Re: CubsHQ: Can the Cubs ever win enough for their fans?

Feb 3, 2019, 3:18 PM

I feel compelled to throw in my 2 cents worth if for no other reason than to continue my tradition of disagreeing with Ken on 75% of his columns. Kind of my thing.

1st, in regard to 2016 being good enough for the fans, I feel that there have always been 33% of the fans that will never think things are good enough, 33% of the fans that are thrilled they finally won a world series, and 33% of the fans that just don't care either way and are looking for a beautiful sunny day in the bleachers or box seats for fun in the sun.

2nd, I, and most of baseball, can say with 100% certainty that Steve Bartman did not cost the Cubs a trip to the world series in 2003. Two guys cost them, Dusty Baker by not going out and calming down his rookie pitcher, and Alex Gonzalez who let an easy ground ball go thru his legs that ultimately led to the Cubs losing that game.

3rd, and most importantly, the Ricketts family, Theo Epstein, and the marketing department have done everything humanly possible to shed the loveable losers moniker. I would say that 80% or more of the fan base does not see this team as that anymore. In fact i could make a stronger case for the Cubs right now being one of the most hated teams in baseball by fans of almost every other team.

And now back to our scheduled Sunday afternoon theater production of Fear Strikes Out.

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