Random Baseball Musings

[jersey cubs fan]

Also the white sox had the coolest looking gear in the 90s and i had a sox hat before i owned anything cubs related

 

Coolest?

 

You were one of the idiots that fell for that marketing scheme?

 

I mean I was 9. You just called a 9 year old an idiot.

I have no regrets. Can you say the same?

[Sammy Sofa]

I have never gotten the impression that it goes both ways to even remotely similar degrees.

 

Most Cubs fans I personally know are indifferent to the White Sox. I grew up in the near north burbs. Some even passively cheered for the Sox in 05 so that a Chicago team would finally win something.

Don't you think limiting it to Cubs fan you personally know limits the sample size unfairly? I assume you would choose not to closely associate with idiots who are obsessed with the White Sox, but this site right here, and this very thread actually, prove they absolutely exist.

 

I mean, sure it does. But I've also lived in the Chicago area for 30+ years now - maybe 20 of those as a somewhat aware human being - (and always more in what would be considered Cubs territory) and the vitriol just seems way more intense in one direction. Maybe I'm wrong.

 

Probably because, as I said, most Cubs fans are busy complaining about their team more than any other rival fan could. The Sox fans have to work twice as hard to be heard above the fray of internal meatballery. Cubs fans are just as ugly and petty and spiteful as any other fan; they just have even more self-loathing.

[NonProfitCow]

Also the white sox had the coolest looking gear in the 90s and i had a sox hat before i owned anything cubs related

 

Coolest?

 

You were one of the idiots that fell for that marketing scheme?

 

I mean I was 9. You just called a 9 year old an idiot.

I have no regrets. Can you say the same?

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[Sammys Boombox]

Yes, the "I've been waiting my whole life" mid-twenties Cubs fans. So have 20 other teams' fan bases (assuming you started paying attention at a really early age in about 1994 or so).

 

And some of them have had a lot more crappy time waiting.

 

Honestly, if it weren't for the two gift-wrapped WS the Cardinals got The whole 1908 thing would mean nothing to me whatsoever.

[Guest]

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[Guest]

Yes, the "I've been waiting my whole life" mid-twenties Cubs fans. So have 20 other teams' fan bases (assuming you started paying attention at a really early age in about 1994 or so).

 

And some of them have had a lot more crappy time waiting.

 

Honestly, if it weren't for the two gift-wrapped WS the Cardinals got The whole 1908 thing would mean nothing to me whatsoever.

 

yeah thats the part i just can't buy about mojos argument

 

there is no self loathing. we aren't 80 years old. we've had some heartbreak, but so has pretty much every team. and after the last 5 years, yeah, my overall 20 years as a cubs fan have gotten much worse, but it was a halfway decent ride up until then...especially since the success came as i got older and i got some of the shittier teams out of the way when i was young and dumb enough to not care much and have guys like scott bullett and ozzie timmons as my favorite players.

 

at this point i'd say in the span that i've cared about the cubs...so 1995-2015, i'd guess we're on the low end of average thanks mostly to the black hole that has been the past 5.

 

do the royals automatically get to jump us in that span because of that playoff run last year?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

There is no group of sports fans that isn't terrible if you are exposed to them for any length of time.

[Sammy Sofa]

Yes, the "I've been waiting my whole life" mid-twenties Cubs fans. So have 20 other teams' fan bases (assuming you started paying attention at a really early age in about 1994 or so).

 

And some of them have had a lot more crappy time waiting.

 

Honestly, if it weren't for the two gift-wrapped WS the Cardinals got The whole 1908 thing would mean nothing to me whatsoever.

 

yeah thats the part i just can't buy about mojos argument

 

Aren't you the one that introduced us to the CubsFans or whatever the [expletive] it is Twitter feed? That's some delicious Cubs-directed hatred.

[Sammys Boombox]

Yes, the "I've been waiting my whole life" mid-twenties Cubs fans. So have 20 other teams' fan bases (assuming you started paying attention at a really early age in about 1994 or so).

 

And some of them have had a lot more crappy time waiting.

 

Honestly, if it weren't for the two gift-wrapped WS the Cardinals got The whole 1908 thing would mean nothing to me whatsoever.

 

yeah thats the part i just can't buy about mojos argument

 

there is no self loathing. we aren't 80 years old. we've had some heartbreak, but so has pretty much every team. and after the last 5 years, yeah, my overall 20 years as a cubs fan have gotten much worse, but it was a halfway decent ride up until then...especially since the success came as i got older and i got some of the [expletive] teams out of the way when i was young and dumb enough to not care much and have guys like scott bullett and ozzie timmons as my favorite players.

 

at this point i'd say in the span that i've cared about the cubs...so 1995-2015, i'd guess we're on the low end of average thanks mostly to the black hole that has been the past 5.

 

do the royals automatically get to jump us in that span because of that playoff run last year?

 

If you have a pennant (and that was quite a run too). Maybe. Although I don't think I trade 1998, 2003 and 2008 and other competitive years for just one pennant. Those years were fun in a lot of ways. Royals have been on Sunday Night Baseball like twice.

[Sammys Boombox]

https://vine.co/v/eudM2bA2mrr

 

"If Monday was a strikeout." Lol

[Clem Fandango]

https://vine.co/v/eudM2bA2mrr

 

"If Monday was a strikeout." Lol

 

How in the [expletive] hell can that ump sit there and call that [expletive] a strike

[Guest]

Aren't you the one that introduced us to the CubsFans or whatever the [expletive] it is Twitter feed? That's some delicious Cubs-directed hatred.

 

Facebook Cubs?

 

Yeah, but people who comment on stuff on facebook are universally idiots

[Sammys Boombox]

https://vine.co/v/eudM2bA2mrr

 

"If Monday was a strikeout." Lol

 

How in the [expletive] hell can that ump sit there and call that [expletive] a strike

 

You go to many youth baseball games?

[Clem Fandango]

https://vine.co/v/eudM2bA2mrr

 

"If Monday was a strikeout." Lol

 

How in the [expletive] hell can that ump sit there and call that [expletive] a strike

 

You go to many youth baseball games?

 

Nope... but I have to assume in order to umpire an internationally sanctioned ESPN televised little league matchup you have to have a good reputation at your job.

[Sammy Sofa]

Aren't you the one that introduced us to the CubsFans or whatever the [expletive] it is Twitter feed? That's some delicious Cubs-directed hatred.

 

Facebook Cubs?

 

Yeah, but people who comment on stuff on facebook are universally idiots

 

And everywhere else; there's few places you go to to not hear or read Cubs fans raging and bemoaning about anything and everything the Cubs do.

[jersey cubs fan]

Yes, the "I've been waiting my whole life" mid-twenties Cubs fans. So have 20 other teams' fan bases (assuming you started paying attention at a really early age in about 1994 or so).

 

And some of them have had a lot more crappy time waiting.

 

Honestly, if it weren't for the two gift-wrapped WS the Cardinals got The whole 1908 thing would mean nothing to me whatsoever.

 

yeah thats the part i just can't buy about mojos argument

 

there is no self loathing. we aren't 80 years old.

 

you live a sheltered life

[jersey cubs fan]

https://vine.co/v/eudM2bA2mrr

 

"If Monday was a strikeout." Lol

 

How in the [expletive] hell can that ump sit there and call that [expletive] a strike

 

You go to many youth baseball games?

 

Nope... but I have to assume in order to umpire an internationally sanctioned ESPN televised little league matchup you have to have a good reputation at your job.

I would just assume they need to work cheap and live close by.

[Guest]

Aren't you the one that introduced us to the CubsFans or whatever the [expletive] it is Twitter feed? That's some delicious Cubs-directed hatred.

 

Facebook Cubs?

 

Yeah, but people who comment on stuff on facebook are universally idiots

 

And everywhere else; there's few places you go to to not hear or read Cubs fans raging and bemoaning about anything and everything the Cubs do.

 

you've got me

 

there's way too many of these idiots who don't actually know anything about baseball but claim to be cubs fans

 

like that guy with the santo tattoo on his head

 

you aren't a huge cubs fan. you're just a crazy person.

[Tryptamine]

Aren't you the one that introduced us to the CubsFans or whatever the [expletive] it is Twitter feed? That's some delicious Cubs-directed hatred.

 

Facebook Cubs?

 

Yeah, but people who comment on stuff on facebook are universally idiots

 

And everywhere else; there's few places you go to to not hear or read Cubs fans raging and bemoaning about anything and everything the Cubs do.

 

Very much this. I've heard so much bitching about Castro in the last few days from various different sources. I expect next week it will be Rizzo if he doesn't have a HR or two.

[Sammys Boombox]

Nope... but I have to assume in order to umpire an internationally sanctioned ESPN televised little league matchup you have to have a good reputation at your job.

I would just assume they need to work cheap and live close by.

 

If you show up and don't leave the scheduler out to dry you can work as much as you want.

[Andy]

I have Mookie Betts on one fantasy team and Jordan Zimmermann on another. Today has been conflicting.

The same guy in my keeper league who drafted Trout, Stanton, Goldschmidt and Kluber all right before they became superduperstars drafted Betts and traded for Arenado this year, so neither of their huge starts have surprised me whatsoever.

[Janelle-Alexis]

Your official St. Louis Cardinals scorecard:

 

 

That really is pretty cool, but it's hard to care that much about division titles. I care about winning the division in that it means we have a good team and HFA in the playoffs, but not at all that we get to raise a flag for it or lording it over anyone in the offseason. If my team had 11 World Series titles compared to the rest of the division's 12 combined, I'd probably care even less.

 

What does "score the 'Cardinal Way'" mean anyway? Like scoring points on your license?

[sneakypower]

https://vine.co/v/eudM2bA2mrr

everything about this is awesome

 

- umpire's Frank Drebin imitation

- batter's trouble coming to terms with cold, harsh reality

- catcher's hollywood framing pose / sell-job

[Gmoney08]

Cubs fans looking for a good trivia question.. bet this would stump most of you, including me before today.

 

Without looking I challenge you to put your answer in the Spoiler.

 

 

Who has the Cubs record for highest WAR in a season with the Cubs and highest batting average single season (Modern ERA - lets say post 1900)?

 

 

Roger Hornsby..

 

So today I learned.. Roger Hornsby wasn't an old has been with the Cubs. I knew he played for the Cubs but always felt he was just another old guy way past his prime for the Cubs.

 

In 1929 he hit .380, .459 OBP, .679 SLG, 1.139 OPS, 178 OPS+, with 39 homers, 8 triples, 156 Runs, and 149 RBI's while winning the NL MVP on a Cubs team that won the pennant.

 

His WAR was 10.4 best in the majors, by comparison Ruth was 8.0 for 2nd best that year.

 

They also had Hack Wilson in the lineup that year hitting 39 HR's and 159 RBI's with a .345 batting average..

 

The next year Hack Wilson hit his famous 191 RBI's, Hornsby was hitting .325 and broke his ankle (out for year).. he was never the same after that...

 

Edited April 14, 2015 by Gmoney08

[SouthSideRyan]

Not sure what you're defining as modern era, but I'd guess Hack Wilson and Rogers Hornsby if their time frame is included. If it's later than that...Santo and Beckert?

Edited April 14, 2015 by SouthSideRyan