The Season Pass

    This week I am going to step away from our campus and talk about a topic that is very near and dear to my heart.
    The Chicago Cubs.
    Now, I realize that the majority of students walking around this campus are spoiled Atlanta Braves fans, who support their team by wearing a Braves cap and checking a box-score twice a season.
    Turner Field is a beautiful ballpark that typically sells out for two  series each season; when the Braves play the Cubs and when they play either the Boston Red Sox or The New York Yankees.
    Embarrassing? Personally, I think so. Especially considering that the Braves are annually one of the better teams in baseball.
    It is certainly well known that the Braves managed to win 14 straight division championships between 1991 and 2005. In fact, their record since 1991 is an outstanding 1594-1092. The Cubs’ record during the same time-frame is 1289-1397. During this stretch the Cubs have won two division titles: in 2003 and now in 2007.
    Lets take a look at these teams’ attendance over the past eight seasons (keep in mind that the Braves have been the better team, record wise, in each of these seasons).
    The Braves have had  21,740,922 fans at home games in that stretch. The Cubs have had 23,433,152.
    Considering that Turner Field holds nearly 9,000 more fans than Wrigley Field does, that seems pathetic to me.
    But what do I know? I’m not used to a winning team, I am just a long-suffering Cubs fan, who, growing up in the Atlanta area has become a little bitter toward a team that consistently wins.
    That being said, I am going to take this rare opportunity in which the Cubs have made the post-season, and the Braves have come up short, to be happy for my team.
    The Cubs are playing the NL West Champion Arizona Diamondbacks in the best-of-five Divisional Series.
    So if you don’t have a particular team you are cheering for this October, think about us long-suffering Cubs fans and root on my Cubbies.
   
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Posted by Colonnade Archives on Oct 5 2007. Filed under Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry