Terminalcoffee discussion

You know, today was a long day, and then I realized the World Series is starting tonight and the Cubs aren't playing, and I felt better. 101 years! Whoo!

This is esp. cool because so many people predicted the hated losers from the north side were going to be good, even win it all, and they screwed up their chances again. Thank you, Milton Bradley! Thank you, Carlos Zambrano! You are shining examples of everything that's great with Cubdom!

HEY!!! this is the crap I get for admitting I'm a Cubs fan!!!

But I'm with you on the screwing it up part. Bradley blows, and I've been waiting for 3 FRICKEN YEARS for Zambrano to be gone, poof, disappear. I HATE Zambrano, anyone who has to grab their junk after every pitch needs serious help, or serious help finding it...

Nothing wrong with being a Cubs fan Jamie, the fan of the minor league team just gets a little sensitive. It's like small man syndrome for baseball teams. :-).

So ok, the Cubs aren't in the WS, like I said, we have to keep our streak going!! So who are you for then?? Yankees or Phillies? (if you had to choose)

Phillies, I HATE the Yankees.

ALL RIGHT!! They are losing in the 7th!!!!

Yay Chase Utley

THERE IS A CUBS HATER THREAD !!!!

i am going to have to seriously rethink the Air Anthony thing. i didn't do a "Brew Crew Always Through by September" thread did i? geesh

jamie - jim and i are totally with you on the cubs. don't mind RA. he is a brewers fan so he never gets to experience real baseball

Ecchh, Brewers, to each their own, but he has a point with Bradley and Zambrano, I have to give him credit for that one.... but I think I'd actually take that over a White Sox fan..I work with nothing but WSX fans and you should hear the crap I have to endure year after year. WSX fans are the reason Cubs fans hate them so much.. they can't keep their mouths shut about our losing streak, even when the Sox are doing crappy, they always seem to throw our 101 in our faces...

i am so over ozzie and his mouth.

HAHAHA!!!I didn't want to say anything incase I offended anyone!! Besides, WSX aren't true fans, most of them jumped on the bandwagon a few years ago and they have been slowly creeping off said wagon. My boyfriend is a WSX fan and has brainwashed my son into that too, so last year I took them to a WSX for their birthday's(they are in the same month) I like going to Cellular Field(smirks at the stupid name)it's not a bad park, but there was NOBODY there! People only show up when they are winning. Cubs fans go whether they are winning or losing, yeah it's a big beer fest but who cares?? Bears fans tailgate at Soldier Field whether they suck or are doing fine but nobody gives THOSE people a hard time....

yeah, we try really hard not to offend each other on here :)

i can't believe upper mgmt of the sox keep putting up with ozzie and his mouth. he says some ridiculous and offensive things

Excuse me? Which team, the Brewers or the Cubs, has actually WON a playoff game the last couple years?

(And Matt will be happy to point out the winning pitcher was Dave Bush, pride of Eastern Pennsylvania.)

Heh. Nobody mentioned to Jamie I'm a White Sox fan, too...Go Sox!

RA is a WSX fan too I believe. Bradley will not be back this year even if they have to eat his salary. Zambrano I can live with, but he is no longer the ace of the team, but he is a great 3 or 4.

Bears fan huh, I was just starting to like you too. :-D.

I like the Bears, though, Jamie...but the yuppie Cubs fan culture is TOTALLY different than Bears culture.

oh RA...



kiss it!

Ha...maybe I'll hang that picture above the copier machine.

Ooh, that reminds me, Bells! I'll be down in Chicago tomorrow...I need a new Black Hawks jersey...should I pick you up one?

:)

grrrrrr!

At least Cubs fans have a tradition of losing for the past 100+ years, which, in my opinion, is a source of pride for any team. Plus, they have Wrigley. Say what you will about that old band box, but it has personality and charm. You could have grown up a Mets fan, like me, where we endured 43 years in one of the WORST stadiums ever built. Nothing screamed WE HATE YOU, METS FANS! like being at a night game in July, enduring the whipping winds from Flushing Bay, where, even though the game time temp may be 75 degrees, it felt like it was 30 degrees inside Shea Stadium. That stadium was a toilet with the seat left up.

Plus, we Mets fans feel like we're married to a fat, ugly whore of a woman who's constantly cheating on you and letting you down, but you stay with her because you're pathetically used to her mediocrity. So, yeah, the Mets are a fat, ugly, promiscuous whore.

RandomAnthony wrote: "I like the Bears, though, Jamie...but the yuppie Cubs fan culture is TOTALLY different than Bears culture."

I was just commenting how everyone accuses Cubs fans of only going to games for the party (which is true, nothing beats a night after a game than walking around Wrigley and partying it up) at least we can do that!! Sox fans leave the game hiding on the floors of their cars and not making eye contact...
But everyone in Chicago is a Bears fan and nobody gets accused of only going to the game to party it up when they are on a losing streak *a tear drops from my eye thinking of the pathetic loss to the Bangles*

Sorry Jim, Bears fan all the way, I used to like the Packers only because how can you NOT like Favre??? That guy has charisma!! I thought every bridge in Wisc. might be on suicide watch again when Brett whent to the Vikings..I think it was a sad day for both Packer and Bear fans that day...I follow Kansas City for some reason too. Don't ask me why I'm a Chiefs fan, I guess I just love all the losers!

i am seriously disturbed by Bells profile pic bluh

gus - good description

Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "i am seriously disturbed by Bells profile pic bluh"

I agree, she pulled a doozy out this time.

No problem on being a Bears fan Jamie, if I wasn't a Packers fan I would probably be a Bears fan, my daughter is. Of course she's not allowed in the house anymore though.

:-).

Jamie brings up an interesting point about Cubs fans, and the afterparty. It's been my observation that teams that have strong ties to their local communities, i.e., the Cubs at Wrigleyville, tend to have extremely loyal fan bases. Like St. Louis Cardinals or Green Bay Packers fans, for example. These are examples of organizations that have strongly encouraged their fans to take part and make something out of the experience of being a fan. Win or lose, Wrigleyville is always going to possess a festival-like atmosphere, because that's part of the experience of being a Cubs fan. As opposed to other sports franchises who build stadiums on the outskirts of town, jack up their ticket and food prices, and want you to go the hell home after the game's over. The NBA is really bad for that, as are some baseball teams.

You see this kind of Cubs-like fanaticism in soccer. Take Tottenham Hotspur; they haven't won a league title in forever (probably before WWII), but that hasn't stopped loyal fans from strongly supporting the club through good seasons and bad. Mind you, their fans can root for other local powerhouses like Chelsea or Arsenal, but their fathers rooted for Tottenham, their grandfathers rooted for Tottenham, and their great-grandfathers rooted for Tottenham. The point being, you can be a fair-weather fan, or you can be loyal to your favorite team. Me, I'll stick with loyalty, even if it causes me heartbreak and grief.

That's just cold dude...my parents are Packer fans and Bear fans, I don't know how they are allowed anywhere, that's just sacrilegious, they actually have Packer shirts, bobble heads, glasses.. it's just sick. What would top it is if they would crumble and just buy the damn cheese wedge hats...

gus - great observation. i don't know how philly fans can embrace their teams when they are all in a complex right off the interstate. no neighborhood feel.

I grew up in Philadelphia. Go Phillies!!!

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And now: Deep Thoughts, with Gus on TC..
very intresting observations Gus!

you two jamies (jaimies) are getting me cornfused. does one of you pronounce it "hi-me" ?

Jamie wrote: "That's just cold dude...my parents are Packer fans and Bear fans, I don't know how they are allowed anywhere, that's just sacrilegious, they actually have Packer shirts, bobble heads, glasses.. it'..."

I was kidding about not letting my daughter in. And my point about if I wasn't a Packers fan I would probably be a Bears fan is I AM A PACKER FAN, but if they weren't in existence, the Bears have a great history also that I could support.

i was a bears fan my whole life until Indy got the colts. at first it wasn't easy to like them but since the football jesus arrived it has been much easier

Yes, Jamie's right, you do have to be careful outside of the Cell. There's a scaryass neighborhood right across the Ryan. However, Wrigleyville is yuppie baseball Disneyworld...just as inauthentic and theme-parkish. And so many of the people who live in that neighborhood moved there from out of town to be cool Wrigleyville yuppies. Bleh. I'm not saying either teams' fanbase represents all of Chicago...I'll leave that to the Bears.:)

I tell you what, speaking of the Packers, by the way, this whole state is going to shut down come 3:15 Sunday...

go Philly! yankees suck

Jim wrote: "Jamie wrote: "That's just cold dude...my parents are Packer fans and Bear fans, I don't know how they are allowed anywhere, that's just sacrilegious, they actually have Packer shirts, bobble heads,..."

I didn't take you seriously! Just giving you a hard time.

RandomAnthony wrote: "I tell you what, speaking of the Packers, by the way, this whole state is going to shut down come 3:15 Sunday..."

oooohhh, do you predict a lot of booing or are the Packer fans going to remain faithful to their Quarterback god of before???

I'm all about the deeeeeeeeeep thoughts, Jamie.

I should invite my wife here. Her name is Jaime. Man, that'll just fuck everyone up!

Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "you two jamies (jaimies) are getting me cornfused. does one of you pronounce it "hi-me" ?"

Jaimie, do you want to slap him or should I??

I could change my name to Mots, stupid ass nickname from highschool, so if you can get used to it, just hollar Mots instead!

Jamie's (whatever spelling you go by) are the BOMB! We rock! Bottom line. And I'm rooting for the Phillies too! It was nice to see a win last night, Yankees just looked like shit out there...

Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "you two jamies (jaimies) are getting me cornfused. does one of you pronounce it "hi-me" ?"

Not unless you want me to kill you! :-P

Jaimie wrote: "Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "you two jamies (jaimies) are getting me cornfused. does one of you pronounce it "hi-me" ?"

Not unless you want me to kill you! :-P
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I see you hate that too?

Gus wrote: "I'm all about the deeeeeeeeeep thoughts, Jamie.

I should invite my wife here. Her name is Jaime. Man, that'll just fuck everyone up!"

That'll make four. There's a "Jaime" here too. I posted in another thread that this reminds me of elementary school. From first to fifth grade I was one of five to seven JAY-MEE's of all different spellings. Apparently pregnant women in Philadelphia in the late 70's didn't have much imagination.

And Gus, you're very lucky to have landed one of us. ;-)

wow, the J to the Me's are a seemingly violent bunch

Don't mess with us, we are viscous *evil grin* and we are good at doing evil grins!!!

Jaimie wrote, And Gus, you're very lucky to have landed one of us. ;-)

Yep. I'm reminded of that every day.

As many of you know, I loathe the Phillies with every fiber of my body. No way am I a Yankees fan, but I'm pulling for the Yanks in the hopes that I don't have to endure another season from boorish Phillies Phanatics bragging about how awesome they are while they run riot over Philadelphia by smashing cars, setting fires, and raping kittens everywhere.

Nothing personal Gus, but I hope that by the end of the World Series your suffering begins.

Don't let RA fool you. He had a very nice time in Wrigleyville with a Cubs fan. He enjoyed every minute of it.

i am seriously disturbed by Bells profile pic bluh


swine flu lady was rather disturbing.
I'm using her as a PSA.