04-29-2010, 02:26 PM
I'd also argue that most of your assumptions, at least about why I'd rather not play the Sox at all, are flat out wrong.
I'd go see the Cubs play literally any team in the major leagues, AT virtually any park in the major leagues, and have a blast. I've done it. I've gone to Houston, San Diego, Atlanta, New York, Milwaukee, San Francisco, L.A., and Cincinnati have been among the vast minority rooting for the Cubs, and had a blast. The only places I will not go is the Cell, or Wrigley when the Cubs are playing the Sox. I've had my balls busted by fans of pretty much every team in existence. I can handle all of that.
Out of all of them, the only ones I don't want to deal with are Sox fans. The reasons are myriad, but they, as a species, are off the scale annoying. And, as Butch has argued, there is no inherent baseball reason for the Cubs playing the Sox, other than money. They are not in our division. They are not in our league.
I am much happier when we beat the Cardinals, because those games matter. The only joy I take from a Sox win is that it's one less game I have to hear bullshit from Sox fans. If we sweep the Sox, I don't call Sox fans and rub it in their faces. I look at it as having survived another series with the assclowns of baseball.
I'd go see the Cubs play literally any team in the major leagues, AT virtually any park in the major leagues, and have a blast. I've done it. I've gone to Houston, San Diego, Atlanta, New York, Milwaukee, San Francisco, L.A., and Cincinnati have been among the vast minority rooting for the Cubs, and had a blast. The only places I will not go is the Cell, or Wrigley when the Cubs are playing the Sox. I've had my balls busted by fans of pretty much every team in existence. I can handle all of that.
Out of all of them, the only ones I don't want to deal with are Sox fans. The reasons are myriad, but they, as a species, are off the scale annoying. And, as Butch has argued, there is no inherent baseball reason for the Cubs playing the Sox, other than money. They are not in our division. They are not in our league.
I am much happier when we beat the Cardinals, because those games matter. The only joy I take from a Sox win is that it's one less game I have to hear bullshit from Sox fans. If we sweep the Sox, I don't call Sox fans and rub it in their faces. I look at it as having survived another series with the assclowns of baseball.
I wish that I believed in Fate. I wish I didn't sleep so late. I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders.