Cub Humiliation... HOORAY!!!

Many of you may have noticed the back-and-forth between this site and Bleed Cubbie Blue this year. To say that this site and that site view the Cubs and how to approach individual fandom differently might be a wee bit of an understatement.

But yesterday, Al had this in his post-game wrap up:

I was disappointed. Baseball history means a lot to me; sure, Cub wins do, but as we all know, Cub wins right now are pretty meaningless, so history would be just about as good. It has been more than forty years since the Cubs were no-hit at Wrigley Field, a ten-inning CG no-hitter by Jim Maloney of the Reds on August 19, 1965 -- the last extra-inning CG no-hitter thrown in ML history, incidentally.

So, Jeff, Brian and I wound up being pretty bored with it all; no suspense at all, since Hairston's single hit led off the game. – Al Yellon

Al has stated on numerous occasions that he is a baseball fan who loves seeing baseball at Wrigley Field.

That's fine. Who are we to say that this is the wrong attitude to have?

However, cheering for a team to win based upon circumstance rather than staying loyal to your long time love strikes me as saying something else about a person's fandom. To me, that says that a good time is valued first and foremost. Watching baseball is the primary enjoyment.

Seeing the Cubs win is second.

Now, I never want to see my team lose unless something positive can come from the loss. Those positives could be the firing of a coach, the replacement of a bad player, keeping the Cardinals out of the playoffs, etc.

But seeing the Cubs get no-hit is something I hope I never see. The Cubs have the longest ongoing streak of not being no-hit in all of MLB dating back to Sandy Koufax's perfect game back in 1965.

That's on Cub point of pride I don't want to see erased. I can't believe a Cub fan that "bleeds Cubbie blue" would put witnessing an opponent no-no their favorite team ahead of that streak.

The Cubs have so few points of pride over the last 60 years, who wants to see one of them erased for personal enjoyment?

The only good Cubs loss is one that results in the team making changes for the better. Unless one can honestly suggest that getting a no-no thrown against the Cubs would hasten the departure of MacPhail, Hendry and Baker, I fail to see how you can hope to witness your favorite team being further humiliated.