07/15 Florida (Nolasco) @ CUBS (Dempster) 1:20 CDT, WGN TV

[CubmanPi]

Yes, thank you! I really cannot thank you enough for backing me up in all of this! It's a noble cause we're fighting for, and by God, we'll fix things one of these days!

I can't believe I didn't notice it before. Ricketts might as well paint a tribal arm band all the way around the outside of Wrigley and re-model the scoreboard to look like a giant popped collar. It'll fit well when he brings Nickelback to Wrigley next year.

[Sammy Sofa]

Too late. Dave Matthews already dropped the bro-bomb there and it cannot be undone.

[CubmanPi]

Edit. Marshall is white enough to get some more save chances. I'm glad Quade saw the light. Edited July 15, 2011 by CubmanPi

[Irrelevant Dude]

Racist meatheads were booing the color of Marmol's skin after he was being brown on the mound for just two pitches.

 

I'm glad you've come around on this. It's really disheartening to watch.

 

do you not remember people booing the [expletive] out of jeff blauser and steve buechele?

 

Todd Hundley too. And no, no one booed them. They were booing the brown guys standing next to them.

 

Yes, thank you! I really cannot thank you enough for backing me up in all of this! It's a noble cause we're fighting for, and by God, we'll fix things one of these days!

Which cause is that? Playing the race card when it has no business being played? I'm not naive enough to believe that racism no longer exists, but I do believe that most Cubs fans are smart enough to boo the player's performance, not his race.

[Sammy Sofa]

Not me. Seriously, I think most of the people that go to Wrigley (and most sports fans) are shallow scum. They just go with the flow and are easily swayed. Most of them may not be actively "racist," but they're pretty damn prejudiced and love to believe all kinds of absurd stereotypes as to why players don't perform as they want/expect them to, and there's a very clear difference across baseball, football and basketball as to what those expectations are for non-white players vs. white ones. No, it's not a hard and fast rule, but anyone who thinks the racial divide in America isn't explicitly on display in those sports on a near daily basis is just fooling themselves. Our racial prejudices are so deeply ingrained that of course it should be no surprise to see how naturally they flow forth when people get all worked up over sports.

[CubmanPi]

Not me. Seriously, I think most ofthe people that go to Wrigley (and most sports fans) are shallow scum. They just go with the flow and are easily swayed. Most of them may not be actively "racist," but they're pretty damn prejudiced and love to believe all kinds of absurd stereotypes

Very true. No need to be more specific than that, because then you're implying correlation between that and something more specific than an unfortunate reality of human nature. Saying that Wrigley or sports in general cause any sort of increased correlation to such behavior is just as thick-headed as the behavior itself.

 

IBL/split.

[Sammy Sofa]

Not me. Seriously, I think most ofthe people that go to Wrigley (and most sports fans) are shallow scum. They just go with the flow and are easily swayed. Most of them may not be actively "racist," but they're pretty damn prejudiced and love to believe all kinds of absurd stereotypes

Very true. No need to be more specific than that, because then you're implying correlation between that and something more specific than an unfortunate reality of human nature. Saying that Wrigley or sports in general cause any sort of increased correlation to such behavior is just as thick-headed as the behavior itself.

 

IBL/split.

 

I never said Wrigley was some kind of unique factor. I do indeed think sports fandom elevates too many people's innate prejudices to the surface in the heat of the moment. How someone could be adamant that an environment involving such irrational, spur of the moment emotional peaks and valleys WOULDN'T have an effect on personal prejudices is beyond me.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Racist meatheads were booing the color of Marmol's skin after he was being brown on the mound for just two pitches.

 

I'm glad you've come around on this. It's really disheartening to watch.

 

do you not remember people booing the [expletive] out of jeff blauser and steve buechele?

 

Todd Hundley too. And no, no one booed them. They were booing the brown guys standing next to them.

 

They were saying Boo-chele and Boo-lauser.

[bcl412]

Edit. Marshall is white enough to get some more save chances. I'm glad Quade saw the light.

 

I suspect his next blown save will be met with a standing ovation and polite applause because he tried hard.

[CubmanPi]

Edit. Marshall is white enough to get some more save chances. I'm glad Quade saw the light.

 

I suspect his next blown save will be met with a standing ovation and polite applause because he tried hard.

 

They'll reserve the heavy boo birds for when Marmol comes in and allows the 1-run deficit to expand to three.