Cubs Fans Silly? Never!

Before we go any further, allow me to disclose that I am a Cubs fan. This, by nature, makes me irrationally hopeful, silly, and downright stupid. That's sort of the whole bargain, a bargain that's not nearly as different from most baseball fans as some would lead you to believe.

Still, it's important to keep that irrationality slightly in check. Otherwise you end up like the people petitioning to keep the Cubs from changing Wrigley Field:

-- the name of where the cubs play should stay the way it is because its a land mark. Why should the name of the field be changed Wrigley field is the right name.

-- Wrigley Field is one of the last Chicago landmarks, please leave it alone!!!!

-- DO NOT SELL NAMING RIGHTS TO WRIGLEY PLEASE.I couldn\'t bear to see Enron Staduim at Wrigley Field

-- Nothing is sacred in baseball anymore. Sponsors names on the jerseys are next. By 2010 baseball players will look like NASCAR drivers.

See what I mean? This is dangerous stuff. It not only ignores the better interests of the Cubs franchise -- naming rights could yield a whole bunch of money for the Cubs to toss back into payroll -- but it completely forgets that Wrigley Field is already named after a commercial organization. This is just resistance to change, ugly as any other:

My nephew is going to be named Wrigley when he is born in a few weeks. WILL SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!?!?

I hope that person is joking.

(HT: Goat Riders of the Apocalypse)

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

1-10-2008 @ 1:21AM

Nate said...

Uuuuggghh. If you are a Cubs fan, you are a Cubs fan without a sense of history or dignity. Wrigley Field is named after William Wrigley, not the gum. Even if you WEREN'T a Cubs fan, you could learn that from a simple Wikipedia check.

Do you have any sense of responsibility for the things you write for AOL? Since you write for a website, are you just required to turn out a certain number of articles per day? You are not a writer, you're not even a blogger. You churn out content for AMERICA ONLINE regardless of its quality or accuracy.

"I'm pretty sure my opinions are facts. Let's go with that!"

And finally, as a sports fan, are you surprised that fans would object to renaming their stadium? Especially if it is one of the most historic ballparks left? Are you shocked and appalled? Seriously? Where have you been?

Churn out content. Pathetic.