Great season guys...

[diesmitty]

Let me start off by admitting off the bat, I am a Cubs fan. Yeah I know, I suck. I hope you will look past this and at least hear my message. I don't plan on posting on this board a lot, but I have been lurking your site all season, and post at that other four letter Cubs message board under a different name. Anyways, I wanted to tell you all that even though things did not work out for the Brewers this year, all Cubs fans know that you guys have a fantastic team ready to bust out in the coming years. I swear, from a Cubs fan perspective, when you guys were on, you were on. There were times this season where I didn't think you would lose again all year. Other times, I scratched my head wondering why they were playing so poorly. I am sure that this inconsistency is what drove you mad throughout the year. I look up and down your lineup, and I couldn't believe certain times when your offense shut down. You have power all over the place and pretty good plate discipline. Rickie Weeks is going to be a star in this league if you stick with him. Fielder, what a beast. Braun will improve defensively, or at very worst move to a corner OF spot.

 

You guys have done all the work with your farm system, and I admire the way you built your team. It is truly the most honorable way to build a team. Although I will enjoy the Cubs postseason experience, it slightly dampers my enthusiasm to know that half our team was on different organizations last year. But that is simply big market mentality. Big markets build their team through trades and FA with a prospect or two sprinkled in, small markets build with prospects and a few FAs filled in.

 

Anyways, don't hate on Cubs fans too much. I know you hate us because we try to invade your state and your team (and we're Bears fans). But we aren't all as bad as we are made out to be. Many Cubs fans are smart, passionate and respectful to their opposing fans. This division is yours for the next few years...I believe that this year was an abberation, where a decent Cubs team 'stole' the division for a year. I think with a few moves, the Brewers will take over this division and keep it for the next 5-6 years. Hopefully for my sake I'm wrong, but you can't overlook all the talent you guys have.

 

This post is sounding way to cheesy, so I think I will stop now, but again congrats guys. I think now that the season is over, you will look back and realize all that you accomplished as a team, as a fan base and as an organization and realize that not making the playoffs this season is only delaying the inevitable. Hopefully my free spending ballclub to the South can keep up. Until next year, take care.

[RU Rah Rah]

Wow, it's like hearing nice things from a Russian during the Cold War.

 

But seriously -- it's a classy thing to do.

[Bucky Rules]

Classy? Yes... but more importantly, he's 100% correct.

[Nearsighted Views]

Anyways, don't hate on Cubs fans too much. I know you hate us because we try to invade your state and your team

One thing I learned this year is that not ALL Cubs fans are obnoxious losers. After browsing NSBB and reading some of the stuff there, it amazed me that there are some pretty decent Cubs fans out there. But my point. I don't mind the invasion--if our fans don't fill the seats than so be it. It's the backwards hat, shirtless drunk and obnoxious jerks who couldn't name 5 relievers who get in your face and yell "Let's go Cubbies" like every 4 seconds. If you could just go ahead and make sure those guys don't come up, that'd be super.

 

Thanks for the message. Good luck to the Cubs (oh God--I just puked in my mouth a little bit).

[diesmitty]

Anyways, don't hate on Cubs fans too much. I know you hate us because we try to invade your state and your team

One thing I learned this year is that not ALL Cubs fans are obnoxious losers. After browsing NSBB and reading some of the stuff there, it amazed me that there are some pretty decent Cubs fans out there. But my point. I don't mind the invasion--if our fans don't fill the seats than so be it. It's the backwards hat, shirtless drunk and obnoxious jerks who couldn't name 5 relievers who get in your face and yell "Let's go Cubbies" like every 4 seconds. If you could just go ahead and make sure those guys don't come up, that'd be super.

 

Thanks for the message. Good luck to the Cubs (oh God--I just puked in my mouth a little bit).

Honestly I hate those guys too. Trust me, its not always the best thing to have such a large, well traveled fan base. Every team has their share of idiotic fans, but since our fanbase extends across the midwest, our idiot fans are well known throughout the rest on the NL Central territories. I do believe a lot of the stereotypes that people have about Cubs fans are true. A lot of our 'fans' do just goto the games to get drunk. A lot of people I know are just like that. Wrigley is a social event. But I think thats a case of having a ballpark integrated into the neighborhood so well. If we had a stadium in the suburbs, or at least in an area that is not very walkable, just like you do, you would see the Cubs fan base thin out a bit, and the morons go away.

Anyways, I went to Miller Park 3 times this year, only once for a Cubs game. I was really impressed at your fan's knowledge of the game. I figured a lot of bandwagon fans would come out of the woodworks, but the majority of the fans I saw clearly had been fans through the lean years. Hopefully the Cubs can keep up with you guys and we can have one great rivalry in the upcoming years. The pieces are in place right now. It's up to us to keep it going.

[mothershipconnection]

Your attitude and approach are definitely appreciated here. I certainly think we often pay attention to only the members of a fan base who are most salient - typically because of how annoying they are. We have several posters here who are fans of another team, and as long as they're civil, it's great to have them here to give an outsider's opinion.

[TooLiveBrew]

welcome, diesmitty, and thanks for providing a sane outsider's opinion, as mothership mentioned. It was cool to read your post(s) and not have my skin crawl! I can't say that I'll be rooting for the Cubs this postseason - sorry, I just can't do it - but I do have many relatives and friends who are Cubs fans, and I can be happy for them. I'll include you in that group of long-suffering fans - not morons - (though a 2003 playoff appearance doesn't help any with that "long-suffering" label) for whom I can feel happy this October. Thanks for reminding us what a special situation we have here for the next 5-ish years.

[JimH5]

While your post was well written and complimentary, the fact that you declare yourself a Cubs fan means that I must find you very, very suspect.

I suspect you come to this site as a Trojan horse.

Maybe you're one of those guys who seem nice on the outside, and you end up wooing a series of wealthy elderly widows, taking money from each of them, only to have your diabolical plot uncovered when the widows unexpectedly meet at a church picnic or something. Since most Cubs fans are unable to operate a computer, maybe you're really someone from an offshore identity theft ring, waiting for one of us to give you our credit card number. Sorry--it won't be mine.

Maybe you're Steve Bartman, typing your messages while wearing headphones to your Walkman. You've been shunned by all other Cubs fans, so now you come looking for friends on the other side. Go away, Steve. And take your curse with you.

Sorry, Mr. Cubs fan. I don't believe you are real. Nobody could watch games on the Superstation, or listen to WGN and actually be capable of having any perspective on a team other than the Cubs. You've been forcefed gobs of dreck on Corey Patterson and Jody Davis and Mike Bielecki and Budweiser all these years. CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN! Go away.

How's this one, Mr. Cubs fan. . .Bill Murray stopped being funny about 20 years ago. Now he's just a pathetic has-been, doing the same tired routine at golf outings and kissing up to Sutcliffe and Mark Grace. Here's another one. . .Kerry Wood looks like he lost about 50 pounds in the last year. I wonder how that happened. . .Is he on the Zone Diet or something. He seems quite a bit thinner. . .And as much as you'd like Cuban to buy your team, MLB will never allow it. He'd do quite a number for you, giving you a surplus of free agents. But stop salivating, because it's not going to happen. And Ron Santo's not a Hall of Famer, either. I've been to Cooperstown several times, and I've never seen his name on a plaque. I don't think I will.

Sorry Mr. Cubs Fan. . .take your happy thoughts and attaboy pats on the back and get out of here. I'll take solace and comfort from Royals fans, or Rangers fans, or Rockies fans. Even Padres fans. But not Cubs fans. You are Newman to me.

And when the Cubs lose in the playoffs, and when the tv cameras pan the Wrigley crowd and I see all the sad faces on Cubs fans with their ineffectual rally caps perched on their heads--at least the "fans" who are actually interested in the outcome of the game and aren't talking to their friends on cell phones, while mugging for facetime--when I see that group of unhappy mopes, I will shed my own tears of joy and satisfaction, knowing that the 99 year old Cubs fan who was conceived on the eve of their last World Series championship, will have to wait one more year to see if his team will win one before he dies.

And then next year, when they don't and he does, I will feel a tiny bit guilty, and then I'll quickly get over it, and be happy again.

Turn around and take your olive branch back down the tollway, down whichever named expressway you drive on, and enjoy the next few days you have of playoff baseball, and save your comforting words for your Cubs brethren. They'll need it real soon.


Oh, and welcome to Brewerfan.net, by the way. . .

Edited to add that I meant for most of that to be in blue, but since that shade of blue so closely resembles the blue color of a Cubs cap, I thought that if I used that color, my fingers might become permanently disfigured, much like Mark Prior's internal organs from years of steroid abuse.

[brewers19]

Diesmitty, thank you for the compliments. You've likely enjoyed following your team as much as we have ours; and our love of baseball is something that we can all pretty much agree on.

[hammytime]

It's nice to receive appreciation from the "enemy". Unfortunately, in baseball and lots of other areas, you hear all about the morons/jerks/obnoxious people, but never about the people who do good and mean well. (I see it in education all the time--it's easier to focus on the negative, rather than take the time to find the positive). Like others before me, I won't be able to root for the Cubs (sorry, my second team is the D-backs), but it's nice to see such a positive message.

[splitterpfj]

Diesmitty, I sincerely appreciate your post, thank you.

 

I agree with what you said, the Cubs needed to get this one, because they are built for right now, while the Brewers should contend for the next handful of seasons, thanks for coming on here and being honest about things.

 

I'd root for the Cubs in the playoffs, but you see, I'm a moderator here, and I have two close friends who are Sox season ticket holders....I can't afford another round of torches and pitchforks.

 

Enjoy the playoffs....we're coming....soon.

[bigredrobbo]

Thanks for the kind, if patronizing, words. I'm sure you mean every bit of it sincerely, and I'm going to assume that if we had won the division, you'd have been just as effusive in your congratulations. But that's just me, Mr. See-the-good-in-people.

 

Others here might be a little more skeptical. Especially since you didn't give your NSBB handle. Good luck in the playoffs, but may the D-Backs be just a little luckier.

[TooLiveBrew]

btw, smitty, jimh's reference to "blue" means sarcasm, just to clear that up http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/smile.gif

[davego]

Careful here, Cylon Aleart! Cylon Aleart!

[JimH5]

Seriously, it was meant to be funny. Being a fan of a team means that you can/should/must find another team for whom all you wish is doom and gloom. For me, it is the Cubs. And it was meant as good natured, really mean ripping--as I would offer to a coworker or neighbor who waves the flag of the Northsiders.

 

I wish diesmitty a lifetime of happiness, fortune and good health.

 

Except when it comes to his baseball team. For that, I wish him years of angst and disappointment.

[JohnBriggs12]

It's easy to be gracious when you win.

[Thurston Fluff]

In a weird sort of way I'm rooting for the Cubs. Not because I want them to win for the pride of all Cubdom but because if they win we won't have to hear about the Cubs curse or the loveable losers anymore. It's annoying for a fan of a team that never won a World Series to listen to fans from another team that whines because they haven't won one for so long. The team I'm really rooting for is the Rockies but I wouldn't mind if the Cubs won. Anyone but the Red Sox or Yankees.

I agree we should be proud of what is Brewing (pun intended) here. It's a great young team with mad upside. We better have an owner who is willing to stretch the budget to fill the holes. Our GM has shown the ability to find pieces when needed and has a track record of being able to put together a division winnning team. Although this season was probably his poorest in terms of filling holes.

[hawing]

if they win we won't have to hear about the Cubs curse or the loveable losers anymore

 

That'll be the silver lining, if it comes to pass. Though it may not make a dent in the "jerk" subset of the cub fanbase.

 

Thanks for your comments, diesmitty. We all need a reminder that every franchise has some good fans.

[RU Rah Rah]

Thanks for the kind, if patronizing, words. I'm sure you mean every bit of it sincerely, and I'm going to assume that if we had won the division, you'd have been just as effusive in your congratulations. But that's just me, Mr. See-the-good-in-people.

 

Others here might be a little more skeptical. Especially since you didn't give your NSBB handle. Good luck in the playoffs, but may the D-Backs be just a little luckier.

Wow.

 

[Bring Back the Stein]

I wish the Cubs the same kind of luck I would wish the quarterbacking troika of the Bears or a flesh-eating virus advancing up my leg.

[Thurston Fluff]

or a flesh-eating virus advancing up my leg.

 

How about a brain eating one?

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070929/ap_on_he_me/killer_amoeba;_ylt=AvFXg5X3FDTva234AfbTijWs0NUE

[Bring Back the Stein]

(Maybe the Cubs can take a team bath in Lake Havasu before the D'backs three-gamer.)