The Cubs stink

[Sammy Sofa]

Hell no; Frank Thomas ruled. Going to a White Sox game as a kid that had both him and Bo Jackson in the lineup was seeing a couple of horsefeathering superheroes in person for me.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Frank Thomas was the horsefeathers.

[jersey cubs fan]

Frank Thomas was the horsefeathers.

Hell yeah he was and I had a 12th row seat to enjoy him for years thanks to my neighbor, who also warned me about NYC turning me into some liberal that believes in climate change.

[biittner77]

And to think, the Sox could have had Earl Cunningham instead if the Cubs hadn't snatched him up with like the negative 3 pick in the draft.

[biittner77]

 

 

Oh please. I'm a Cub fan since 1984. I will root for this team forever, and root for them to win every game from here on out.

 

But there's no part of you that will say "horsefeathers you guys" if they blow this? You will just be "disappointed" and not the slightest bit angry?

 

 

'84? Pshah. Fair weather fan. Come back when you've been a fan since '69.

 

 

I rooted for them for at least a few years before that. But I must admit, I remember rooting for the White Sox in '83 so I felt that disqualified me from calling myself a true fan until '84. I was young and stupid.

 

It was easy to get caught up in the '83 Sox hoopla. The Cubs hadn't been good and that Sox team was fun to watch. Harold Baines, super Chet Lemon, the Law brothers (Rudy and Vance) Greg the Bull Luzinski. Then the 84 Cubs happened and no one ever cared about the Sox again.

[Bull]

Have I been transported to Southside Baseball? What in the actual horsefeathers?

 

and now for your enjoyment on Lackey day: actual horsefeathers.

 

[Flames24Rulz]

'84? Pshah. Fair weather fan. Come back when you've been a fan since '69.

 

nice

[David]

before i was seriously into sports around like 95 when the thrilling wild card chase of the cubs sucked me in, i was an extremely casual white sox "fan." with those mid/early 90s teams. i even had a hat at some point.

[Sammy Sofa]

before i was seriously into sports around like 95 when the thrilling wild card chase of the cubs sucked me in, i was an extremely casual white sox "fan." with those mid/early 90s teams. i even had a hat at some point.

 

Yeah, between '84 and '95 I was between the ages of 5 and 16, so while I preferred the Cubs because of my dad (and stupidly assuming that '84 Cubs meant they must usually be a good team), I definitely also had a ton of White Sox baseball cards and posters and gear. The black and white Sox paraphernalia was cool as horsefeathers in the early 90's.

[Derwood]

Yeah? Well I was a Brewers fan for the two years I lived in Racine in the early 80's. Happened to coincide with them going to the World Series (and losing to the horsefeathering Cardinals). I hold absolutely no connection between that Yount/Molitor lead team and today's garbage team

[UMFan83]

Yeah? Well I was a Brewers fan for the two years I lived in Racine in the early 80's. Happened to coincide with them going to the World Series (and losing to the horsefeathering Cardinals). I hold absolutely no connection between that Yount/Molitor lead team and today's garbage team

 

This sounds so Derwood-like

[SouthSideRyan]

Yeah? Well I was a Brewers fan for the two years I lived in Racine in the early 80's. Happened to coincide with them going to the World Series (and losing to the horsefeathering Cardinals). I hold absolutely no connection between that Yount/Molitor lead team and today's garbage team

 

This sounds so Derwood-like

 

Says the guy currently rocking a Dan Pasqua jersey

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I've never been a fan of a team other than the cobs so I'm the only one true deserving fan

[champaignchris]

I dimly remember my dad yelling at those Bruce Sutter, Rick Reuschel, Dave Kingman teams from the late 70s. I think "June swoon" may have been my first words.

 

I grew up in central Illinois. The White Sox weren't on tv or the radio where I grew up. They may as well have been playing on the moon. I saw the scores of their games in he morning paper the same way I saw the Mets or Padres scores. That didn't change until the early 90s. I think I met my first Sox fans in college. I couldn't understand why they was so mad at me for being a Cubs fan.

[biittner77]

I dimly remember my dad yelling at those Bruce Sutter, Rick Reuschel, Dave Kingman teams from the late 70s. I think "June swoon" may have been my first words.

 

I grew up in central Illinois. The White Sox weren't on tv or the radio where I grew up. They may as well have been playing on the moon. I saw the scores of their games in he morning paper the same way I saw the Mets or Padres scores. That didn't change until the early 90s. I think I met my first Sox fans in college. I couldn't understand why they was so mad at me for being a Cubs fan.

 

There aren't any Sox fans, just Chicagoans (suburbanites, really) That hate the Cubs.

[Derwood]

Yeah? Well I was a Brewers fan for the two years I lived in Racine in the early 80's. Happened to coincide with them going to the World Series (and losing to the horsefeathering Cardinals). I hold absolutely no connection between that Yount/Molitor lead team and today's garbage team

 

This sounds so Derwood-like

 

Well I then moved to New Jersey, then Pennsylvania, and stopped watching baseball for about a decade. Didn't become a Cubs fan until 1992 when I started at DePaul and would go up and see day games after class.

[Hunter]

I can get behind being a fan of a particular player such as Frank Thomas because he really was great, but to actually support other teams :barf:

 

There are other teams I can watch and root for, but I would never support them over the Cubs. I have family in the Pacific Northwest and went to a Mariners game this year. I took the opportunity to thank every fan I could for Mike Montgomery :lol:

[jersey cubs fan]

I can get behind being a fan of a particular player such as Frank Thomas because he really was great, but to actually support other teams :barf:

 

There are other teams I can watch and root for, but I would never support them over the Cubs. I have family in the Pacific Northwest and went to a Mariners game this year. I took the opportunity to thank every fan I could for Mike Montgomery :lol:

What do you mean by support? Like if I went to a white sox game and they were playing some random team and I cheered along with the home crowd and clapped for non-Frank Thomas efforts, was that bad?

[Hunter]

I can get behind being a fan of a particular player such as Frank Thomas because he really was great, but to actually support other teams :barf:

 

There are other teams I can watch and root for, but I would never support them over the Cubs. I have family in the Pacific Northwest and went to a Mariners game this year. I took the opportunity to thank every fan I could for Mike Montgomery :lol:

What do you mean by support? Like if I went to a white sox game and they were playing some random team and I cheered along with the home crowd and clapped for non-Frank Thomas efforts, was that bad?

 

I am a Cubs fan and a Baseball fan. I can enjoy a game in another team's park where the Cubs aren't playing. Most of the time, I don't really care which team wins though unless it impacts the Cubs in some way. I did go to Mariners game versus the Tigers and did root for the Mariners during the game because of relatives being fans. I can't say I could do the same for the Cardinals or White Sox though. I just wouldn't be able to bring myself to do it.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Being from downstate, I don't think I even met a White Sox fan until college.

[Lowblow]

My first visit to Wrigley Field was in August of 1953 (a week or two before Ernie Banks first joined the Cubs). You're all fair weather fans.

[Tim]

My first visit to Wrigley Field was in August of 1953 (a week or two before Ernie Banks first joined the Cubs). You're all fair weather fans.

Holy crap! How the hell are you?

[champaignchris]

I dimly remember my dad yelling at those Bruce Sutter, Rick Reuschel, Dave Kingman teams from the late 70s. I think "June swoon" may have been my first words.

 

I grew up in central Illinois. The White Sox weren't on tv or the radio where I grew up. They may as well have been playing on the moon. I saw the scores of their games in he morning paper the same way I saw the Mets or Padres scores. That didn't change until the early 90s. I think I met my first Sox fans in college. I couldn't understand why they was so mad at me for being a Cubs fan.

 

There aren't any Sox fans, just Chicagoans (suburbanites, really) That hate the Cubs.

 

Heh.

 

Your namesake, Larry Biiitttner was on those late 70s teams. Had a negative WAR over a 13 year career because he hit .270, Billy Beane was in high school, and no one had ever heard of Bill James yet.

[Lowblow]

My first visit to Wrigley Field was in August of 1953 (a week or two before Ernie Banks first joined the Cubs). You're all fair weather fans.

Holy crap! How the hell are you?

 

 

Tim,

 

I'm good. I think maybe I'll stop lurking and participate a little bit. I've got too much time on my hands. This retirement stuff sucks.

[Bull]

I've never been a fan of a team other than the cobs so I'm the only one true deserving fan

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