The Official Cubs Playoff page

[MarquetteFan94]

Thank you for the costume idea for dressing up as something important that happened since the Cubs last won the World Series, I'll be Neil Armstrong .

And if I am, as you seem to be implying, not very bright, and we received an education from the same institution, and assuming you've already graduated from Marquette and their admissions standards are becoming tougher and tougher and I am currently at Marquette, what does that say about how smart you are?

The Brewers have 1 win in the last year in the playoffs, and the Cubs have 0 in the past 5 years.

Do you enjoy dressing up?  Have you talked to anyone on/around campus about this?  Sounds like quite a party.  Times have certainly changed at MU...when guys are dressing up in costume to party together we've got a problem.  Frickin Campus Circle Project.  This is exactly why we need more bars back on campus.

What would you dress up as to signify something of importance that happenend since the Brewers last won the World Series?  The Black Hole, a desert, a mime, Aaron Rodgers?  How does one dress up as nothing? (note, I did not say 'in nothing' contrary to how you and your dress up pals may prefer)  You're apparently a very smart young fella (as evidenced by your high school transcript), I'm sure you'll come up with something....afterall, your ACT score was probably way better than the national average.

I was actually complimenting you on taking advantage of the resources available to you at MU by developing new skills....fantastic deductive analysis....albeit a little slow, but you got there.  Good to see my donations paying off.

BTW, are you honestly gloating over the Brewers losing a series 3-1?  Their first playoff appearance in 26 years (most likely the only of your lifetime)....to the fans of the team that you finished 7.5 games behind in the division?  There's no denying the Cubs postseason futility but, man, it might be time to shut down that wireless connection for the night and crack the books so you can maintain that sparkling IQ....don't let your brains go to your head (you can use that one if you'd like)...stay humble.

[wadesworld]

stay humble.

Will do, brah!  Get worked up a bit why don't you?

[MarquetteFan94]

Will do, brah!  Get worked up a bit why don't you?

High school debate tactics 101....hilarious.

Don't get hurt patting yourself on the back...maybe that deductive analysis compliment was premature.  That's disappointing. "Worked up"...as one who explicitly keeps things light you should know better....exactly the opposite actually, just having a good laugh....bro. (btw, that's 'brah' v1.0)

Have fun dressing up with your buddies. 

[mu-rara]

Any reasonably long-time Cubs fan does not consider the Brewers their most hated rival....it's not even close....we've been through this before.  They might be a distant third today because of the last 2 years.    You cannot replace a rivalry that started in the 19th Century (with the Cardinals) or an intra-city rivalry with the White Sox that has divided the city for well over a century.  It's exactly similar to UW-Madison/Michigan, DePaul/Marquette, etc...one team's fan base puts a lot more weight on it.  In order for a rivaly to be true there has to be a long history and both fan bases have to want to passionately beat the other team....simply not there with the Brewers.

According to RawDog, there is no problem with being a Cub fan and a Sox fan simultaneously.  I always thought differently, based on family members who grew up in Chicago.

But then, it doesn't really matter anymore anyway..........

[JSwarriors08]

According to RawDog, there is no problem with being a Cub fan and a Sox fan simultaneously.  I always thought differently, based on family members who grew up in Chicago.

But then, it doesn't really matter anymore anyway..........

Apparently there are a lot of Cubs fans that feel this way.  When the sox won the series in '05 you wouldn't believe how quickly the Cubs hats disappeared and the sox caps came out.  Not making an insult, just stating an observation I made here on campus.

[Hards Alumni]

Do you enjoy dressing up?  Have you talked to anyone on/around campus about this?  Sounds like quite a party.  Times have certainly changed at MU...when guys are dressing up in costume to party together we've got a problem.  Frickin Campus Circle Project.  This is exactly why we need more bars back on campus.

What would you dress up as to signify something of importance that happenend since the Brewers last won the World Series?  The Black Hole, a desert, a mime, Aaron Rodgers?  How does one dress up as nothing? (note, I did not say 'in nothing' contrary to how you and your dress up pals may prefer)  You're apparently a very smart young fella (as evidenced by your high school transcript), I'm sure you'll come up with something....afterall, your ACT score was probably way better than the national average.

I was actually complimenting you on taking advantage of the resources available to you at MU by developing new skills....fantastic deductive analysis....albeit a little slow, but you got there.  Good to see my donations paying off.

BTW, are you honestly gloating over the Brewers losing a series 3-1?  Their first playoff appearance in 26 years (most likely the only of your lifetime)....to the fans of the team that you finished 7.5 games behind in the division?  There's no denying the Cubs postseason futility but, man, it might be time to shut down that wireless connection for the night and crack the books so you can maintain that sparkling IQ....don't let your brains go to your head (you can use that one if you'd like)...stay humble.

the difference here was expectations.  The Cubs were expected to get to the WS if not win it, and the Brewers in the last days of the season weren't expected to pull it together and even make the playoffs.

and then the Cubs get swept (with two games at home no less) and the Brewers play 'okay'.

What you may not understand is that in Milwaukee, we are HAPPY just to sniff the post season... it was a WIN for us.

You can't say that about your Cubs.

[mu-rara]

Do you enjoy dressing up?  Have you talked to anyone on/around campus about this?  Sounds like quite a party.  Times have certainly changed at MU...when guys are dressing up in costume to party together we've got a problem.  Frickin Campus Circle Project.  This is exactly why we need more bars back on campus.

What would you dress up as to signify something of importance that happenend since the Brewers last won the World Series?  The Black Hole, a desert, a mime, Aaron Rodgers?  How does one dress up as nothing? (note, I did not say 'in nothing' contrary to how you and your dress up pals may prefer)  You're apparently a very smart young fella (as evidenced by your high school transcript), I'm sure you'll come up with something....afterall, your ACT score was probably way better than the national average.

I was actually complimenting you on taking advantage of the resources available to you at MU by developing new skills....fantastic deductive analysis....albeit a little slow, but you got there.  Good to see my donations paying off.

BTW, are you honestly gloating over the Brewers losing a series 3-1?  Their first playoff appearance in 26 years (most likely the only of your lifetime)....to the fans of the team that you finished 7.5 games behind in the division?  There's no denying the Cubs postseason futility but, man, it might be time to shut down that wireless connection for the night and crack the books so you can maintain that sparkling IQ....don't let your brains go to your head (you can use that one if you'd like)...stay humble.

This is why I like the Cubs team and players and manager, but hate Cub Fans.   Marquette Fan 94...did you wear your Sox hat last night?

[🏀]

This is why I like the Cubs team and players and manager, but hate Cub Fans.   Marquette Fan 94...did you wear your Sox hat last night?

I was hoping the Sox would pull it off, does that make me a terrible fan?

Sweet avatar.

[LON]

Apparently there are a lot of Cubs fans that feel this way.  When the sox won the series in '05 you wouldn't believe how quickly the Cubs hats disappeared and the sox caps came out.  Not making an insult, just stating an observation I made here on campus.

I wholeheartedly agree with that.  But after watching how the Cubs blew away that series (you can't honestly still think it was Bartman's fault) I kind of expected it.

[MarquetteFan94]

This is why I like the Cubs team and players and manager, but hate Cub Fans.   Marquette Fan 94...did you wear your Sox hat last night?

Nah, don't own one....I actually hope they lose every game they play as they are a true rival of the Cubs.  Did you wear YOUR Sox hat last night?  Seems to be just as logical of a question.

I don't suppose you read wadesworld's original message taunting Cubs fans after losing to the Dodgers, right? 

[MarquetteFan94]

According to RawDog, there is no problem with being a Cub fan and a Sox fan simultaneously.  I always thought differently, based on family members who grew up in Chicago.

But then, it doesn't really matter anymore anyway..........

Well, I have to respectfully disagree with RawDog then....and why wouldn't it matter anymore...because both teams are eliminated?  Makes sense....I guess both sides can pull for the other now going forward....just throw away the generations worth of rivalry....something we can't expect Milwaukee residents to understand.  The point was that Cub fans do not consider the Brewers their most hated rivalry....it's not even close....not even worthy of a conversation.

[MarquetteFan94]

What you may not understand is that in Milwaukee, we are HAPPY just to sniff the post season... it was a WIN for us.

That says it all.

[RawdogDX]

Note: at no point in time did i say I was a sox fan.  I don't own a sox hat. I have one shirt that has a small sox logo on it (along with a ton of other stuff)that i got for free during a 5k.  I don't watch their games, I can't name their starting rotation and i won't celebrate when they win.

You said that a typical Chicagoan cheers for both but that not a single one you know does that.  I was pointing how stupid that was.

But why should i hate them?  Why should I cheer for the red sox or rays?  so that my mom and grandparents can be miserable?  If someone wants to be a fan of both teams I don't have a problem with it as long as they are a fan of both all year every year(as my mom is with cubs/sox).  I grew up cheering for the steelers as well as the bears. Does that make me a front runner?  That is stupid, they didn't win a championship in the 90's when i started watching them.
I have no loyalty to any football school and pick a new one every few years based on who has players i like (the last 3 years has been Clemson, before it was cool, if the bears didn't have forte I'd be really excited about their chances of picking up either rb).  Does that make me a front runner?  In general i'll root for any small school over a big program.  So now I'm a back runner?  And i always want the big ten to lose so i guess i do hate things that suck.  So what kind of runner is that?  A front stomper?
You have too many rules.  Sometimes you (and many others) forget that sports is supposed to be fun.  One of my best friends is from pilwaukee and a packer/brewer fan.  When we all go out to watch a game (not involving the afore mentioned $h!t stains) she cheers and cheers with us for our team.  You would have her sit in a corner and pout because that is what real fans do?  Because being a sports fan means making yourself miserable 95% of the time when your team isn't winning a championship? 
You are an elitist and a silly one at that.  And you don't know anyone from my area code.

[Hards Alumni]

That says it all.

that you don't understand?  exactly!  Thanks!

[MarquetteFan94]

That's correct....I cannot understand how the fine folks of Milwaukee are happy only to sniff the playoffs (or the yeast, tannery and other fine scents of the city).  I guess if you set the bar low happiness comes easier.  As a Cubs fan, I wish we would have thought about that years ago.   

[wadesworld]

That's correct....I cannot understand how the fine folks of Milwaukee are happy only to sniff the playoffs (or the yeast, tannery and other fine scents of the city).  I guess if you set the bar low happiness comes easier.  As a Cubs fan, I wish we would have thought about that years ago.   

Maybe as a Cubs fan you SHOULD lower the bar.  Every year is your year, and every year it's going to happen, yet it's been 100 years since it has happened.  You haven't won a postseason game in 5 years.

Again, people always try to rip on the city of Milwaukee.  You don't have to be a fan of Wisconsin sports to come here for college, but I don't understand why some of you willingly come to Milwaukee to go to school while making it sound like Milwaukee is such a bad, unhappy, dirty city with nothing to do and the whole population is a$$holes.  Doesn't make sense to me.

[MarquetteFan94]

Maybe as a Cubs fan you SHOULD lower the bar.  Every year is your year, and every year it's going to happen, yet it's been 100 years since it has happened.  You haven't won a postseason game in 5 years.

Again, people always try to rip on the city of Milwaukee.  You don't have to be a fan of Wisconsin sports to come here for college, but I don't understand why some of you willingly come to Milwaukee to go to school while making it sound like Milwaukee is such a bad, unhappy, dirty city with nothing to do and the whole population is a$$holes.  Doesn't make sense to me.

I guess that why I said it....along with a little self-deprecating humor (hence the smiley).  BTW, there are 10 MLB Teams that have not won a playoff game in the last 5 years.  The Cubs have won the NL Central 3 times during that period including winning a postseason series....admittedly nothing to be overly proud of.

There is 1 team in MLB that has not won their division in the last 26 years......one.......the Milwaukee Brewers. 

You should thank Selig for the wild card....and for buying the Pilots.

We've been through the Milwaukee thing countless times also....great town to live for 4 college years, great memories and experience....then it's back to civilization...like 40-45% of the MU student body.

Get worked up why don't you. 

[wadesworld]

I guess that why I said it....along with a little self-deprecating humor (hence the smiley).  BTW, there are 10 MLB Teams that have not won a playoff game in the last 5 years.  The Cubs have won the NL Central 3 times during that period including winning a postseason series....admittedly nothing to be overly proud of.

There is 1 team in MLB that has not won their division in the last 26 years......one.......the Milwaukee Brewers. 

You should thank Selig for the wild card....and for buying the Pilots.

We've been through the Milwaukee thing countless times also....great town to live for 4 college years, great memories and experience....then it's back to civilization...like 40-45% of the MU student body.

Get worked up why don't you. 

Haha I didn't write a novel on how it is wrong for guys to dress up for a theme party...

[drewm88]

Every year is your year, and every year it's going to happen

Correct. 2009 is our year. It's gonna happen. Look out.

[mu-rara]

I was hoping the Sox would pull it off, does that make me a terrible fan?

Sweet avatar.

Real old school Chicagoans would say yes.  Real Cub fans root against the Sox and vice versa.  Old School is over 43 years old.

[MarquetteFan94]

Haha I didn't write a novel on how it is wrong for guys to dress up for a theme party...

Come on now, it was more like a couple sentences...you should've learned the difference in Eng 101 by now....maybe that ACT score wasn't so high.  

More high school debate 101 from you...nicely done.  When unable to refute facts, ignore and try to divert attention and change course....it's weak, but an action nonetheless....there's hope for you yet.  

Have fun sniffing the tannery and dressing up with your buddies.  

Get worked up....

[MarquetteFan94]

Real old school Chicagoans would say yes.  Real Cub fans root against the Sox and vice versa.  Old School is over 43 years old.

I don't think there's anything old school about it actually....there are plenty of kids being brought up to dislike the Cubs or Sox...I forgot who said it earlier, in a lot of cases it's a family thing.  I grew up cheering for both and could name the '83 White Sox starting line-up in a heartbeat....but was always Cubs first.  For me, and a lot of my friends, the real hatred happened with the beginning of interleague play....there was always the exhibition cross-town classic but when the games counted and the Sox fans started turning up at Wrigley....that's when things really bacame divisive in Chicago.

There's no denying the 2005 White Sox were great for the city but it still made me ill.

[mu-rara]

Note: at no point in time did i say I was a sox fan.  I don't own a sox hat. I have one shirt that has a small sox logo on it (along with a ton of other stuff)that i got for free during a 5k.  I don't watch their games, I can't name their starting rotation and i won't celebrate when they win.

You said that a typical Chicagoan cheers for both but that not a single one you know does that.  I was pointing how stupid that was.

But why should i hate them?  Why should I cheer for the red sox or rays?  so that my mom and grandparents can be miserable?  If someone wants to be a fan of both teams I don't have a problem with it as long as they are a fan of both all year every year(as my mom is with cubs/sox).  I grew up cheering for the steelers as well as the bears. Does that make me a front runner?  That is stupid, they didn't win a championship in the 90's when i started watching them.
I have no loyalty to any football school and pick a new one every few years based on who has players i like (the last 3 years has been Clemson, before it was cool, if the bears didn't have forte I'd be really excited about their chances of picking up either rb).  Does that make me a front runner?  In general i'll root for any small school over a big program.  So now I'm a back runner?  And i always want the big ten to lose so i guess i do hate things that suck.  So what kind of runner is that?  A front stomper?
You have too many rules.  Sometimes you (and many others) forget that sports is supposed to be fun.  One of my best friends is from pilwaukee and a packer/brewer fan.  When we all go out to watch a game (not involving the afore mentioned $h!t stains) she cheers and cheers with us for our team.  You would have her sit in a corner and pout because that is what real fans do?  Because being a sports fan means making yourself miserable 95% of the time when your team isn't winning a championship? 
You are an elitist and a silly one at that.  And you don't know anyone from my area code.

I said that the old school Chicagoans (anyone over say 43) do not find it acceptable at all to cheer for both the Sox and the Cubs.  I never said I don't know anyone who cheers for both teams.  I do know some.  They are called front runners, and there are increasing numbers of them.  They are weak.

[wadesworld]

Come on now, it was more like a couple sentences...you should've learned the difference in Eng 101 by now....maybe that ACT score wasn't so high.  

More high school debate 101 from you...nicely done.  When unable to refute facts, ignore and try to divert attention and change course....it's weak, but an action nonetheless....there's hope for you yet.  

Have fun sniffing the tannery and dressing up with your buddies.  

Get worked up....

Damn you're clever.  You have no idea what my ACT score was.  You also have me beat, I am unable to refute facts about...getting dressed up?  There are facts about that?  Alright, then I apologize for not researching hard enough.  I am very worked up now that I have to research facts about what is wrong with theme parties.

[MarquetteFan94]

Damn you're clever.  You have no idea what my ACT score was.  You also have me beat, I am unable to refute facts about...getting dressed up?  There are facts about that?  Alright, then I apologize for not researching hard enough.  I am very worked up now that I have to research facts about what is wrong with theme parties.

First, thanks for the acknowledgement.  At such a ripe age, to be able to man-up to that will serve you very well down the road.  You're right, I do not know your ACT score....all I can gather is that, based on MU's increasingly stringent admission requirements, you are undoubtedly very intelligent, perhaps even more so than some guy like me who graduated from MU in the past...as you informed all of us.

If you're unable to glean which facts I'm referring to after re-reading my very well crafted message then, I'm sorry, I have put too much stock in your debating ability it appears....where do our donation dollars go?  Sigh.

Hint, it had little-to-nothing to do with these dress-up/theme parties you're so hung up on....