October 6, 2008

  • Once again, the Cubs have let me down, this time in a big way. After the great regular season they had, the expectations were sky high. I had hopes for them to go to the World Series. But, being a Cub fan its always in the back of my mind that the worst could happen, such as them getting swept in the first round. Although I thought the Dodgers could beat them, I felt the Cubs getting swept was very unlikely. Well turns out very unlikely was very true. The Cubs looked nothing like the team that dominated the National League this year. In fact, they were a far cry from the same team. They lost without so much as a whimper. I don't think this hurts as bad as it did in 2003 when they were painstakingly close to getting to the World Series. Of course, ever since then I've been somewhat numb to the pain this team has inflicted upon me. Still, this is a tremendous disappointment. I almost think it would have been better if they had at least won the series and then blew things in the National League Championship Series like they did in '03. At least we would have had some sort of excitement, instead they leave us with the bitter taste of nothingness and embarrassment which is a taste worst than being so close you can taste it.

    The question is why do I allow them to do this to me? Why do I remain a fan of this sad, pathetic team. Is it because I love the torture they put me through? Are the mind games they play an attraction in some way? I really don't know, all I can say is that I'm loyal and when I was a boy I fell in love with this team. The rest is history I guess. I've also put in so much time that when it finally does happen and they finally do go all the way, it will mean that much more to me than some fair weather band wagon fan.

    Of course, the Sox fans have been having a field day with this one. One insecure, asshole Sox fan from work woke me up with a text message yesterday morning saying that the Cubs potent offense had choked and was a joke.And after the Sox won yesterday for the first time in their series against Tampa, today at work he tried to get under my skin by saying "doesn't it just drive you nuts that the Sox won more games in October than the Cubs?" To which I replied "No, I really don't preoccupy myself with the Sox. Doesn't it just piss you off that no matter how much the Sox win or how good they do, nobody in this town talks about them? Instead all the attention goes to the loser Cubs for being bad." Now I want to stress that I never started this Cubs-Sox war with him but he has always been a dick about the Cubs. I swear some Sox fans are subhuman. That being said, the Sox  fans got theirs today when they were eliminated by a team that has been around for such as short amount of time that they haven't even hit puberty yet.