Please Don't Do That.

Ok, in interest of full disclosure, I have been hesitant to post over here at COI because there is a pretty good chance the Cubs collapse was entirely my fault. How you ask? Let us take a trip down memory lane.

The Cubs were riding high, a juggernaut of baseball awesomeness, preparing to beat the pants off the Dodgers. I and my 3 readers were basking in the glory of it all, blissfully unaware that doom was on the horizon. Then, disaster struck. One of the Idiots was heading off on vacation and they needed another "idiot" to take his place. Two semi-humorous posts later the Cubs were done. Coincidence you say? I don't believe in coincidences. What's more likely, that the Cubs forgot to hit, field and pitch for three games or that by joining COI I upset the balance of the universe? I think we all know the answer to that question.

Anyway, that is all behind me now. It's a new year and there is a lot new stuff to get excited about as far as our Cubs are concerned. We have a new owner, a new right fielder, a new second baseman, a new closer-ish person AND So Taguchi. So with the awkward first annual COI/FOTG spring training meet-up only 3 weeks away, I felt that now was the best time to revisit a topic we discussed over on the other blog, things you shouldn't do at Cubs games. In no particular order, here is the 2009 version:

Please, Don't...

1) Yell things at Milton Bradley other than "You are a great addition to our team and by no means is your fragile mental health something that anyone should be concerned with!"
You are putting your life and the lives of those around you at risk if you yell anything else.

2) Wear a 2008 Divisions Champions hat.
Why not just kick us all in the balls and eliminate the middle man?

3) Boo
We get it. You want them to win. But booing every time they make an error or fail to get a runner over or Neal Cotts comes into the game is annoying and makes Derreck Lee sad.

4) Hold up a sign that says "It's Gonna Happen."
It hasn’t happened yet. Every win doesn’t mean they’re going to the World Series. As if the rest of us don’t have enough to deal with without you morons making us look like clueless drunks. We can do that fine on our own.

5) Bitch about Cuban not being the new owner.
There aren't enough recliners or flat screen TVs in the world to make Ronny understand what a breaking ball looks like.

Go Cubs.
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