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The reason I am a Cubs fan
Posted on 11/3/16 at 3:00 pm
Posted on 11/3/16 at 3:00 pm
Growing up I loved watching baseball and the only option I had to watch a team on a regular basis was the Cubs on WGN. I spent countless hours watching games with my grandpa over the summer while we were off from school. I am sure he is smiling down from Heaven knowing the Cubs finally did it even though it was 14 years after he passed. I idolized guys like Grace, Sutcliffe, Maddux, Sandberg, and Dawson when I was a kid and now as a grown man it has been a pleasure whatching this young team filled with All-Stars winning a World Series. I am sure there are a lot of so called "bandwagon" fans like myself from outside of the Chicago area who are lifelong fans because of WGN. So I raise my glass to Harry Caray, Steve Stone, and all of those former Cubs who never got their shot at the World Series and especially to the current team who put some joy into all the Cubs fans hearts over this past season.
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Posted on 11/3/16 at 3:01 pm to FlagLake
TL;DR
no one gives a shite
no one gives a shite
Posted on 11/3/16 at 3:22 pm to FlagLake
quote:went to my high school
Harry Caray
frick HC
Posted on 11/3/16 at 3:26 pm to FlagLake
:csb:
Posted on 11/3/16 at 3:26 pm to FlagLake
quote:
WGN
Posted on 11/3/16 at 3:27 pm to FlagLake
Baseball seasons over.
Posted on 11/3/16 at 3:32 pm to FlagLake
frick your. Chicago has enough titles
Posted on 11/3/16 at 3:34 pm to FlagLake
quote:
I spent countless hours watching games with my grandpa over the summer while we were off from school.
Well, I spent countless hours PLAYING baseball while I was out of school in the summer so I didn't watch much of the Cubs. I watched whatever game was on when I could. I certainly understand how people in Illinois can feel the way they do but I'll never understand how someone can get so emotionally involved with a team so far away from their home and that you've only seen on tv. Maybe you got to see a game in person a handful of times. There's nothing wrong with it. I just don't get it.
Posted on 11/3/16 at 3:36 pm to MightyYat
Yah, it's like the soccer clowns getting all emotional about Tottenham or something.
Posted on 11/3/16 at 3:39 pm to FlagLake
I'm loving all the people on here and facebook writing long diatribes to convince everyone (and likely themselves) that they aren't just huge bandwaggon bitches.
Posted on 11/3/16 at 3:44 pm to JohnnyKilroy
Hey, some of these fans have waited WEEKS for this championship. You should be happy for them!
Posted on 11/3/16 at 3:47 pm to JohnnyKilroy
quote:
I'm loving all the people on here and facebook writing long diatribes to convince everyone (and likely themselves) that they aren't just huge bandwaggon bitches.
All of the stories are the same shite. They all became fans in the 80s when they were on WGN and their grandpa watched them in the summer.
Posted on 11/3/16 at 3:49 pm to FlagLake
quote:Never woulda guessed this would be the reason.
Growing up I loved watching baseball and the only option I had to watch a team on a regular basis was the Cubs on WGN
Posted on 11/3/16 at 3:52 pm to FlagLake
This is getting ridiculous.
Posted on 11/3/16 at 3:53 pm to hoopsgalore
quote:
This is getting ridiculous.
Getting? I've literally heard the exact story in the OP for the past month. NOLA has a shite load of cubs fans.
Posted on 11/3/16 at 3:53 pm to FlagLake
Posted on 11/3/16 at 3:56 pm to FlagLake
The reason I downvoted
Posted on 11/3/16 at 3:58 pm to FlagLake
what a fricking bandwagoner. Had to type all that shite to try to rationalize.
Posted on 11/3/16 at 3:58 pm to FlagLake
Nobody gives a frick
Posted on 11/3/16 at 4:02 pm to MightyYat
quote:
I certainly understand how people in Illinois can feel the way they do but I'll never understand how someone can get so emotionally involved with a team so far away from their home and that you've only seen on tv
Yup. My attachment to the Astros comes from going to several games a summer with my family or my friends, and that joint fanhood growing up. I'm not sure how I could root so hard for a team where I never lived in close proximity to where they play and I don't really know any other fans. That's why I'll never be able to get into EPL soccer even though I enjoy watching it
This post was edited on 11/3/16 at 4:03 pm
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