Whether you love the Giants, the A's or even the Cubs,
share your disdain for the Yankees through this classic
T-shirt or poster by BustedTees. Sorry, Matt Artz.
No sooner had the season begun than leadoff Cubs hitter Alfonso Soriano clobbered the second pitch he saw into the Astros' stands.
Whether you're an expat Chicago fan like me or just a root-root-rooter for the underdog, you gotta have faith that the early homer is a good omen for the all-time also-rans of Major League Baseball.
The Giants and A's have nothing on the lovable losers, stadium controversies notwithstanding. More on that later.
Just in case you haven't the faintest interest in non-Bay Area hardball lore, the Cubbies have failed to make it to World Series since 1945 and haven't won it all since 1908.
That's two years after the great San Francisco earthquake and six years before the start of World War I.
Legend has it that the curse of the Billy Goat is responsible for the Cubs' continuing slide into ignominy. Even the Boston Red Sox have a less pathetic losing streak.
Completely Used up By September, indeed.
Here's one telling of the curse and subsequent setbacks such as a black cat in the dugout and, of course, that unsavory Steve Bartman incident, courtesy of writer James Lincoln Ray.
In my fantasy, poetic justice holds that when the Cubs finally do return to glory and win the World Series, it will be at the disgrace of the Yankees, the most unlovable team in all of baseball.
So what if they have a fancy new stadium? Nothing tops the heart and soul of the time-honored bricks and ivy of Wrigley Field -- even if that blabbermouth pitcher Zambrano recently gave comfort to the enemy:
“You come into a ballpark like this and you see great things,” the Cubs ace told The Associated Press on Saturday before his team’s 10-1 exhibition loss at the sparkling ballpark in the Bronx. “You wish that Chicago’d build a new stadium for the Cubs."
Cub fans are used to getting smacked around, but by their own pitcher? Sigh.
Speaking of building new stadiums, it looks like Fremont is out for a new A's home, while San Jose is picking up steam as the hot spot for the team to relocate to, even if it currently is Giants territory.
Meanwhile, although it's been in the 70s and clear around the Bay, it snowed in the Windy City yesterday. Talk about tough breaks.
Go Northsiders. Next year is here.
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