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Cubs Talk

Congrats to the Cubs and Cubs fans on moving on to the NLCS. Now that the Braves and Twins are both out, I don't know who to root for anymore. The Chicagoan in me wants to cheer for the Cubs, but something about it still doesn't feel right. But anyways, I think right now I'm somewhere between "indifferent" and "mildly supporting" the Cubs.

Something I wonder about is, what happens if the Cubs actually do win the World Series? I think the world would be turned upside down. I mean, part of the charm of the Cubs is their image as "lovable losers". That's a huge credit to the geniuses at the Tribune Company for successfully marketing this team in the past 20 years or so. Somehow, they packaged an old, aging stadium, an inept, senile announcer, and a team that loses year after year, to gain fans not only in Chicago but around the country and sell out 81 home games a year.

By now, Cubs fans have gotten accustomed to, and even learned to embrace their team's perennial failures. Wouldn't it be so weird if the team suddenly became champions after 90-some years of futility? I mean, one day you are the polar opposite of an organization like the Yankees, a team built on a image of high prestige and consistent success. Next thing you know, you are on the same level, and maybe even considered a superior team to those same vaunted Yankees. I don't know if "anticlimatic" would be the right word, but something would definitely seem really backwards if that happened.

Then, what if after winning the World Series, the team goes back to its losing ways the next year? Will the phrase "when the Cubs win the World Series" go back to being synonymous with phrases like "when hell freezes over" or "when pigs fly"? What about the fans in the bleachers at Wrigley? Will they now be expecting and demanding their team to be competitive every year? Or would they just go right back to the old ways of drinking their beer, not paying attention to the game, and checking out girls? These are questions that truly fascinate me.

Playa University

While I was writing that blog, they were showing the player intros for Monday Night Football, where every guy says their own name and the college they graduated from. When Simeon Rice (Illini product) came up, he said "Simeon Rice, Playa University". Man, he was always a cocky biatch. But I guess if he's right, then I too am an alumni of Playa University. Maybe I should update my resume to reflect this change.