I mentioned this to Davep, Boris, and Badger yesterday and so I thought I'd post it here.
Yesterday morning I'm up at 5:00 to go down and catch Amtrak in Springfield to go to the game at Wrigley. On the platform are Cub fans of all ages, some born b.c. like Davep, families of five kids--six, counting dad, for mom to take care of, guys in their twenties, business/professional looking guys, college age girls...all dressed in Cubbie colors, caps, jackets, jerseys. And all just excited not only about the fact that they're going to Wrigley but the Cubs have actually won a couple. "Maybe we got this thing turned around and we'll still catch the Cards!" and other nonsense flowing from their lips. Praise of Soriano and Barney and Marmol...worship.
These were fans and they didn't want to hear what a jacka$$ Hendry is or that the team has pitchers that most teams would DFA or that most of the hitters are having horrible years or that so many of Quade's moves are head-scratchers. They didn't care. They were going to Wrigley to watch their Cubs.
It provoked two thoughts. One, away from a cynical board--and almost all of them finally become cynical--because we all become like family and we rant and bare our souls to family and we're all knowledgeable fans, some with inside info, but many with baseball backgrounds, so it's easy to forget this is supposed to be fun when we overanalyze roster moves and OPS's.
Two: we're f******* doomed because the sheep will keep going to Wrigley, so meaningful changes won't happen.
But, man, the pain keeps outpouring at other boards. Stuff like this:
I bought these tickets 4 good seats back in Feb. Paid $280 for them after tax. Paid $30 to park today, traffic really stunk. Had one old style, bought my wife and two daughters burgers and cokes. By the time I was thinking about ordering a 2nd beer, it was 5-0. We got our first hit around the time my 7 year old started asking if we could leave.I left in the 7th. Didn't even want to stick around and see what reject they had sing the stretch (that has to go Ricketts...please!)Total damage for the day was around $400.I will not be back any time in 2011 and won't even think about buying tickets again until this team shows me its worth my hard earned money. I love Wrigley, but I've been there enough times to not need to go anymore. Walking in I heard a "scalper" offer upper level reserved seats for $5 a piece...wow.