Why not us?

I am and avid Chicago Cubs fan. I have been for the most part of my life. Mainly the part where I realized how important sports were to me.

Teams have come and gone to win it all. The Yankees over 27 times, Diamondbacks, Red Sox, White Sox, Giants and so on.

My Chicago Cubs have dissapointed me yet again this year. This city supports the Cubs more so than it does the White Sox. If the Sox proclaimed that they were up and moving to Alaska at the end of the season, You might have 10,000 people who give a rats ass over it. For that fact, they only draw 10-15K people during a regular season game to begin with. Even after they've won the world series back in 2005. Thats not saying much for your team now is it?

The Cubs on the other hand, regardless if they are having the worst season of their life, will sell out 98% of games all season. Why you ask? Cause they are one of the last teams to sell out to this "commercial" bullshit that has become sports. They havn't torn down their almost 100 year old stadium in favor of one that can support a Ford F-150 driving into the middle of the outfield for a mid-inning in game commericial like the Sox have. They give us what Baseball is at it's fundementalist level. A sense of pride to take your kids to a park that your dad and grandfather took you too, to watch a baseball game. You get to relieve that through your children at a place like Wrigley and a team like the Cubs.

One of my "teary eyed" moments I have ever had was bringing my own son to the park for the first time. To a baseball park that my own dad had taken me to as a kid to enjoy a game. No matter who was in first or who was in last, I was able to spend that time with my father at a ball game. Realizing the signifigance of that with my own son now, you don't know how special it is until you acutally do it with your own kids. It brings back memories and very good ones at that. I still remember when it was a big deal that we got lights at Wrigley.

Bottom line is, it's been a 100 years since the Cubs have gone to a world series and won. over 64 years since we even appeared in one. The red sox had a long drought and they've won two this decade alone. Hell, even the hated team in Chicago won one. Why can't my Cubs win one?

There are people who die never knowing the glory of their team winning it all. Luckily i've been able to watch the Bears play in two superbowls (only one of which I will choose to remember). The Bulls winning 6 champinoships in the 90's. This will forever leave me with the imprint of what it is like to win.... however, I will continue to feel like a loser until the Cubs round it out for me. They are the last step to complete this Chicago legacy of winning. No matter how many NBA Championships the Bulls win or however many Superbowls the Bears play in... It still means nothing cause 1 out of the 3 can't close the deal.

There are Cubs fans all over the world. Literally. No one could care less for the White Sox, how many fans across the world can they boast too? Not many. Yet they've gone ahead and won for this city what the Cubs havn't. I love my Cubs, but when is Next year going to be "The Year".....

Very Dissapointed Cubs fan.