This post will surely make one reader very happy…
Today I will publicly admit that the majority of Cub fans are douchebags! There…I said it. You happy now Jim?
On Saturday afternoon, the Cubs and Cardinals played the third game of a four game series. Late in the game during a vital at-bat against Carlos Marmol, Albert Pujols laced a screamer foul down the third base line and just tagged the third-base coach, Jose Oquendo. And Wrigley Field went nuts with cheers.
Are you freaking kidding me?!? You actually cheer when a coach gets hurt? And believe me….that really hurt Oquendo. Do these drunken idiots not remember that just recently, a first base coach (Mike Coolbaugh) lost his life when he was struck by a foul ball in the head. Granted, Oquendo was nailed in the leg so he’s obviously going to live but being hit with a line drive hit that hard in the leg can still do major damage.
Maybe someone else has brought this up on a message board or a blog or something over the weekend but I felt the need to write about it today. I generally try to stick up for fellow Cub fans but this is just stupid. If you really wonder why other Major League fans make fun of you after this, you’ve had one too many Old Styles!
P.S. – don’t get me wrong, I am still a die-hard Cub fan and always will be, but after this, I’m done sticking up for the morons.
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I’m a huge Cubs fan and was listening the game in the car Saturday and cringed when I heard the cheers. That kind of stuff embarreses me, too. Thankfully he was alright.
As much as I feel bad for him, Oquendo is not the nicest guy around. I was at a Met game one time and he was looking right at he with a ball in his hand and I asked him for it. He looks right at me and says no. C’mon really? Owell, But Im glad hes ok.
Couldn’t agree with you more Dusty. I’ve loved the Cubs my whole life but we definitely have more than our fair share of dumbass fans. I really don’t enjoy going to Wrigley anymore than maybe once a year because usually I’m surrounded by a bunch of drunken idiots who couldn’t tell you what the score is. They are just there to party and work on their tans. I’m going to the Cubs/Indians game in June and I guarantee there will be idiots booing Kerry Wood and Mark DeRosa like they did to Marquis the other day which is a shame.
I’d much rather drive the extra distance to Great America Ballpark or Miller Park to watch the Cubbies.
Seriously….any Cub fan who would boo Wood if he got into the game in June should get punched in the head. I really wanted to go to a game in that series but took a Twins game instead so I could watch them.
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