6/12 Cubs (Hamels) @ Rockies (Senzatela) 2:10 PM CST NBCSCH

[Sammy Sofa]

Keeping it 100 (posts) to get to 4 pages.

 

Real talk: the Cubs make me angry this year. Like, not just the usual stuff; it's built up because of the truly shitty things the owners, the FO and some of the players do/say/believe, and it's gotten to the point where I have a negative feeling towards this team I've loved basically my whole life at almost all times because it's run by and employing truly heinous people.

 

So, yeah, part of it just willfully meatball-ish griping, but a lot of it is venting over something that I'm really having trouble justifying not just dropping altogether. Honestly, the thing that brings me the most enjoyment about this team at this point is [expletive] all over it, and that sucks.

[jersey cubs fan]

Keeping it 100 (posts) to get to 4 pages.

 

Real talk: the Cubs make me angry this year. Like, not just the usual stuff; it's built up because of the truly horsefeathers things the owners, the FO and some of the players do/say/believe, and it's gotten to the point where I have a negative feeling towards this team I've loved basically my whole life at almost all times because it's run by and employing truly heinous people.

 

So, yeah, part of it just willfully meatball-ish griping, but a lot of it is venting over something that I'm really having trouble justifying not just dropping altogether. Honestly, the thing that brings me the most enjoyment about this team at this point is [expletive] all over it, and that sucks.

In honor of the california trip

 

[squally1313]

I mean, that's fair, especially given where most of us were 4-5 years ago in terms of this team/organization. And it's obvious you're starting to just lean into the bit, which is fine as long you admit that's what it is. I'm not excusing anything done at the front office level, or by Russell, or Theo in bringing in these assholes, or anything else.

 

But ultimately there's very few things in life better than sitting in the bleachers on a Friday afternoon, and them winning more than losing makes that even more enjoyable. It could be a better team, but it's still pretty good, and all of a sudden we're 4.5 years into this run and 2.5 years away from looking at Rizzo being a 31 year old declining free agent first baseman looking for big money, along with pretty much everyone else of value (KB, Lester, Javy, Schwarber, Kimbrel now) up for free agency as well. In three years the garbage people owning the team will still be there, but we probably won't have one, if not multiple of the key players that brought us the only WS any of us have ever seen. So yeah, there's a guilty feeling in paying for season tickets and watching Russell hit and everything else. But for me, the positives still outweigh the negatives.

[Sammy Sofa]

Yeah, I'm not faulting anyone for getting more enjoyment out of this, and I get I'm often pretty obnoxious. I'm just bummed I'm not more into this team. Too many things just feel...off in the organization. It really feels weirdly better for me to gripe about them being relatively cheap or player performances that annoy me as opposed to dwelling on what I feel is a deep ethical/political/philosophical rot that likely is just going to get worse before it gets better.

[ConstableRabbit]

Yeah, I'm not faulting anyone for getting more enjoyment out of this, and I get I'm often pretty obnoxious. I'm just bummed I'm not more into this team. Too many things just feel...off in the organization. It really feels weirdly better for me to gripe about them being relatively cheap or player performances that annoy me as opposed to dwelling on what I feel is a deep ethical/political/philosophical rot that likely is just going to get worse before it gets better.

I totally get that you feel this way and empathize with you. At the same time it’s very much one note and ends up derailing a lot of conversations on team performance (e.g., it doesn’t suck that Cole is good this year, Schwarber has improved, the team is objectively good, etc.) that would otherwise be fun/interesting.

 

If you and other posters are open to it maybe that type of conversation can move to the Ricketts Family thread, or dare I say, Rants? Think it’s definitely appropriate to discuss on NSB.

[Derwood]

The pure quantity of baseball fans who still proudly defend the practice of grown men (who are millionaires) purposely throwing baseballs at each other is mind numbing