I do not know how much you know about Cubs fans, but read this column that appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution this past Friday. It will give you a good idea of what Cubs fans are really like.

That was good.

for some reason i feel if there are cubs fans at PPS these two/three games there will be fights more then there was this past weekend

Sadly, you can bet that there will be fights at PPS this weekend, especially if a lot of firewater is consumed. It happens all the time during our interleague games with them, unfortunately. In fact, a number of Cubs fans invaded our ballpark for the All Star Game festivities. After the Home Run Derby on Monday night, I was walking down the Gate 5 ramp of our ballpark when overserved Cubs and Sox fans started brawling. It was not pretty.

I've heard nothing but good things about Cubs fans. So until they prove me wrong, I will stick to my original thinking.

I've heard nothing but good things about Cubs fans. So until they prove me wrong, I will stick to my original thinking.

Because it's in the media's best interest to show cub fans as being good.

 

Yes they travel...and piss of the people of the opposing team's town a WHOLE lot (just ask a baseball fan from milwaukee, cincinatti or St Louis) and cause a lot of trouble wherever they go.

 

Yes they fill up their ballpark regularly....Because Wrigley is like a hotspot in Chicago. If you did a poll it would probably come up as the best bar in the city. People go there because it's cool to go there, notice I didnt mention the team or the word baseball yet in this description.

 

Cubs fans dont know much of anything about baseball. The average cubs fan couldnt name you a player outside of Wood, Prior and Sosa and they just learned about Prior.

I've heard nothing but good things about Cubs fans. So until they prove me wrong, I will stick to my original thinking.

I'm not surprised. For many reasons ? mainly the omnipresence that is Tribune Co. combined with the extremely overrated Wrigley Field (known to Sox fans as The Urinal), the Cubs have fostered this image nationally that they're the best fans in the world. Fact is, 75% only go to games to get drunk and socialize, as if Wrigley was some sort of giant frat house. The average Cub "fan" can't name 3 players on the team after Wood and Sosa. Furthermore, how good can these fans be if they take pride in 95 years of sucking? The Sox haven't won since 1917, but you don't see us gloating about it ... it's a source of quiet humiliation, not a T-shirt slogan!

 

Speaking of T-shirt slogans, this is a popular one among Cubs fans: "Wrigley Field Bleachers ? Shut Up and Drink Your Beer!" Kind of says it all.

Don't take TOO much stock in this article. The "journalist" is a converted Chisox fan writing for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution...

 

If you read this article, you will see where Bill Torpy all but endorses fair-weather fandom.

Mostly, I hate how Cub fans wield their faux passion for their inept team as a badge of moral superiority. It's kind of a: "Hey, we love a team that usually stinks but we keep coming back. We must really be True Fans."

 

But think of it this way: If a restaurant opened in your neighborhood and served subpar, inedible food -- I mean garbage -- would you keep going back? For 95 years?

He can go ahead and bite me. If my brother owned a restaurant with subpar food, I would continue to eat there for 100 years to show him my support, as long as he kept trying to succeed. Red Sox fans understand what I'm talking about. Cubs fans understand what I'm talking about. TRUE Yankee fans [prior to 1995] know what I'm talking about. This is a concept that Braves fans can't wrap their minds around. I hope this isn't a philosophy that Marlins fans adopt...

Don't take TOO much stock in this article. The "journalist" is a converted Chisox fan writing for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution...

 

If you read this article, you will see where Bill Torpy all but endorses fair-weather fandom.

 

Mostly, I hate how Cub fans wield their faux passion for their inept team as a badge of moral superiority. It's kind of a: "Hey, we love a team that usually stinks but we keep coming back. We must really be True Fans."

 

But think of it this way: If a restaurant opened in your neighborhood and served subpar, inedible food -- I mean garbage -- would you keep going back? For 95 years?

He can go ahead and bite me. If my brother owned a restaurant with subpar food, I would continue to eat there for 100 years to show him my support, as long as he kept trying to succeed. Red Sox fans understand what I'm talking about. Cubs fans understand what I'm talking about. TRUE Yankee fans [prior to 1995] know what I'm talking about. This is a concept that Braves fans can't wrap their minds around. I hope this isn't a philosophy that Marlins fans adopt... Thing is, most Cubs fans haven't been Cubs fans their whole lives. Yeah, there's many who have been diehards for decades; but the majority of the people who were on the streets of Chicago celebrating last night were bandwagon jumpers who merely like the Cubs because it's the trendy thing to do.

 

There are 3 types of "Cubs fans":

True, knowledgeable, respectable diehards (20%)

Yuppies who think of Wrigley as a beer garden, not a baseball park (30%)

Chicago non-natives who fell victim to the mystique of Wrigley Field and Tribune Co. propaganda (50%)

 

The first group I have the utmost respect for. The rest of them are why I hate the Cubs with every fiber of my being.

this guy is the man, thats hilarious, hes not scared to say anything

Considering that the Cardinals and Cubs have a heated rivalry... I'm very familiar with Cubs fans. I've found a few that are decent over at the Cubs forum I visit, but that's about it. Although I was banned over at their board for some time just because I was a Cardinal fan. There's a reason why I'm rooting for the Marlins over the Cubs. This is actually one of the freindliest boards I've been to.

The Sox haven't won since 1917, but you don't see us gloating about it ... it's a source of quiet humiliation, not a T-shirt slogan!

 

right on the $$$!

the last few days I've really began to respect White Sox fans more than ever.

 

i hate the cubs!