The Cubs stink

[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.

 

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.

 

Hence the '77, That was the first year I actually knew what was going on. It was also Larry Biittner's best year and 9 year old me was sure he would be a star and lead the Cubs to the World Series.