Fair enuff, I see where you are coming from, I have also seen the crowd you are talking about at Wrigley – But I’ve seen the same kind of crowd at alot of parks I’ve been to. I won’t suggest that there is not a contingency of Cubs fans that act as depicted by comics or otherwise, there are. Perhaps I’m taking a silly comic strip way too far, but it would be nice for us to be recognized for our teams efforts in more recent times. But your point is noted “what is tired for me, may not seem tired to others”. BTW thanks for remarks about next season…and I agree about the Reds, assuming Volquez and Cuetos arms don’t fall off.
I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt that you can be somewhat serious. The point is, you make all of these remarks about Cubs fans, and for those of us that have responded to this strip and your remarks…we do not in any way personify the sterotypes you are presenting. Most knowledgable Cubs fans think Woo Woo Wickers is a self promoting joke. In addition, we understand the real reasons season in and season out, that the team has experienced the 100 year drought. As a baseball fan, I would think you would appreciate rational logical reasons (ie; the truth: poor management, bad trades, mediocre talent..etc) rather than low-brow excuses. As you can see from my post, I can take a ribbin’ about my team. But it does not change my feelings that this strip and most of the comments are pretty dumb and brought no new insults to the table.
Ahhh, how generous that you left me the nice juicy pun regarding the Cubs vs. the Dodgers… In game 2 it was not just comedy…it was literally a comedy of errors!!! HAR! HAR! HAR!
I’d love to take credit for tony412s comments but alas we are different people. Have you ever heard of blogs? This sad sack example of a comic strip is a topic of conversation. That would draw comments from many “first time posters”.
I’m not sure if you were trying to do this, but it seems to be a pretty ignorant take on Cubs fans. I also found the comparison (assuming this was your intention) to the subprime mortagage crisis to be pretty weak. Aside from the rise and fall of interest rates, which could be compared to success and failure, there is no other comparison. I’m thinking high default rates certainly does not translate to Cubs fans. In one strip you managed to not only insult fans of one of the most celebrated teams of all time, you also managed to insult HOFer Ernie Banks and Future HOFer Ron Santo.
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Fair enuff, I see where you are coming from, I have also seen the crowd you are talking about at Wrigley – But I’ve seen the same kind of crowd at alot of parks I’ve been to. I won’t suggest that there is not a contingency of Cubs fans that act as depicted by comics or otherwise, there are. Perhaps I’m taking a silly comic strip way too far, but it would be nice for us to be recognized for our teams efforts in more recent times. But your point is noted “what is tired for me, may not seem tired to others”. BTW thanks for remarks about next season…and I agree about the Reds, assuming Volquez and Cuetos arms don’t fall off.