CUBS WIN

[ThisNameIsTooLo]

Finally... after 108 grueling years of bitter defeat, the Chicago Cubs have their day. What a time to be alive.

 

[sophie]

Ugh, SO annoyed right now.

 

[ThisNameIsTooLo]

I'm sorry, but we were waiting longer.

Don't worry, the Indians probably win within the next 40 years. The Cubs' loss streak will never be broken.

 

[sophie]

I'm sorry, but we were waiting longer.

Don't worry, the Indians probably win within the next 40 years. The Cubs' loss streak will never be broken.

See that? Yeah, that right there is why I'm so annoyed right now.

 

[Birdjaguar]

I am not a sports fan, but was rooting for the Cubbies. During the first 8 innings I watched Moneyball and then turned on the game for the last two innings.

 

[Zkribbler]

I watched the first 1/2 inning and then came back in the 7th. Incredible ending.

 

[ThisNameIsTooLo]

See that? Yeah, that right there is why I'm so annoyed right now.

In all seriousness, this is probably going to work out in your favor. For the longest time, the Cubs had been THE team to root for, because they were the perpetual underdog. Outside of Chicago, even the most avid fans of their home team secretly rooted for the Cubbies.

But now that the Cubs are winners, they're not going to get that same love that they've been receiving for the past century. Now the Indians are the new underdogs to root for, so they're going to inherit the fandom.

 

[Bootstoots]

I'm happy about this, but it only adds to the general weirdness of this entire year. We live in interesting times...

 

[Leonel]

Wish I could have gone back in time and put some money on the Cubbies

 

[Bootstoots]

Because literally every thread in OT has to have something to do with the US presidential election, I'm going to drop this here right now.

 

[Zkribbler]

But now that the Cubs are winners, they're not going to get that same love that they've been receiving for the past century. Now the Indians are the new underdogs to root for, so they're going to inherit the fandom.

Not when they use a racially insensitive mascot. As a person with Lakota, Cheyenne, and Cherokee blood, I feel personally ridiculed.

In sympathy, my German blood wants to form an oom-pah-pah band and play polka music under their bedroom windows all night long.

 

[sophie]

In all seriousness, this is probably going to work out in your favor. For the longest time, the Cubs had been THE team to root for, because they were the perpetual underdog. Outside of Chicago, even the most avid fans of their home team secretly rooted for the Cubbies.

But now that the Cubs are winners, they're not going to get that same love that they've been receiving for the past century. Now the Indians are the new underdogs to root for, so they're going to inherit the fandom.

Why are you assuming I'm an Indians fan? When I can just as easily (and actually am) a bitter Giants fan who just despises the Cubs fanbase. They're #3 on the hateability index, after the Cardinals and the Red Sox. At least they were before they won. It remains to be seen what happens now that they are the mutant combination of smug ******* "we root for baseball better than you do" of the Cardinals and the "Oh pity us loveable losers who actually win a crapton and are total dicks about it" of the BoSox piled on top of the Drunk douchey fratboy that was the core identity of the Cubs fanbase before this. It's a trifecta of hateability.

 

[Hygro]

Before this thread I never saw anyone calling them the cubbies.

 

[Joecoolyo]

Before this thread I never saw anyone calling them the cubbies.

It's a bit older, but they've been called Cubbies before.

Oh yeah, also, WE DID IT! WHAT A YEAR TO NOT BE IN CHICAGO. DAMMIT

I've been riding the high all day! Never thought I'd see the day!

HEY CHICAGO WHAT DO YOU SAY, the Cubs are going to win today!

 

[BvBPL]

Only Red Sox management could win and lose the World Series in a single game.

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

I work with a super, super racist dude who is a huge Chicago sports fan and it soured me on even thinking about cheering for the end of an 108 year drought, and this coming from a fan of a rival team of Cleveland.

 

[rah]

Why are you assuming I'm an Indians fan?

Hmm I just assumed from your hatred that you were a WHITE SOX fan.

GO CUBS.

 

[Phrossack]

Why are you assuming I'm an Indians fan? When I can just as easily (and actually am) a bitter Giants fan who just despises the Cubs fanbase. They're #3 on the hateability index, after the Cardinals and the Red Sox. At least they were before they won. It remains to be seen what happens now that they are the mutant combination of smug ******* "we root for baseball better than you do" of the Cardinals and the "Oh pity us loveable losers who actually win a crapton and are total dicks about it" of the BoSox piled on top of the Drunk douchey fratboy that was the core identity of the Cubs fanbase before this. It's a trifecta of hateability.

A Californian complaining about St. Louis smugness? Really?

 

[warpus]

In a battle of bears versus native Americans, the bears were always going to win.

Plus what the hell, Cleveland, that's not even a real city. We couldn't let them win 2 things in a row. That would almost put Cleveland on the map

 

[Farm Boy]

Good game, Cleveland. Great team, great season, great series. With all fondness, next year!