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8/17 Cardinals (Looper) @ Cubs (Hill) 1:20 WGN

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if he goes yard here, i am done with baseball.

Umm, okay.

 

Maybe not done, but I won't be watching any TV to witness the Ankiel lovefest that will go on all weekend.

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I wish DLee hadn't swung at the first pitch. I thought Jacque deserved a curtain call. He has been my goat for a long time, but today, thus far, other than Hill, he's been the player of the game.

 

The sad thing is, if Jacque Jones hit 60 HRs and was given nightly curtain calls he would still never like the Cubs. For some reason, the Cubs fans just hated him like no other Cubs. Think about all of our bad FAs signings, none were ever hated as much as Jacque. The man hit a career high in HRs and was still hated by the Cubs. Not fair, and I feel really bad for the guy because you have to believe that he thinks racism is the reason.

 

We hated Latroy Hawkins more. A lot more.

 

Todd Hundley too.

 

Based on performance... Cubs fans were ecstatic about the signing. Todd Hundley too. Cubs fans were ready to boo jacque heartily the moment he first stepped into the box at Wrigley.

 

I dont believe that at all. Jones started out horrible, and the team was horrible, and it free falled from there.

 

I don't see it that way. The Jacque Jones signing was vilified on boards like this. Cubs fans came out with pitchforks waiting to use them on Jacque it seems. They were booing him crazy on the first Saturday of the season because he started out 0-10 or something like that. These are his OPS by month last year: .748,.853,.896,.679,.881,.887. Those numbers, save 1-2 months are pretty consistent. Other than maybe his rough first week as a Cub and July when the whole team was horrible, there were no stretches where the fans needed to call him out and boo him. He finishes the season with 27 HR and a +.800 OPS and gets off to a slow start this season and immediately the booing continues.

 

But JJ also brought up the fans to the media early on, and mentioned something about Latroy warning him or something, so he kind of did bring it on himself. He was the "fall guy" though for part of last season in some stupid fans eyes.

 

Not to mention, boards like this hardly represent typical Cubs fans. Jacque started out terribly, made some atrocious throws and baserunning mistakes, and blamed fans for being negative. Fans weren't predisposed to hate him.

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