Thats why I love them. Who wants to see another overtly masculine, tight-pants wearin sports outfit?!
All in all, I love the Cubs for what they symbolize only and could give exactly 0 shits about sports at all. The Cubbies are all about being a perpetual underdog, who has a 100 year curse on it, and who resides in the oldest most stubbornly homey piece of shit-piss-soaked field in baseball. It's the same idea that likely brought the Bad News Bears to fruition after market testing on dopes like me. I don't care about sports to any meaningful degree. I just like watching gay Cubbies punch hardcore south siders in the face, drinking shitty beer and sucking hot dogs.
As a dedicated (at least, I feel) Cubs fan, it's crap like this that really is upsetting!
Growing up in WI, I should've been a Crew fan, but for whatever reason, both my Grandpa and uncle were big Cubs fans, so I followed along with them. I still remember being in my uncle's place in FL, watching on WGN when Harry came back from his stroke and they had a big cake for him. I remember as a grade schooler when the cubs made a run in '89, how exciting that was. It was that playoff run that sucked me in. Family vacations were made yearly to Chicago, with a mandatory Wrigley stop. If you haven't been and you love baseball, you have to go. Look past the d-bags and just suck it all in. I haven't been to Yankee or Fenway, but of the 10 parks I've been to, Wrigley brings out all the emotions in me.
So, the years have gone by, a couple flirtations with above mediocrity, until 2003. That's when the page turned; that's when winning became not only a one year deal, but something that appeared to be a possibility for years to come. Wood and Prior, Sosa and Alou- the Cubs seemed destined to make a run. Alas, it wasn't to be, however, winning in the future seemed inevitable.
Now, a couple years have passed, a cellar season included, but things are lookin' up! Like the team a lot this year, hopefully Lilly and Hill can pull something close to what they did last year. If so, they got a good chance.
Seriously though, losing fucking sucks, winning is fucking awesome, so "lovable losers," my ass!!! That shit is fucking lame!! Mediocrity is never ok!
Often times, I think how much easier it would be to have been suckled on the Astros or the Orioles, but I'm stuck with what I got.
Up with hope!!
They are perpetual underdogs only because they are an extremely poorly managed team who is more interested in selling seats in their kitschy dump than fielding a winning team. Neither of those teams are "underdogs" they are just historical failures, and the Red Sox would still be cellar dwelling if they hadn't put together the best team money can buy.
As a Vineline subscription holder, I cannot disagree with this statement.
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