HOLY SHIT YOU'RE BACK

MY REIGN OF SHIT-TALKING COLLEGE SPORTS AND THE WHITE SOX IS OVER

If I had the opinion of the Bulls that Bernstein does, I would literally give up following the NBA. His whole opinion of the Bulls is that they will be completely irrelevant for the next 5 years. He's probably right too, but you'd think that realization would lead to the logical "Why even care?" stance that most Cub fans had this year.

Like I said, the problem with demonstrating your Superior Sports Perspective by saying this Bulls season doesn't matter is that it doesn't work when you have to host a five-hour talk show through the dog days of the sports year. Of course, if someone were to call in on February 13th and interrupt an extended session of NBA navel-gazing with "hey Dan, I thought this Bulls season doesn't matter," you'd just get "It's my show! I can talk about whatever I want to talk about! Don't listen if you don't like it. Shut up. I'm telling Mom."

But that's where the whole "all that matters are championships" thing is silly. Sports are entertainment. I'm not sure exactly what "the Bulls will be irrelevant for the next five years" means. I guess that they likely won't win a championship. So what? If you're a fan, you follow your team. Is it really so hard to crack a beer and watch some tall athletic guys run up and down a court? That doesn't sound too awful to me and a lot of people find it relaxing after a hard day at work.

That's what I call the bernstein Paradox. Sports are stupid and don't mean anything but I make a living talking about them five hours per day.

That's why I root for the Cubs to win the World Series. I know what it is like to live every day knowing that my favorite team will NEVER win the big title.

You know, I've had this conversation with friends who are Cub fans and suggested that maybe things won't be as great as they think if the Cubs ever actually do win. Naturally, they dismiss such an idea out of hand and I don't blame them. Of course, you want your team to win. But there's a lot of identity tied up in the that losing. The ideas of resilience and loyalty, etc.

Take the Red Sox as an example. They were the Sisyphean team. Many times they came excruciatingly close only to fail in the most painful ways. Their fans wore this as a badge. There was something epically tragic about being a Red Sox fan. It was an identity. Then they won. And now they're just another team that isn't as good as the Yankees. And the suffering that had mitigated the boorishness of the fans disappeared.

You know, I've had this conversation with friends who are Cub fans and suggested that maybe things won't be as great as they think if the Cubs ever actually do win. Naturally, they dismiss such an idea out of hand and I don't blame them. Of course, you want your team to win. But there's a lot of identity tied up in the that losing. The ideas of resilience and loyalty, etc.

Take the Red Sox as an example. They were the Sisyphean team. Many times they came excruciatingly close only to fail in the most painful ways. Their fans wore this as a badge. There was something epically tragic about being a Red Sox fan. It was an identity. Then they won. And now they're just another team that isn't as good as the Yankees. And the suffering that had mitigated the boorishness of the fans disappeared.

Like I said, the problem with demonstrating your Superior Sports Perspective by saying this Bulls season doesn't matter is that you still have to host a five-hour talk show through the dog days of the sports year. Of course, if someone were to call in on February 13th and interrupt an extended session of NBA navel-gazing with "hey Dan, I thought this Bulls season doesn't matter," you'd just get "It's my show! I can talk about whatever I want to talk about! Don't listen if you don't like it. Shut up. I'm telling Mom."

Minstrelsy of Darkness

I hope my son is a fan too. I'm brainwashing him early on and he already knows that the Cubs and Bears are the good guys and every other teams are villians trying to get them.

That was a letdown.

At first glance, I took this to mean you didn't like Curious' efforts.

I think its Kid's turn to be the B&B thread starter for a bit. He's underachieving on his clever potential the past few months...

Well, he'd be right! This thread-starting business is wearing me out. I can't bring it every day. I resign my, well, sigh, post.

I think its Kid's turn to be the B&B thread starter for a bit. He's underachieving on his clever potential the past few months...

Meh, I just haven't been trying much. Most folks here don't really find me all that funny or clever.

LET'S GET THE PARTY STARTED WITH WHITE SOX ATTENDANCE TALK BABY OHHHHH YEAH