2015 NLCS Thread: Chicago Cubs vs. New York Mets

[Oleg]

The three most annoying things I heard all season:

1. Cubs fans cheering for Cole Fucking dfhaspdfjkoascdasjhkla to sd;jkl4f4fajka
2. That Beethoven shit in Dodger Stadium all through the weekend series before Jake shut all their fucking cockholsters on Sunday.
3. Royals fans lousing up Wrigley and cheering like crazy when bad shit was happening to the Cubs. I learned to quickly hate those people.

Royals fans went from people I was happy for last year to "oh these are just Cardinals fans who have been waiting a long time to get to act like Cardinals fans" very quickly.

I think the difference is Royals fans still have a "we're happy to be here" vibe, which gives them some self-awareness that Cardinals fans aren't remotely capable of.

Yeah, I know, but so what? They were loud when I was trying to cook dinner and had to run into the living room to see wtf happeh and it was some Royals dude making a catch at the fence off a Bryant drive. They're dead to me.

But whatever. Chris Denorfia, something something, cockholsters.

I can't believe anyone outside of Missouri and/or Kansas has a feeling about Royals fans, positive or negative. 

The dude who sits in the cube behind mine is a Royals fan.  I have formed no opinion of him, yet.

[SKO]

The three most annoying things I heard all season:

1. Cubs fans cheering for Cole Fucking dfhaspdfjkoascdasjhkla to sd;jkl4f4fajka
2. That Beethoven shit in Dodger Stadium all through the weekend series before Jake shut all their fucking cockholsters on Sunday.
3. Royals fans lousing up Wrigley and cheering like crazy when bad shit was happening to the Cubs. I learned to quickly hate those people.

Royals fans went from people I was happy for last year to "oh these are just Cardinals fans who have been waiting a long time to get to act like Cardinals fans" very quickly.

I think the difference is Royals fans still have a "we're happy to be here" vibe, which gives them some self-awareness that Cardinals fans aren't remotely capable of.

Yeah, I know, but so what? They were loud when I was trying to cook dinner and had to run into the living room to see wtf happeh and it was some Royals dude making a catch at the fence off a Bryant drive. They're dead to me.

But whatever. Chris Denorfia, something something, cockholsters.

I can't believe anyone outside of Missouri and/or Kansas has a feeling about Royals fans, positive or negative. 

Well Eli lives like 12 miles from Kaufman (he gave this very personal info out on twitter so now I can stalk him) and I live not quite 3 hours from there. There's a shocking number of Royals fans in the Des Moines Area. I'd say it's about 50% Cubs fans, 20% Cards Fans, 20% Royals fans, and 10% miscellany (maybe about 5% Twins). Although an annoying number of people who were Royals fans last fall are now wearing Cubs shirts this year and saying they're just rooting for a series between the two so one of their "teams" wins and I want them all dead.

[Eli]

The three most annoying things I heard all season:

1. Cubs fans cheering for Cole Fucking dfhaspdfjkoascdasjhkla to sd;jkl4f4fajka
2. That Beethoven shit in Dodger Stadium all through the weekend series before Jake shut all their fucking cockholsters on Sunday.
3. Royals fans lousing up Wrigley and cheering like crazy when bad shit was happening to the Cubs. I learned to quickly hate those people.

Royals fans went from people I was happy for last year to "oh these are just Cardinals fans who have been waiting a long time to get to act like Cardinals fans" very quickly.

I think the difference is Royals fans still have a "we're happy to be here" vibe, which gives them some self-awareness that Cardinals fans aren't remotely capable of.

Yeah, I know, but so what? They were loud when I was trying to cook dinner and had to run into the living room to see wtf happeh and it was some Royals dude making a catch at the fence off a Bryant drive. They're dead to me.

But whatever. Chris Denorfia, something something, cockholsters.

I can't believe anyone outside of Missouri and/or Kansas has a feeling about Royals fans, positive or negative. 

The dude who sits in the cube behind mine is a Royals fan.  I have formed no opinion of him, yet.

It's interesting how a team's success factors into the perception of a fan base. So many of the Royals fans who I know and like are also KU fans, who are like a top 5 terrible fan base.

[Canadouche]

The three most annoying things I heard all season:

1. Cubs fans cheering for Cole Fucking dfhaspdfjkoascdasjhkla to sd;jkl4f4fajka
2. That Beethoven shit in Dodger Stadium all through the weekend series before Jake shut all their fucking cockholsters on Sunday.
3. Royals fans lousing up Wrigley and cheering like crazy when bad shit was happening to the Cubs. I learned to quickly hate those people.

Royals fans went from people I was happy for last year to "oh these are just Cardinals fans who have been waiting a long time to get to act like Cardinals fans" very quickly.

I think the difference is Royals fans still have a "we're happy to be here" vibe, which gives them some self-awareness that Cardinals fans aren't remotely capable of.

Yeah, I know, but so what? They were loud when I was trying to cook dinner and had to run into the living room to see wtf happeh and it was some Royals dude making a catch at the fence off a Bryant drive. They're dead to me.

But whatever. Chris Denorfia, something something, cockholsters.

I can't believe anyone outside of Missouri and/or Kansas has a feeling about Royals fans, positive or negative. 

I always feel happy for any long-suffering team that begins to experience success, probably because I mostly only support long-suffering teams. (Seriously, 7-year-old me who decided to cheer for the Bills, Sabres, and Cubs, WTF?)

Reading the thoughts of other teams' fans reminds me that the average meathead Cub fan is just as bad as the average meathead Cardinals fan. But I think we get pretty annoyed by our own meatheads too. In the end, maybe the only good sports fans are your friends. Everybody else sucks for some reason or other.

[SKO]

The three most annoying things I heard all season:

1. Cubs fans cheering for Cole Fucking dfhaspdfjkoascdasjhkla to sd;jkl4f4fajka
2. That Beethoven shit in Dodger Stadium all through the weekend series before Jake shut all their fucking cockholsters on Sunday.
3. Royals fans lousing up Wrigley and cheering like crazy when bad shit was happening to the Cubs. I learned to quickly hate those people.

Royals fans went from people I was happy for last year to "oh these are just Cardinals fans who have been waiting a long time to get to act like Cardinals fans" very quickly.

I think the difference is Royals fans still have a "we're happy to be here" vibe, which gives them some self-awareness that Cardinals fans aren't remotely capable of.

Yeah, I know, but so what? They were loud when I was trying to cook dinner and had to run into the living room to see wtf happeh and it was some Royals dude making a catch at the fence off a Bryant drive. They're dead to me.

But whatever. Chris Denorfia, something something, cockholsters.

I can't believe anyone outside of Missouri and/or Kansas has a feeling about Royals fans, positive or negative. 

I always feel happy for any long-suffering team that begins to experience success, probably because I mostly only support long-suffering teams. (Seriously, 7-year-old me who decided to cheer for the Bills, Sabres, and Cubs, WTF?)

Reading the thoughts of other teams' fans reminds me that the average meathead Cub fan is just as bad as the average meathead Cardinals fan. But I think we get pretty annoyed by our own meatheads too. In the end, maybe the only good sports fans are your friends. Everybody else sucks for some reason or other.

I think the main difference is that we all hate idiots. So when we're saying we hate "x fans" we're saying we hate their fans that are idiots for the most part, with some exceptions (Will Leitch for the Cardinals for example. I find his patronizing, golf clapping BFIB'ing worse than most of their racist idiot fans).

I do think some fanbase's idiots are different than others. Chicago meatballs tend to be mostly inward facing, I think. They rant about Quitler and Castro and their own players for being soft and not good enough. That probably just comes from years of losing although Blackhawks fans who still hate Crawford give me pause on that one. Cardinals idiots are raised with success and so their stupidity manifests itself as bragging to other fanbases about how they themselves are basically morally superior because their team is good.

[Oleg]

I will always have a soft spot in my black heart for The Royals just for 1985.  God bless Don Deckinger.

[SKO]

I will always have a soft spot in my black heart for The Royals just for 1985.  God bless Don Deckinger.

I actually lived in the same town as Denkinger for a few years. He had a subscription to the newspaper where I used to work. I met him one day and would have hugged him and thanked him had I not been well aware that he despises exactly that kind of attention.

[PenFoe]

The three most annoying things I heard all season:

1. Cubs fans cheering for Cole Fucking dfhaspdfjkoascdasjhkla to sd;jkl4f4fajka
2. That Beethoven shit in Dodger Stadium all through the weekend series before Jake shut all their fucking cockholsters on Sunday.
3. Royals fans lousing up Wrigley and cheering like crazy when bad shit was happening to the Cubs. I learned to quickly hate those people.

Royals fans went from people I was happy for last year to "oh these are just Cardinals fans who have been waiting a long time to get to act like Cardinals fans" very quickly.

I think the difference is Royals fans still have a "we're happy to be here" vibe, which gives them some self-awareness that Cardinals fans aren't remotely capable of.

Yeah, I know, but so what? They were loud when I was trying to cook dinner and had to run into the living room to see wtf happeh and it was some Royals dude making a catch at the fence off a Bryant drive. They're dead to me.

But whatever. Chris Denorfia, something something, cockholsters.

I can't believe anyone outside of Missouri and/or Kansas has a feeling about Royals fans, positive or negative. 

I always feel happy for any long-suffering team that begins to experience success, probably because I mostly only support long-suffering teams. (Seriously, 7-year-old me who decided to cheer for the Bills, Sabres, and Cubs, WTF?)

Reading the thoughts of other teams' fans reminds me that the average meathead Cub fan is just as bad as the average meathead Cardinals fan. But I think we get pretty annoyed by our own meatheads too. In the end, maybe the only good sports fans are your friends. Everybody else sucks for some reason or other.

I think the main difference is that we all hate idiots. So when we're saying we hate "x fans" we're saying we hate their fans that are idiots for the most part, with some exceptions (Will Leitch for the Cardinals for example. I find his patronizing, golf clapping BFIB'ing worse than most of their racist idiot fans).

I do think some fanbase's idiots are different than others. Chicago meatballs tend to be mostly inward facing, I think. They rant about Quitler and Castro and their own players for being soft and not good enough. That probably just comes from years of losing although Blackhawks fans who still hate Crawford give me pause on that one. Cardinals idiots are raised with success and so their stupidity manifests itself as bragging to other fanbases about how they themselves are basically morally superior because their team is good.

Watching Game 1 of Cubs-Cardinals at a packed bar with plenty of representation from both sides, I can once again confirm that my least favorite fans are those who root for the same team as me but do so very badly. 

[SKO]

The three most annoying things I heard all season:

1. Cubs fans cheering for Cole Fucking dfhaspdfjkoascdasjhkla to sd;jkl4f4fajka
2. That Beethoven shit in Dodger Stadium all through the weekend series before Jake shut all their fucking cockholsters on Sunday.
3. Royals fans lousing up Wrigley and cheering like crazy when bad shit was happening to the Cubs. I learned to quickly hate those people.

Royals fans went from people I was happy for last year to "oh these are just Cardinals fans who have been waiting a long time to get to act like Cardinals fans" very quickly.

I think the difference is Royals fans still have a "we're happy to be here" vibe, which gives them some self-awareness that Cardinals fans aren't remotely capable of.

Yeah, I know, but so what? They were loud when I was trying to cook dinner and had to run into the living room to see wtf happeh and it was some Royals dude making a catch at the fence off a Bryant drive. They're dead to me.

But whatever. Chris Denorfia, something something, cockholsters.

I can't believe anyone outside of Missouri and/or Kansas has a feeling about Royals fans, positive or negative. 

I always feel happy for any long-suffering team that begins to experience success, probably because I mostly only support long-suffering teams. (Seriously, 7-year-old me who decided to cheer for the Bills, Sabres, and Cubs, WTF?)

Reading the thoughts of other teams' fans reminds me that the average meathead Cub fan is just as bad as the average meathead Cardinals fan. But I think we get pretty annoyed by our own meatheads too. In the end, maybe the only good sports fans are your friends. Everybody else sucks for some reason or other.

I think the main difference is that we all hate idiots. So when we're saying we hate "x fans" we're saying we hate their fans that are idiots for the most part, with some exceptions (Will Leitch for the Cardinals for example. I find his patronizing, golf clapping BFIB'ing worse than most of their racist idiot fans).

I do think some fanbase's idiots are different than others. Chicago meatballs tend to be mostly inward facing, I think. They rant about Quitler and Castro and their own players for being soft and not good enough. That probably just comes from years of losing although Blackhawks fans who still hate Crawford give me pause on that one. Cardinals idiots are raised with success and so their stupidity manifests itself as bragging to other fanbases about how they themselves are basically morally superior because their team is good.

Watching Game 1 of Cubs-Cardinals at a packed bar with plenty of representation from both sides, I can once again confirm that my least favorite fans are those who root for the same team as me but do so very badly. 

I will never hate any fanbase as badly as I hate most Bears fans. Now that I've pretty much completely detached myself from the Bears I find them even more annoying.

[Quality Start Machine]

If I cared what anybody thought, I'd be mortified that people see the readers and writers of Bleed Cubbie Blue as representative of Cub fans.

[Eli]

Maddon says Russell is out for the entire series. Damn.

[CT III]

At this point my basic assumption is that 70% of any sports team's fanbase are raging assbags*.  I try to judge on the remaining 30%, while doing my best to distance myself from my own teams' 70%**.






*Philadelphia being the exception to the rule at 98%

**I do not claim to be successful in this regard

[Saul Goodman]

Maddon says Russell is out for the entire series. Damn.

Obviously Javy is going to bash six homers so they can welcome back Addy for the World Series.

[Oleg]

Maddon says Russell is out for the entire series. Damn.

Shit.  Well, at least Baez isn't a huge downgrade on defense and may actually be an offense upgrade?

[Quality Start Machine]

Maddon says Russell is out for the entire series. Damn.

Shit.  Well, at least Baez isn't a huge downgrade on defense and may actually be an offense upgrade?

Nothing is fucked here.