

Truth is the Cubs expect their World Series win (if ever, or whenever it happens) to be a landmark in human history. Make a federal holiday, tons of movies and music and video games, a global special broadcast over every network, executive visits around the world to come pay their respects and, just for yucks, reset the calenders. They've built so much mythology into the curse from thin air they've made it out to be some crazy watershed moment for mankind.

 

What they dont realize, or more likely choose not to realize, is that half the people in their own city aren't Cubs fans and dont care. Most of that number are actively rooting for them to lose and would quicky cobble together plans to the get the hell out of town should the Cubs ever play a World Series clinching game. Seriously, if the Cubs come back and win this series then have the Jays/Royals down 3-0 are you staying in town? Unless you absolutely have to no. You're gonna spend the weekend in Milwaukee or go visit your elderly relatives in Arizona/Florida. You aren't alone either, a ton of people wN of Roosevelt and E of Pulaski will do the same thing. A third of Chicago dreads the fake-ass celebration that would come with a Cubs World Series title.

 

The Cubs are as Chicagoan as deep dish pizza, which is to say that yes they have a place here but its wildly exaggerated. Nobody really eats deep dish more than once a month (those that do die from heart disease almost instantly) and nobody sits around dwelling on another futile Cubs season. It's just all part of the carefully crafted marketing of Chicago to create an identity surrounding the city that's palatable to the rest of the country, since segregation, crime, traffic and inferiority complexes aren't all that appealing to people. They play in a damn museum for chrissakes! So yea, dont be one of the people who just has to hop on the bandwagon because everyone else is. Either be a hater because hating is fun and watching Cubs fans cry is brilliant television or be proud of the fact that you couldn't care less.

At the cubby bear?

 

That might cause a fight. haha

Ask him about his favorite moment from 2005.

 

Truth is the Cubs expect their World Series win (if ever, or whenever it happens) to be a landmark in human history. Make a federal holiday, tons of movies and music and video games, a global special broadcast over every network, executive visits around the world to come pay their respects and, just for yucks, reset the calenders. They've built so much mythology into the curse from thin air they've made it out to be some crazy watershed moment for mankind.

 

What they dont realize, or more likely choose not to realize, is that half the people in their own city aren't Cubs fans and dont care. Most of that number are actively rooting for them to lose and would quicky cobble together plans to the get the hell out of town should the Cubs ever play a World Series clinching game. Seriously, if the Cubs come back and win this series then have the Jays/Royals down 3-0 are you staying in town? Unless you absolutely have to no. You're gonna spend the weekend in Milwaukee or go visit your elderly relatives in Arizona/Florida. You aren't alone either, a ton of people wN of Roosevelt and E of Pulaski will do the same thing. A third of Chicago dreads the fake-ass celebration that would come with a Cubs World Series title.

 

The Cubs are as Chicagoan as deep dish pizza, which is to say that yes they have a place here but its wildly exaggerated. Nobody really eats deep dish more than once a month (those that do die from heart disease almost instantly) and nobody sits around dwelling on another futile Cubs season. It's just all part of the carefully crafted marketing of Chicago to create an identity surrounding the city that's palatable to the rest of the country, since segregation, crime, traffic and inferiority complexes aren't all that appealing to people. They play in a damn museum for chrissakes! So yea, dont be one of the people who just has to hop on the bandwagon because everyone else is. Either be a hater because hating is fun and watching Cubs fans cry is brilliant television or be proud of the fact that you couldn't care less.

 

That is an excellent post my friend!

 

lol everyone is talking about on CSN is how the cold hurt the Cubs. How do they expect to win the WS if they can't win when it is cold?

No. I think a good manager vs a bad manager is 3-4 wins tops. Remember an all star player is considered ~5 wins above replacement. No way a manager is more valuable than an all star player. Their salaries alone tell you teams don't value them that high. Otherwise they would be paid better than bench players.

Sox won 76 games in '15. Ventura was probably good for -3. Maddon would probably be good for +3. That puts them at 82 wins.

Anyone else's stomach turning? Hahaha

Baez with another uh no.

Baez with another uh no.

 

I thought he was decent with the glove? He has been dreadful

I thought he was decent with the glove? He has been dreadful

He was playing in. E6

Next time at 2nd spike the hell out of him

Stolen base was worthless. f***.

I will never understand how fielders are allowed to block a base. Cubs have been doing that all year

I will never understand how fielders are allowed to block a base. Cubs have been doing that all year

 

Cubs aren't the only team that does it but I agree.

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Hendricks up in the zone a ton

Deflate this crowd!

Yeah baby!

Mets scoring early again.

That first pitch to Duda was a comical strike

The crowd is already deflated. I love it.

Kyle got lucky to catch that.

I'll take it.

That was almost a disaster by Schwarber.

Deflate this crowd!

Is there a Tom Brady in the house?

That pitch to Fowler was 3 inches closer to the plate than the Duda strike