Theo Epstein Sploosh Thread

[Armchair_QB]

That's why, while it may be discouraging now, hanging in there a few more years will make crossing the finish line that much sweeter.

It's a nice sentiment, but I don't think Cubs fans really need additional suffering to appreciate a championship.

Until you meet those Cubs fans who would appreciably suffer if/when they win a championship.  Some people think that the losing is just cute and Cubbily.

Those people need to be beaten with a blunt object.

[InternetApex]

That's why, while it may be discouraging now, hanging in there a few more years will make crossing the finish line that much sweeter.

It's a nice sentiment, but I don't think Cubs fans really need additional suffering to appreciate a championship.

Until you meet those Cubs fans who would appreciably suffer if/when they win a championship.  Some people think that the losing is just cute and Cubbily.

Those people need to be beaten with a blunt object.

I don't think those people exist. I think there may be people who try to express the feeling that the long wait for a championship would make the actual feat more rewarding and in doing so are taken to mean that they like losing. If someone actually enjoys the losing even a little bit, they're not a Cubs fan.

I always thought fans of other teams invented these people as part of their criticism of our fans. Not that our fellow Cub fans aren't worthy of scorn but there's enough wrong with them already that it makes no sense to just make stuff up.

[ChuckD]

That's why, while it may be discouraging now, hanging in there a few more years will make crossing the finish line that much sweeter.

It's a nice sentiment, but I don't think Cubs fans really need additional suffering to appreciate a championship.

Until you meet those Cubs fans who would appreciably suffer if/when they win a championship.  Some people think that the losing is just cute and Cubbily.

Those people need to be beaten with a blunt object.

I don't think those people exist. I think there may be people who try to express the feeling that the long wait for a championship would make the actual feat more rewarding and in doing so are taken to mean that they like losing. If someone actually enjoys the losing even a little bit, they're not a Cubs fan.

I always thought fans of other teams invented these people as part of their criticism of our fans. Not that our fellow Cub fans aren't worthy of scorn but there's enough wrong with them already that it makes no sense to just make stuff up.

People who take pleasure in the Cubs' losing are typically called White Sox fans.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

That's why, while it may be discouraging now, hanging in there a few more years will make crossing the finish line that much sweeter.

It's a nice sentiment, but I don't think Cubs fans really need additional suffering to appreciate a championship.

Until you meet those Cubs fans who would appreciably suffer if/when they win a championship.  Some people think that the losing is just cute and Cubbily.

Those people need to be beaten with a blunt object.

I don't think those people exist. I think there may be people who try to express the feeling that the long wait for a championship would make the actual feat more rewarding and in doing so are taken to mean that they like losing. If someone actually enjoys the losing even a little bit, they're not a Cubs fan.

I always thought fans of other teams invented these people as part of their criticism of our fans. Not that our fellow Cub fans aren't worthy of scorn but there's enough wrong with them already that it makes no sense to just make stuff up.

People who take pleasure in the Cubs' losing are typically called White Sox fans.

I was happy to see them lose down the stretch in 2006, as I was so despondent and desperate for wholesale changes from Andy MacPhail on down to Dusty Baker.  Not apologizing for it, either.

[Quality Start Machine]

That's why, while it may be discouraging now, hanging in there a few more years will make crossing the finish line that much sweeter.

It's a nice sentiment, but I don't think Cubs fans really need additional suffering to appreciate a championship.

Until you meet those Cubs fans who would appreciably suffer if/when they win a championship.  Some people think that the losing is just cute and Cubbily.

Those people need to be beaten with a blunt object.

I don't think those people exist. I think there may be people who try to express the feeling that the long wait for a championship would make the actual feat more rewarding and in doing so are taken to mean that they like losing. If someone actually enjoys the losing even a little bit, they're not a Cubs fan.

I always thought fans of other teams invented these people as part of their criticism of our fans. Not that our fellow Cub fans aren't worthy of scorn but there's enough wrong with them already that it makes no sense to just make stuff up.

Yeah, there's no way Chicago sports fans would get their asses chapped because their team's success would lead to "bandwagon" fans, as if their suffering through bad years somehow entitles them to some sort of exalted status. Nope. Nosiree.

[InternetApex]

That's why, while it may be discouraging now, hanging in there a few more years will make crossing the finish line that much sweeter.

It's a nice sentiment, but I don't think Cubs fans really need additional suffering to appreciate a championship.

Until you meet those Cubs fans who would appreciably suffer if/when they win a championship.  Some people think that the losing is just cute and Cubbily.

Those people need to be beaten with a blunt object.

I don't think those people exist. I think there may be people who try to express the feeling that the long wait for a championship would make the actual feat more rewarding and in doing so are taken to mean that they like losing. If someone actually enjoys the losing even a little bit, they're not a Cubs fan.

I always thought fans of other teams invented these people as part of their criticism of our fans. Not that our fellow Cub fans aren't worthy of scorn but there's enough wrong with them already that it makes no sense to just make stuff up.

Yeah, there's no way Chicago sports fans would get their asses chapped because their team's success would lead to "bandwagon" fans, as if their suffering through bad years somehow entitles them to some sort of exalted status. Nope. Nosiree.

You're talking about butthurt at late-arriving fans not disappointment in the fact that the team is winning.

[Quality Start Machine]

That's why, while it may be discouraging now, hanging in there a few more years will make crossing the finish line that much sweeter.

It's a nice sentiment, but I don't think Cubs fans really need additional suffering to appreciate a championship.

Until you meet those Cubs fans who would appreciably suffer if/when they win a championship.  Some people think that the losing is just cute and Cubbily.

Those people need to be beaten with a blunt object.

I don't think those people exist. I think there may be people who try to express the feeling that the long wait for a championship would make the actual feat more rewarding and in doing so are taken to mean that they like losing. If someone actually enjoys the losing even a little bit, they're not a Cubs fan.

I always thought fans of other teams invented these people as part of their criticism of our fans. Not that our fellow Cub fans aren't worthy of scorn but there's enough wrong with them already that it makes no sense to just make stuff up.

Yeah, there's no way Chicago sports fans would get their asses chapped because their team's success would lead to "bandwagon" fans, as if their suffering through bad years somehow entitles them to some sort of exalted status. Nope. Nosiree.

You're talking about butthurt at late-arriving fans not disappointment in the fact that the team is winning.

But the bitching's root cause is the team's success.

[InternetApex]

That's why, while it may be discouraging now, hanging in there a few more years will make crossing the finish line that much sweeter.

It's a nice sentiment, but I don't think Cubs fans really need additional suffering to appreciate a championship.

Until you meet those Cubs fans who would appreciably suffer if/when they win a championship.  Some people think that the losing is just cute and Cubbily.

Those people need to be beaten with a blunt object.

I don't think those people exist. I think there may be people who try to express the feeling that the long wait for a championship would make the actual feat more rewarding and in doing so are taken to mean that they like losing. If someone actually enjoys the losing even a little bit, they're not a Cubs fan.

I always thought fans of other teams invented these people as part of their criticism of our fans. Not that our fellow Cub fans aren't worthy of scorn but there's enough wrong with them already that it makes no sense to just make stuff up.

Yeah, there's no way Chicago sports fans would get their asses chapped because their team's success would lead to "bandwagon" fans, as if their suffering through bad years somehow entitles them to some sort of exalted status. Nope. Nosiree.

You're talking about butthurt at late-arriving fans not disappointment in the fact that the team is winning.

But the bitching's root cause is the team's success.

But what those people want - irrational as it certainly is - would be for the Hawks to win and the bandwagon fans to fuck off and die. If you know of people who want to go back to a half-empty stadium and a losing team, well fuck. But Wrigley was packed to the gills for mediocre teams for years. If someone is going tell me that there are people who want a full stadium and a losing Cubs team, I think they're talking about Wrigley beer vendors who live in Evergreen Park. Not Cubs fans. That guy is not real.

[Quality Start Machine]

That's why, while it may be discouraging now, hanging in there a few more years will make crossing the finish line that much sweeter.

It's a nice sentiment, but I don't think Cubs fans really need additional suffering to appreciate a championship.

Until you meet those Cubs fans who would appreciably suffer if/when they win a championship.  Some people think that the losing is just cute and Cubbily.

Those people need to be beaten with a blunt object.

I don't think those people exist. I think there may be people who try to express the feeling that the long wait for a championship would make the actual feat more rewarding and in doing so are taken to mean that they like losing. If someone actually enjoys the losing even a little bit, they're not a Cubs fan.

I always thought fans of other teams invented these people as part of their criticism of our fans. Not that our fellow Cub fans aren't worthy of scorn but there's enough wrong with them already that it makes no sense to just make stuff up.

Yeah, there's no way Chicago sports fans would get their asses chapped because their team's success would lead to "bandwagon" fans, as if their suffering through bad years somehow entitles them to some sort of exalted status. Nope. Nosiree.

You're talking about butthurt at late-arriving fans not disappointment in the fact that the team is winning.

But the bitching's root cause is the team's success.

But what those people want - irrational as it certainly is - would be for the Hawks to win and the bandwagon fans to fuck off and die. If you know of people who want to go back to a half-empty stadium and a losing team, well fuck. But Wrigley was packed to the gills for mediocre teams for years. If someone is going tell me that there are people who want a full stadium and a losing Cubs team, I think they're talking about Wrigley beer vendors who live in Evergreen Park. Not Cubs fans. That guy is not real.

The Hawks are only the current example. But there was bitching aplenty in 2008 and 2009 when Cubs playoff tickets were nowhere to be found too. And the people who bitch about the trappings of success probably do have a dark part of their psyche that would rather the Cubs be lovable losers so they can not have to fight for armrests, get cheaper nacho helmets, and have the beer vendor welcome them by name. They'd rather be a king in Hell than a rank-and-file angel.

[InternetApex]

That's why, while it may be discouraging now, hanging in there a few more years will make crossing the finish line that much sweeter.

It's a nice sentiment, but I don't think Cubs fans really need additional suffering to appreciate a championship.

Until you meet those Cubs fans who would appreciably suffer if/when they win a championship.  Some people think that the losing is just cute and Cubbily.

Those people need to be beaten with a blunt object.

I don't think those people exist. I think there may be people who try to express the feeling that the long wait for a championship would make the actual feat more rewarding and in doing so are taken to mean that they like losing. If someone actually enjoys the losing even a little bit, they're not a Cubs fan.

I always thought fans of other teams invented these people as part of their criticism of our fans. Not that our fellow Cub fans aren't worthy of scorn but there's enough wrong with them already that it makes no sense to just make stuff up.

Yeah, there's no way Chicago sports fans would get their asses chapped because their team's success would lead to "bandwagon" fans, as if their suffering through bad years somehow entitles them to some sort of exalted status. Nope. Nosiree.

You're talking about butthurt at late-arriving fans not disappointment in the fact that the team is winning.

But the bitching's root cause is the team's success.

But what those people want - irrational as it certainly is - would be for the Hawks to win and the bandwagon fans to fuck off and die. If you know of people who want to go back to a half-empty stadium and a losing team, well fuck. But Wrigley was packed to the gills for mediocre teams for years. If someone is going tell me that there are people who want a full stadium and a losing Cubs team, I think they're talking about Wrigley beer vendors who live in Evergreen Park. Not Cubs fans. That guy is not real.

The Hawks are only the current example. But there was bitching aplenty in 2008 and 2009 when Cubs playoff tickets were nowhere to be found too. And the people who bitch about the trappings of success probably do have a dark part of their psyche that would rather the Cubs be lovable losers so they can not have to fight for armrests, get cheaper nacho helmets, and have the beer vendor welcome them by name. They'd rather be a king in Hell than a rank-and-file angel.

If such a person exists, and I'm not willing to believe it's more than like 500 people worldwide, I wouldn't call them a fan of the team. Nobody was saying, I wish the Cubs wouldn't make the playoffs so I wouldn't have to stress out about finding playoff tickets. That's just a very strange, socially awkward person with a habit of attending sporting events. They don't need to be beaten with a blunt object. Leave that person alone.

[CT III]

That's why, while it may be discouraging now, hanging in there a few more years will make crossing the finish line that much sweeter.

It's a nice sentiment, but I don't think Cubs fans really need additional suffering to appreciate a championship.

Until you meet those Cubs fans who would appreciably suffer if/when they win a championship.  Some people think that the losing is just cute and Cubbily.

Those people need to be beaten with a blunt object.

I don't think those people exist. I think there may be people who try to express the feeling that the long wait for a championship would make the actual feat more rewarding and in doing so are taken to mean that they like losing. If someone actually enjoys the losing even a little bit, they're not a Cubs fan.

I always thought fans of other teams invented these people as part of their criticism of our fans. Not that our fellow Cub fans aren't worthy of scorn but there's enough wrong with them already that it makes no sense to just make stuff up.

Yeah, there's no way Chicago sports fans would get their asses chapped because their team's success would lead to "bandwagon" fans, as if their suffering through bad years somehow entitles them to some sort of exalted status. Nope. Nosiree.

You're talking about butthurt at late-arriving fans not disappointment in the fact that the team is winning.

But the bitching's root cause is the team's success.

But what those people want - irrational as it certainly is - would be for the Hawks to win and the bandwagon fans to fuck off and die. If you know of people who want to go back to a half-empty stadium and a losing team, well fuck. But Wrigley was packed to the gills for mediocre teams for years. If someone is going tell me that there are people who want a full stadium and a losing Cubs team, I think they're talking about Wrigley beer vendors who live in Evergreen Park. Not Cubs fans. That guy is not real.

The Hawks are only the current example. But there was bitching aplenty in 2008 and 2009 when Cubs playoff tickets were nowhere to be found too. And the people who bitch about the trappings of success probably do have a dark part of their psyche that would rather the Cubs be lovable losers so they can not have to fight for armrests, get cheaper nacho helmets, and have the beer vendor welcome them by name. They'd rather be a king in Hell than a rank-and-file angel.

If such a person exists, and I'm not willing to believe it's more than like 500 people worldwide, I wouldn't call them a fan of the team. Nobody was saying, I wish the Cubs wouldn't make the playoffs so I wouldn't have to stress out about finding playoff tickets. That's just a very strange, socially awkward person with a habit of attending sporting events.

Yeah, and it's not like there's a huge group of THOSE people out there.

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/

[InternetApex]

That's why, while it may be discouraging now, hanging in there a few more years will make crossing the finish line that much sweeter.

It's a nice sentiment, but I don't think Cubs fans really need additional suffering to appreciate a championship.

Until you meet those Cubs fans who would appreciably suffer if/when they win a championship.  Some people think that the losing is just cute and Cubbily.

Those people need to be beaten with a blunt object.

I don't think those people exist. I think there may be people who try to express the feeling that the long wait for a championship would make the actual feat more rewarding and in doing so are taken to mean that they like losing. If someone actually enjoys the losing even a little bit, they're not a Cubs fan.

I always thought fans of other teams invented these people as part of their criticism of our fans. Not that our fellow Cub fans aren't worthy of scorn but there's enough wrong with them already that it makes no sense to just make stuff up.

Yeah, there's no way Chicago sports fans would get their asses chapped because their team's success would lead to "bandwagon" fans, as if their suffering through bad years somehow entitles them to some sort of exalted status. Nope. Nosiree.

You're talking about butthurt at late-arriving fans not disappointment in the fact that the team is winning.

But the bitching's root cause is the team's success.

But what those people want - irrational as it certainly is - would be for the Hawks to win and the bandwagon fans to fuck off and die. If you know of people who want to go back to a half-empty stadium and a losing team, well fuck. But Wrigley was packed to the gills for mediocre teams for years. If someone is going tell me that there are people who want a full stadium and a losing Cubs team, I think they're talking about Wrigley beer vendors who live in Evergreen Park. Not Cubs fans. That guy is not real.

The Hawks are only the current example. But there was bitching aplenty in 2008 and 2009 when Cubs playoff tickets were nowhere to be found too. And the people who bitch about the trappings of success probably do have a dark part of their psyche that would rather the Cubs be lovable losers so they can not have to fight for armrests, get cheaper nacho helmets, and have the beer vendor welcome them by name. They'd rather be a king in Hell than a rank-and-file angel.

If such a person exists, and I'm not willing to believe it's more than like 500 people worldwide, I wouldn't call them a fan of the team. Nobody was saying, I wish the Cubs wouldn't make the playoffs so I wouldn't have to stress out about finding playoff tickets. That's just a very strange, socially awkward person with a habit of attending sporting events.

Yeah, and it's not like there's a huge group of THOSE people out there.

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/

The BCB crowd is dumb and uninteresting but I think they do want the Cubs to win very badly. Some of them even demand that management put an 81-win team on the field NOW!!! How many more tears?

[Quality Start Machine]

That's why, while it may be discouraging now, hanging in there a few more years will make crossing the finish line that much sweeter.

It's a nice sentiment, but I don't think Cubs fans really need additional suffering to appreciate a championship.

Until you meet those Cubs fans who would appreciably suffer if/when they win a championship.  Some people think that the losing is just cute and Cubbily.

Those people need to be beaten with a blunt object.

I don't think those people exist. I think there may be people who try to express the feeling that the long wait for a championship would make the actual feat more rewarding and in doing so are taken to mean that they like losing. If someone actually enjoys the losing even a little bit, they're not a Cubs fan.

I always thought fans of other teams invented these people as part of their criticism of our fans. Not that our fellow Cub fans aren't worthy of scorn but there's enough wrong with them already that it makes no sense to just make stuff up.

Yeah, there's no way Chicago sports fans would get their asses chapped because their team's success would lead to "bandwagon" fans, as if their suffering through bad years somehow entitles them to some sort of exalted status. Nope. Nosiree.

You're talking about butthurt at late-arriving fans not disappointment in the fact that the team is winning.

But the bitching's root cause is the team's success.

But what those people want - irrational as it certainly is - would be for the Hawks to win and the bandwagon fans to fuck off and die. If you know of people who want to go back to a half-empty stadium and a losing team, well fuck. But Wrigley was packed to the gills for mediocre teams for years. If someone is going tell me that there are people who want a full stadium and a losing Cubs team, I think they're talking about Wrigley beer vendors who live in Evergreen Park. Not Cubs fans. That guy is not real.

The Hawks are only the current example. But there was bitching aplenty in 2008 and 2009 when Cubs playoff tickets were nowhere to be found too. And the people who bitch about the trappings of success probably do have a dark part of their psyche that would rather the Cubs be lovable losers so they can not have to fight for armrests, get cheaper nacho helmets, and have the beer vendor welcome them by name. They'd rather be a king in Hell than a rank-and-file angel.

If such a person exists, and I'm not willing to believe it's more than like 500 people worldwide, I wouldn't call them a fan of the team. Nobody was saying, I wish the Cubs wouldn't make the playoffs so I wouldn't have to stress out about finding playoff tickets. That's just a very strange, socially awkward person with a habit of attending sporting events.

Yeah, and it's not like there's a huge group of THOSE people out there.

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/

The BCB crowd is dumb and uninteresting but I think they do want the Cubs to win very badly. Some of them even demand that management put an 81-win team on the field NOW!!! How many more tears?

Those maladjusted turdcutters will be the loudest when it comes to believing things were better when the Cubs were losing.

[InternetApex]

That's why, while it may be discouraging now, hanging in there a few more years will make crossing the finish line that much sweeter.

It's a nice sentiment, but I don't think Cubs fans really need additional suffering to appreciate a championship.

Until you meet those Cubs fans who would appreciably suffer if/when they win a championship.  Some people think that the losing is just cute and Cubbily.

Those people need to be beaten with a blunt object.

I don't think those people exist. I think there may be people who try to express the feeling that the long wait for a championship would make the actual feat more rewarding and in doing so are taken to mean that they like losing. If someone actually enjoys the losing even a little bit, they're not a Cubs fan.

I always thought fans of other teams invented these people as part of their criticism of our fans. Not that our fellow Cub fans aren't worthy of scorn but there's enough wrong with them already that it makes no sense to just make stuff up.

Yeah, there's no way Chicago sports fans would get their asses chapped because their team's success would lead to "bandwagon" fans, as if their suffering through bad years somehow entitles them to some sort of exalted status. Nope. Nosiree.

You're talking about butthurt at late-arriving fans not disappointment in the fact that the team is winning.

But the bitching's root cause is the team's success.

But what those people want - irrational as it certainly is - would be for the Hawks to win and the bandwagon fans to fuck off and die. If you know of people who want to go back to a half-empty stadium and a losing team, well fuck. But Wrigley was packed to the gills for mediocre teams for years. If someone is going tell me that there are people who want a full stadium and a losing Cubs team, I think they're talking about Wrigley beer vendors who live in Evergreen Park. Not Cubs fans. That guy is not real.

The Hawks are only the current example. But there was bitching aplenty in 2008 and 2009 when Cubs playoff tickets were nowhere to be found too. And the people who bitch about the trappings of success probably do have a dark part of their psyche that would rather the Cubs be lovable losers so they can not have to fight for armrests, get cheaper nacho helmets, and have the beer vendor welcome them by name. They'd rather be a king in Hell than a rank-and-file angel.

If such a person exists, and I'm not willing to believe it's more than like 500 people worldwide, I wouldn't call them a fan of the team. Nobody was saying, I wish the Cubs wouldn't make the playoffs so I wouldn't have to stress out about finding playoff tickets. That's just a very strange, socially awkward person with a habit of attending sporting events.

Yeah, and it's not like there's a huge group of THOSE people out there.

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/

The BCB crowd is dumb and uninteresting but I think they do want the Cubs to win very badly. Some of them even demand that management put an 81-win team on the field NOW!!! How many more tears?

Those maladjusted turdcutters will be the loudest when it comes to believing things were better when the Cubs were losing.

Then we will beat them with blunt objects.

[Saul Goodman]

That's why, while it may be discouraging now, hanging in there a few more years will make crossing the finish line that much sweeter.

It's a nice sentiment, but I don't think Cubs fans really need additional suffering to appreciate a championship.

Until you meet those Cubs fans who would appreciably suffer if/when they win a championship.  Some people think that the losing is just cute and Cubbily.

Those people need to be beaten with a blunt object.

I don't think those people exist. I think there may be people who try to express the feeling that the long wait for a championship would make the actual feat more rewarding and in doing so are taken to mean that they like losing. If someone actually enjoys the losing even a little bit, they're not a Cubs fan.

I always thought fans of other teams invented these people as part of their criticism of our fans. Not that our fellow Cub fans aren't worthy of scorn but there's enough wrong with them already that it makes no sense to just make stuff up.

People who take pleasure in the Cubs' losing are typically called White Sox fans.

Or the proprietor of that website mentioned above, just so long as History is being made at Wrigley Field. 

Or me, if the team is already horseshit and I'd rather Epstoyer have a top-five pick to play with than top-15.