06-30-2009, 09:44 AM
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->i agree that my response wasn't up to par. i can't always be funny. even don rickles had a bad night every now and again. the point is still valid though. you came here after the white sox won two of three to stir the pot. i'm willing to bet that had the cubs won the series, you'd be nowhere to be found. and cock smooch is kind of funny.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
See, this is more circumstantial than anything else. I would have posted what I posted either way, as I'm not a big fan of the entire Cubs/Sox thing that goes down in this city. I'm sure it's great for business, but from a fans perspective, I think it brings a loud voice to the wrong kinds of fans on either side of town. It's like a banner that says, "be really obnoxious!", it's ok, the media is in on it this week! As a matter of fact, I find more often than not that this series unbalances the so called "balanced schedule". For example, for quite a few years I recall the Cubs having to play the White Sox while the Cardinals were feasting on the Royals. How is that fair in terms of strength of schedule? On the flip side, the Sox dealt with the same, as I'd sure as hell rather play an easier NL Central team than the Cubs while my division rivals are playing some other weak ass team because they have no supposed NL or crosstown "rival".
I wasn't here to rub anything in. I like my team, but this baseball...it's fun. You're talking to a guy who once lost a bet that the Cubs couldn't sweep the Sox -- well, the Cubs did sweep the Sox that year -- so my payment was that I'd don a Sosa jersey at a Cubs/Cardinals game and sit in the bleachers. Not only did I have an awesome time, but the Cubs came back to win the game in the bottom of the 9th...yea, pictures circulated my group of friends that I was a closet Cubs fan, but I didn't care...if you can't have fun with baseball, you may as well jump off a bridge because you can't have fun with anything...
See, this is more circumstantial than anything else. I would have posted what I posted either way, as I'm not a big fan of the entire Cubs/Sox thing that goes down in this city. I'm sure it's great for business, but from a fans perspective, I think it brings a loud voice to the wrong kinds of fans on either side of town. It's like a banner that says, "be really obnoxious!", it's ok, the media is in on it this week! As a matter of fact, I find more often than not that this series unbalances the so called "balanced schedule". For example, for quite a few years I recall the Cubs having to play the White Sox while the Cardinals were feasting on the Royals. How is that fair in terms of strength of schedule? On the flip side, the Sox dealt with the same, as I'd sure as hell rather play an easier NL Central team than the Cubs while my division rivals are playing some other weak ass team because they have no supposed NL or crosstown "rival".
I wasn't here to rub anything in. I like my team, but this baseball...it's fun. You're talking to a guy who once lost a bet that the Cubs couldn't sweep the Sox -- well, the Cubs did sweep the Sox that year -- so my payment was that I'd don a Sosa jersey at a Cubs/Cardinals game and sit in the bleachers. Not only did I have an awesome time, but the Cubs came back to win the game in the bottom of the 9th...yea, pictures circulated my group of friends that I was a closet Cubs fan, but I didn't care...if you can't have fun with baseball, you may as well jump off a bridge because you can't have fun with anything...