re: So...is everyone a cubs fan now?

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The bandwagon got pretty big overnight

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Well...here's my story.

Dear diary...

I grew up watching the Cubs back in the early 80's outside of NOLA on Cox where we had WGN. Those were the Ryne Sandberg, Sarge, Rick Sutcliffe, Andre Dawn, Leon Durham, Lee Smith, and eventually Mark Grace Cubbies of the 80's. I was playing a ton of baseball at the time so getting to watch baseball nearly every afternoon because they were not yet playing night games at Wrigley was great. Seeing those games felt like a local look into this coll thing far away...and since the Cubs weren't very good for much of that time they were my own little thing at school and at practice where no one else had adopted them. Plus, my grandmother lived with us then and she watched most games with me wearing a Cubs cap and loving Harry Carey.

But when I went to school at USL back in the fall of '88, I lost touch with them because Lafayette did not and still does not have WGN on Cox. I never became a fan but I enjoyed watching the Braves pitching staff featuring former Cub, Greg Maddux, during those years. And then after the strike and following Maguire/Sosa home run drugged up season I quit paying much attention to baseball.

So...it was strange for me to see them do so well this year. Deep down I have always still felt like a Cubs fan, but I lost touch with them a long time ago. I did start following them towards the end of the season and followed them completely through the post season. Felt nice, and I did get a ton of enjoyment out of seeing them finally pull though. Hard to imagine those lazy summer afternoons sitting in the living room watching the Cubs with my grandmother hoping they'd finally make that push.

Not sure what that makes me...