Criticism of Cubs fans

[stitchface]

its been a blast the last couple years. unfortunately we will be gone by then or I would meet up with you.

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

I'm sure there are stereotypes out there for every type of fanbase. I live in Northern California so here are a couple local stereotypes. Note: these are NOT stereotypes that I have come up with.

 

SF 49ers fans are all fat white men.

 

Oakland Raiders fans are all either Hispanic or Black that have served time in prison.

 

As people have proved in this thread, there are all kinds of stereotypes out there for the fans of sports teams. It doesn't make them right.

 

Speaking of SF, one thing I noticed when I visited what was then PacBell Park was that a lot of Giants' fans collect pins that they wear on their hats. Pins of all sorts in honor of Mays, Bonds, McCovey, the 89 Giants so on and so forth.

[soccer10k]

I'm sure there are stereotypes out there for every type of fanbase. I live in Northern California so here are a couple local stereotypes. Note: these are NOT stereotypes that I have come up with.

 

SF 49ers fans are all fat white men.

 

Oakland Raiders fans are all either Hispanic or Black that have served time in prison.

 

As people have proved in this thread, there are all kinds of stereotypes out there for the fans of sports teams. It doesn't make them right.

 

Speaking of SF, one thing I noticed when I visited what was then PacBell Park was that a lot of Giants' fans collect pins that they wear on their hats. Pins of all sorts in honor of Mays, Bonds, McCovey, the 89 Giants so on and so forth.

 

I was at the Giants game against the Dodgers in 2001 when Bonds hit his 500th HR and we sat out in the bleachers in leftcenter field. There was a lady a couple rows in front of us that had a Giants jacket covered in pins. I mean COVERED. Literally hundreds of pins. You name a Giants pin and she had it. This led to one of the funniest lines I have heard in my life. My dad is a Dodgers fan and he and a random Giants fan right in front of us were going back and forth trading friendly jabs about the opposing team. At some point during the game my dad says: "You see that lady a couple rows down with all the pins? Do you know the one pin that she doesn't have? A San Francisco Giants World Series Champions pin." The guy just laughed. My dad takes great pride in the fact that the Giants haven't won a WS since moving from New York.

[OnTheBeach]

Most fans from other cities are so jealous of being a Chicago sports fan they have to lash out. It's been 20 years since the Bears won the Super Bowl but the team still has international fame and everyone knows Ditka, Sweetness, Jimmy Mac, etc... The Bulls won 6 titles in 8 years with the greatest NBA player of all-time. The White Sox are the reigning WS champs(gasp). OK, the BlackHawks stink and old man Wirtz should sell the team. That brings us to the Cubs.

 

The marketing of the Cubs on WGN and the mystique of Wrigley has been dynamite. The national broadcasts can't get enough of the bleachers, the neighborhood, the shots of the city and the Lake. What's not to love. Wrigley Field is a destination 365 days a year. We may not have won in 98 years, but what team has more devoted fans than us?

 

Look at the other cities-Ever see shots of the neighborhood around Shea or Yankee Stadium? It's a war zone. LA-They don't even have an NFL team? Boston-The Pats play closer to Rhode Island. St. Louis-No NBA team, one newspaper and a Cards flagship station that has a range of 15 miles. No wonder people are jealous of Chicago.

 

The comparison was between Chicago Cubs and White Sox fans, not with fans of other cities. Foxboro by the way is in New England, of which Rhode Island is a state, so I'm not sure what your point is.

[Hacking Out Machine]

How is this a wrong example? I said that of the people making the trip to Colorado(or wheever else for that matter) to see the Cubs on the road, the percentage of people IN THAT GROUP who are tue Cubs fans is probably higher than your average crowd on a Wrigley night game. You are a moderator on a Cubs website... a true Cubs fan for sure. You'll be in Colorado. The other Cubs fans there that day will probably be a lot like you. The fact that you'll be there actually illustrates the point.

 

Look, I'm not trying to say that there aren't any knowledgeable fans at Wrigley because there are plenty. It's just that the national view of Cubs fans is that of a drunk 23 year old who doesn't care who wins, which isn't accurate. Maybe it shouldn't bother me, but it does.

 

It seems that you're complaining about the negative bashing of Cubs fans ... by bashing Cubs fans. The ones at Wrigley, anyway. If I'm being bashed, I don't really care whether I'm being bashed by a fellow "true Cubs fan" or Joe Shmoe in Schenectady.

 

Since I lived in the neighborhood, had season tickets, and knew people who had more, I was the ticket guy. Every week in the summer, I was getting tickets for people because they wanted to go to Cubs games to see Wrigley. Are these people Cubs fans? No.

 

I'm sure they appreciated you helping them out. I hope I'm not crucified when I dare go to Coors Field despite not being a Rockies fan. 8-[ Sometimes I like seeing parks I haven't been to and I didn't realize that I was contributing to the national downfall of the home team's fanbase every time I set foot in one.

 

 

Serena....I really need to apologize. Apparently, I've done a terrible job of making my point because what you are saying indicates that you aren't even in the same area code of comprehending it. That's my fault. I'm going to let this thread die it's overdue death.

[Sec 511 Die-hard]

Cubs season ticket holder here.

 

I can honestly say that my assessment of the people who attend Cubs games at Wrigley is:

 

Mid May through the summer night games:

Many drunk idiots - some who are die hards, many are recent college grads and young professionals who live in the city who are looking for a chance to get out after hibernating for the previous 6 months.

Crownd can be obnoxious.

 

Weekend games: June - August.

Many many tourists and die hard Cubs fans. The tourists seem to get into the game and not get as drunk and they can almost be mistaken as unmarked Cubs fans. They get caught up in the aura of Wrigley and the fever of the die-hards.

 

Best time to go to a Cubs game if you are a true Cubs fan:

 

Night games in late Aug. - the end of the season. The tourists are gone, the yuppies have had enough and if the Cubs are still in contention - your'e talking a ballpark full of die-hards who come throughout the Chicagoland area.

 

I sat in the bleachers on May 18th and could not believe the amount of 19-22 year old drunken idiots yelling the dumbest, non-thought-out garbage at the top of their lungs.