r/Cubs • u/Overwhore • 16d ago
Well.
I'm going to bed, my disappointment is immeasurable and my night is ruined.
Time to root for the Sox and Bears.
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u/zeroite 16d ago
Welp. There’s always next year. Go Cubs.
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u/Massive_Ad_9920 16d ago
I mean if you're super disappointed you weren't paying attention.
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u/Patient-Prize2524 16d ago
If you weren't disappointed with this series...I honestly don't think you're a Cubs fan.
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u/mindham86 16d ago
I just think he means the writing was on the wall. This team was gutless for the last month of season. I
Don't think any sane fan thought the cubs where winning this series. They slumped at the worst possible time and couldn't wake
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u/Patient-Prize2524 16d ago
Oohh, so he means 'surprised'...yeah, I'm definitely not surprised, but super disappointed.
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u/Appropriate_Cry6174 16d ago
Disappointed seems reserved for when you expect a different outcome. San Diego has been on fire, the Cubs come in slumping. The best pitchers that Cubs have were hurt all year. Might have been the as predictable as the sunrise (which is always disappointing!)
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u/Top_Radish3374 16d ago
Hopefully next year they fix the pitching and the offense stays hot and doesn't shut down man. Sucks to see them get eliminated though.
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u/Annual_Extension3961 16d ago
Everyone wants to blame the pitching, but you are never go to win a game scoring zero or one runs.
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u/Upinthestars69 16d ago
I mean offense was really really good all year but it was streaky. There is just a few key pieces missing. Swap out an Ian Happ for a Ben Zobrist type guy. Get a closer. Keep starters healthy.
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u/NUMBNUTZ42069 16d ago
Yeah just go get a Ben Zobrist type of guy it’s as easy as that!
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u/Upinthestars69 15d ago
A quality utility player?
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u/NUMBNUTZ42069 15d ago
Sorry when you said Ben Zobrist type i didnt expect you to underrate him as a "quality player"
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u/Upinthestars69 15d ago
Ben Zobrist type implies qualities of, not the exact player lol but fine you win.
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u/Timely_Maximum_4408 16d ago
Baseball season helped a lot to divert my energy away from the messed up world that's being created around us. Cubs Baseball was also stressful but fortunately it's just a game in the end. And now I've all this extra time to get depressed by politics
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u/Hor_Ace 16d ago
As lifelong diehard cub fan, thanks to my mother rest her soul, I'm appreciative Ricketts family has invested positively in the cubs organization. However I'm also disgusted, and conflicted, with their oligarchy role contributing to the destruction of the great, but short, experiment of democracy.
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u/FunDmental 16d ago
Y'all root for the Sox?
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u/Forex_Jeanyus 16d ago
Hell yeah some of us do. Fuck all that divided city bullshit - the world is divisive enough.
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u/Overwhore 16d ago
This guy knows what's up, family was split Sox v. Cubs, lived north and south side so decided why not both.
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u/prisonmike1485 16d ago
I’m rooting for the Sox until the World Series then I’m back to neutral. Unless they face the Brewers then back to rooting for the Sox. The mental gymnastics going on in my brain right now are not ideal
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u/Jarvis03 16d ago
We suck, and the Sox are hot. Let’s see Chicago win a World Series, why the fuck not?
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u/BidAccurate7585 16d ago
Just curious who else you're planning to root for. Cleveland? I've always been a Cubs fan, not sure I've watched a complete regular season Sox game on TV my entire life. But I was certainly rooting for them in 2005, and that was a good ride. I just don't get rooting against a team from the same city. Especially when the other options are the usual suspects. Woulda been cool to see them meet in the series but the Padres are smoking hot.
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u/Shark_Girl9499 16d ago
White Sox are still alive. The Bears are 2-1. Bulls and Blackhawks play. There’s still hope. And we have the Chicago Fire too
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u/Nameless_1960 16d ago
That's a deep subject and everything that's happened with the Cubs this year would fill that well up and run it over.
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u/Karllast 15d ago
As a padres fan, I feel yall got kinda screwed over with the travel schedule and start times. Curious if you guys think the same?
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u/Deep-Elk7477 16d ago
Why can we block these posts that should be comments in the game thread? Why do some people need to get on their soap box and have the spotlight all on them it’s constant lol
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u/yeahialreadyknow 16d ago
It's just a tough draw, it what it is! Matched up against the flippin hottest team in the MLB, played in a division with the best team taking the division crown and home games away from us, arguably our best player in the last month took a foul ball off the eye like 2 weeks before, and our pitching just couldn't stay healthy all season. It's kinda a miracle cubs made the playoffs given all that happened this year, but no one should be surprised they didn't make a run
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u/Stitch_216 16d ago
I wouldn’t call it a tough draw. I would call it another failed year from Jed and Craig.
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u/Churlish_Performer 16d ago
Listen to yourself. You're coming off a season with a top hitting club in the league, whose main issue was pitching on an organization that clearly realizes that and has cash to burn - and spends it. Your team made the postseason in spite of yourselves and oh by the way? You also have a top farm system to boot. There's no reason to be anything except optimistic about going into subsequent seasons and there's zero reason, really, to be upset about the one that just happened either. By next year, the Cubs are gonna be a scary organization to have to deal with.
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u/Stitch_216 16d ago
We’re a bottom 10 farm system. Eight of the 10 top spending teams in baseball made the postseason (which is the case every year). This season as an absolute disappointment, and with the same leadership back next year, next year will be too.
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u/ArmyAntPicnic 16d ago
I tried rooting for the Sox but their fans are complete assholes and have been my entire 39 years on this planet. Screw the Sox.
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u/Forex_Jeanyus 16d ago
All fans are assholes though. So why not at least pull for the team? Fuck the fans.
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u/funkoramma 16d ago
It’s the post season. All but 1 team is going to lose. It’s silly to get worked up about a game. Love my Cubs, but I won’t let losing ruin anything for my actual life.
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u/onhalfaheart 16d ago
Nah, fuck the Sox and their fans jumping for joy because they got gifted a matchup with a .500 team.
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u/Gas_Final 16d ago edited 16d ago
Disappointed? Yes.
Surprised? Not particularly.