Sometimes, I am embarrassed to be a Cubs fan. Yeah, I said it. ONE DAY after the Cubs hung 19 runs on the Brewers, they blew a 3-1 lead in the 9th...in May. It sucked. I was pissed. But apparently not as pissed as all the "fresh out of the nut house" people who called in to WGN radio after the game.
Let me set the stage for you. My wife, god bless her, drives home from work listening to WGN. She either gets the tail end of a Cubs game or the afternoon guy: Dave Kaplan.
Well, on this day apparently it's not going well, because I get a text:
My show is scary today.
To which I had a couple of queries, 1) Can you call it your show? 2) And more improtantly, how so?
She answered the second by quoting a number of insane callers...
Cut Soriano!
Wood Sucks!
Lou is a terrible manager!
Again, not to continue to beat a obviously dead horse, but this is a team that finished with the most April wins in the HISTORY of the organization. This is the team that was in first place (by percentage points, I know, Jeff) entering play today. This was the team who going into the day was first in BA and SECOND in walks.
I get the fact that Soriano flubbed a ball. I get the fact that Wood was a tad rusty, but to flip out to a point where you need to rant and rave on a call-in show seems to be a tad excessive.
My wife summed it up best by relaying to me one of the craziest callers (I know, it's like being the world's tallest midget/little person).
(Paraphrasing)
Caller: Lou is awful!
Dave: I honestly think he's a great manager. Other than the "Rays," he's been a winner everywhere he's been.
Caller: Yeah, but here's my thing...(NO LONGER PARAPHRASING) Jack Nicklaus used to be a great golfer...and now he's not.
Dave: That has to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
Yep.
Let that one settle for a bit.
Go Cubs.
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If you only listened to the post game call-in show on 720 to research the fans of the lovable losers, you would assume that Cubs fans:
ReplyDeletea. are perpetually drunk (distinct possibility)
b. love to just complain about anything and everything under the sun- the Cubs are always just a few days away from a 20 game losing streak that ruins yet another season (Again, distinct possibility)
c. have watched a combined total of 4 innings of baseball in their life (My one real point in this rant)
I cannot begin to explain the stupidity of these people. These are the geniuses that drew Lee Elia's ire 25 short years ago. These are the callers who question why the Cubs continue to block Micah Hoffpaiur's road to the bigs. For those not familiar, Mr. Hoffpaiur is the first baseman for your AAA Iowa Cubs and can only play one position. Unfortunately, that position is manned by some loser named Derek Lee.
After hearing the "Sit Soriano on the bench for the rest of the year" rant by more than one of these callers yesterday, I had to turn the station to Douche, Douche, and Douchey to prevent breaking the radio in amazement/disbelief/anger.
If you only listened to the post game call-in show on 720 to research the fans of the lovable losers, you would assume that Cubs fans:
ReplyDeletea. are perpetually drunk (distinct possibility)
b. love to just complain about anything and everything under the sun- the Cubs are always just a few days away from a 20 game losing streak that ruins yet another season (Again, distinct possibility)
c. have watched a combined total of 4 innings of baseball in their life (My one real point in this rant)
I cannot begin to explain the stupidity of these people. These are the geniuses that drew Lee Elia's ire 25 short years ago. These are the callers who question why the Cubs continue to block Micah Hoffpaiur's road to the bigs. For those not familiar, Mr. Hoffpaiur is the first baseman for your AAA Iowa Cubs and can only play one position. Unfortunately, that position is manned by some loser named Derek Lee.
After hearing the "Sit Soriano on the bench for the rest of the year" rant by more than one of these callers yesterday, I had to turn the station to Douche, Douche, and Douchey to prevent breaking the radio in amazement/disbelief/anger.