You guys see this ESPN feature today?
No Love Lost
As hokey as it is, it's actually not a bad idea for a feature, now that the team is coming up on it's 100 year anniversary since they last won the WS. But two characters stand out in mind...
1) Wrigley Fields. Really? Come on, you don't name your kid that.
2) Ronnie Woo Woo. Age 67. Occupation: Professional Cubs fan. Wait, he has a job title now?
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Gag. Me.
a) This is why everybody hates the Cubs outside of the majority of Chicagoland. Our fans are, in the technical sense, retarded.
b) Suppose the Cubs find themselves in the last-round-of-the-playoffs (I still can't bring myself to actually refer to it by name). Assume the max of three home games.
i. Who sings the stretch songs?
ii. Who should sing the stretch songs?
In the WORLD SERIES:
i) Harry Caray's wife, Sam Zell
ii) Keep it simple. Ernie Banks, Ryne Sandberg. All the great Cubs who never had the opportunity. Game 6 or 7 at Wrigley? Ron Santo. It would truly be a beautiful moment... until he falls out the press box at the end of the song.
Well, you know they are gonna roll out all the big celebs or icons in Chicago for the 7th inning stretch. So who sings the stretch songs:
1) Bill Murray
2) Vince Vaughn
3) Ditka (ugh) or MJ
Who should sing it:
1) Ron Santo
2) Ernie Banks
3) Ryne Sandberg, Mark Grace, Andre Dawson
Alternates:
Barack Obama (schedule permitting), Oprah
Who will:
1) Bill Murray
2) Jim Belushi
3) Dutchie Caray or Santo
Who should:
1) Ernie Banks
2) Ryne Sandberg
3) Steve Bartman, Leon Durham, Greg Maddux, Lee Elia, surviving members of the College of Coaches, and the descendants of whichever goat it was whose owner was denied entry (if they're up 3-0 this could be moved to Game Four).
I'm dead serious. This could be a stand against all the dumbass "curse" believers, once and for all. Or it could spectacularly backfire, but either way it'd be entertaining.
I think you make a great point, Robb. If they make the WORLD SERIES (sorry, my, um, caps lock has a mind of its own when discussing the WORLD SERIES :) ), they should confront the supposed curse head on.
If nobody else, they should have Bartman. I cannot think of anything more appropriate. He deserves it. True poetic justice.
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