No Shit: Bill Simmons Names Cubs as the Most Tortured Sports Franchise

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter


The article is here.

The Cubs have left all of their fans to do the Cry and Wap (pictured above) more than a few times. I never realized the dire state of fandom until after I lived in Chicago for a while. After the 2008 post season sweep by the Dodgers I was commiserating with the best Cub fan I know. A (female) kindergarten teacher who has lived in Chicago all of her life. I told her that it wasn't so much that I am surprised, or angry, or hurt or anything like that. I wasn't so much pissed off, but it just made me care less about next season because I knew that if I ever got truly excited about this Cubs team, I was just setting myself up for more disappointment. I told her that I vowed never to allow myself to get very excited about the Cubs EVER, and this loss really lowered my ceiling of potential Cub joy. I viewed my allegiance with the Cubs like falling off a ladder: If you KNEW you were gonna fall off that ladder, why bother climb more than a rung or two?

After venting, I was waiting for a saccharine response along the lines of, "oh cheer up, next year will all be different", or "time heals all wounds", etc. Instead she simply said, "I think now you know what it's like to be a Cubs fan"






That's how I roll.