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14 years ago
This kind of crosses over between the sports.. but for any of us Bear/Cub loathing types.. this is just sweet.. a sweet read. One to float to the FIB type relatives over the coming months holiday's.

Even though he needs to take a couple shots.. you can taste the bitterness he holds.. [grin1]



Chicago's blues over Brewer, Packer rise
 



By Greg Couch
 


You have to understand how far back this goes. The first time the Chicago Bears played the Green Bay Packers in Chicago, in 1921, hundreds of Packers fans came down and brought a band. They went into the Loop, bouncing from hotel lobby to hotel lobby, with the band all excited. And get this:

According to the book “Mudbaths and Bloodbaths,” the band wore “corduroy pants, lumberjack shirts and mackinaws, hunting caps and high boots.’’

I mean, really, how were Chicagoans supposed to react? It’s hard to respect that. More important, why do the people in Wisconsin still dress that way?

So this is a bit of a hard time for Chicagoans. The Milwaukee Brewers, the little engine that could, are walking right into the playoffs, while the Cubs, the big engine that couldn’t, just fired their general manager. It’s another meltdown for the Cubs, who are just trying to figure out how to unload some of the worst contracts in baseball history.

Meanwhile, the Packers beat the Bears in Chicago in the NFC Championship Game, won the Super Bowl and are a good bet to win it again.

Look, Milwaukee is nice. Wisconsin is nice. Nice, of course, is nice.

But it isn’t easy for Chicagoans — and I’m one — to take a back seat to Wisconsin. It's like taking a back seat to Mayberry.

Understand that Chicagoans see Wisconsin only as a great place to get Christmas trees, or maybe to hit a homey festival. And it’s a little insulting to be beaten up by a state that is entirely surrounded by white picket fences.

I haven’t written for FOXSports.com before, so here’s a quick intro. I have a pretty good understanding of the mentality of a Chicago sports fan. I wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times for years. But it’s not just that. This is true: When I was born, doctors had to induce labor. But it turned out that on the day it was scheduled, the Bears were playing the New York Giants in the championship game. So, yes, my parents put off my birth until after the Bears game. First, they won the title. Then I was born.

Then they wouldn’t win another championship for 22 years.

That was nothing, though. Not one major Chicago team won a championship my entire childhood. Talk about growing up thinking you’re a jinx. The Cubs haven’t won in more than 100 years, since my grandpa, rest his soul, was a fetus. My dad used to take me to Wrigley Field all the time, setting up my emotions. I’ve pretty much forgiven him.

So I have a love-hate relationship with Chicago teams. I hate it that I love them.

Anyway, Chicagoans don’t exactly see Milwaukee as the place with the stuff for champions. But that’s wrong.

The Packers are the best franchise in football now. And it figures that they have done things the right way, through great scouting, drafting and coaching. They sign undrafted free agents, and next thing you know, those guys are starting in the Super Bowl. Guess how many of the Bears’ first-round draft choices, not counting this year’s, are on the team now.

One.

More after the leap...  


"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"
PackerTraxx
14 years ago
I have a love-hate relationship with the Bears. I love to beat them and I hate to lose to them.
Why is Jerry Kramer not in the Hall of Fame?
zombieslayer
14 years ago
da Bears can bitch all they want. At least they got something the Vikings and the Lions don't have.

(see, I didn't even finish the sentence and everyone knew what I was referring to).

Well written article though. The guy's pretty funny at being self-loathing. Good times to be a Packers fan fo shizzle.
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DakotaT
14 years ago

da Bears can bitch all they want. At least they got something the Vikings and the Lions don't have.

(see, I didn't even finish the sentence and everyone knew what I was referring to).

Originally Posted by: zombieslayer 



Lakeside property on the same lake?


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Porforis
14 years ago

I have a love-hate relationship with the Bears. I love to beat them and I hate to listen to them.

Originally Posted by: PackerTraxx 



Fixed that for ya.
zombieslayer
14 years ago

Lakeside property on the same lake?

Originally Posted by: DakotaT 



Smart ass.

Gotta give you kudos though. That was clever.
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mi_keys
14 years ago

Lakeside property on the same lake?

Originally Posted by: zombieslayer 


Smart ass.

Gotta give you kudos though. That was clever.

DakotaT wrote:



Detroit isn't on Lake Michigan.
Born and bred a cheesehead
RaiderPride
14 years ago
Brewers VS Cubs... Packers VS Bears.

The Cubs still have a chance. They are only 21 games back from the Brewers in the standings, and the Magic Number is still at 12.

The Bears? Well, the season has not even started and they do not even have a hope in hell. The Bears Magic Number is "0"

If I was from Chicago I would give all of my love and support to the Cubs.

Much better odds at happiness.
""People Will Probably Never Remember What You Said, And May Never Remember What You Did. However, People Will Always Remember How You Made Them Feel."
Porforis
14 years ago

The Cubs still have a chance.

Originally Posted by: RaiderPride 



You're a funny one.
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