Official Goat of the Game

Ah, The All-Star Game is Over,
Back to Hating the Cubs

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Well another amazing all star weekend has come and gone
and now it’s back to division rivalries and enemy bashing.
The message boards are alive with people harassing each
other because of the team the choose to cheer for…

Welcome 2nd half baseball.

But here’s the thing I want to talk about. Why are Cubs
fans getting on Corey Hart about that throw at the end
of the game. It wasn’t the world’s best throw (if it was he would have gotten Morneau at the plate) but it was close.

The true fact is that you can’t rely on a player to make that throw or any throw for that matter. I’ve heard “Fuky could make that throw” and “If Soriano was healthy Morneau would be out by a few steps.” Well here’s the issue. Fukudome might have a pretty accurate arm but I don’t think he’s that strong. Soriano… Well Soriano probably wouldn’t have even caught the ball.

Then I realized it. These were cubs fans we’re talking about here! The same group of people who have blamed the 100 year drought on a goat. The same group of people who blamed poor Steve Bartman for being knocked out of the playoffs a few years back instead of the players who really cost them the game. Could it be?!? YES! It seems this years all star game has allowed cubs fans to continue the tradition of blaming people except themselves! Geovanni Sotto (whom I am a big fan of) couldn’t seem to throw the ball to second base to get a single runner. Yeah Sheet’s pitches may have been in the dirt, or a curve ball but last I checked the catcher is the one who calls for the pitch, he knew what Sheets was throwing and he should have been able to adjust. Instead what’s he do? Throws the ball everywhere but second base (I believe I read someone say he was “throwing the ball like a drunk”), but yet again all we hear from Cubby nation is “Sheets screwed the pooch with bad pitches, the runners stole on him, not our guy… never!”

Then you got the offense, yeah The Brewers bats seemed to be resting during the ASB but at least we can admit it. I’d like to point out to all the Cubs fans who blamed Hart and Braun for striking out and having O-fers that the Cubs bats didn’t do much better. Fukudome, and Soto both looked horrible at the plate as well and Aramis Ramirez only got on via a walk (OH BOY!). But again… Cubs fans look to The Brewers and blame us, I guess they were watching a different game?

Jim Sinicki
Jim.sinicki@yahoo.com