Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “Well, That Was Easy” Edition
Okay, what the hell was that? Other than the first game of the four-game set with the Brewers, that series was easier than convincing Stevie Eyre to take just one more bite. Remember how the Brewers fans and even most of the writers in Chicago were saying we’d be “lucky” to get out of Milwaukee with our one-game lead intact? They were right. We didn’t get out of there with it intact. Instead, our lead swelled like Prince Fielder. Five games? Welcome back to being irrelevant, Milwaukee. Anyhow, here’s the Roundup:
- Some Brewers fans reacted to the series loss with completely realistic-looking Photoshops. My favorite part of the post is the quote from Anonymous (a.k.a. Internet Tough Guy). He said, “don’t worry you hayseed cub fans, there is a lot of season left… we gave you this series - you earned nothing.” Look, I normally leave the Wisconsin-bashing to Kermit, but a BREWERS fan calling CUBS fans “hayseeds” makes about as much sense as a Cubs fan calling a Brewers fan an office manager. Also, when you outscore a team 31-11 over the course of four games, you’ve earned something.
- You know Kerry Wood’s blister has gotten a bit out of hand when BEN SHEETS steps in to defend him.
- Mike Downey’s smug ass tries to pretend that Cubs fans are the ONLY fans who ever get rowdy. Concerning the Cubs fan that put out the White Sox fan’s eye and the two–it’s TWO, Downey; read the story correctly, you simp–who beat up the Brewers fan, I have news for you. That sort of shit happens all the time. People get in fights. The only time it becomes a “story” is when the media MAKES it a story. This is like ever couple of years when the media decides to start a “shark epidemic” story, when the number of shark attacks very rarely varies significantly from year to year. Cubs fans aren’t bullies. They’re fans like any other fans. Some are good and rational. Some are psychotic and drunk. Deal with it.
- Sorry, ladies. Looks like Mike Nadel is a flaming homosexual. In case Mike hasn’t noticed, Erin Andrews has the sports knowledge of Linda Cohn without the face of…well, Linda Cohn.
- In a related story, I begged Jim to offer Marquis $20M to go away.
- If you wanted to write the most horribly cliched story about Cubs fans, it would probably look a bit like this. I would also like to know who the losers are in this group:
The Lovable Losers Literary Revue is an artistic forum for Cubs supporters. Fans meet once a month in the back room of El Jardin Restaurant on Clark Street to regret and rejoice. They sing Cubs songs, read stories or memoirs, tell jokes and perform skits and poetry. It begins with a good-luck toast and ends with a prayer of hope.
Anyone want to volunteer to infiltrate that group and act as a sleeper agent?
- Does Bud Selig plan on doing anything about what’s becoming a very significant organizational problem?
- Finally, I found a blog you should probably keep an eye on. This is a good reason why. So is this. And this (that last link might be a bit NSFW, and Page 7 is hilarious).
Well, I have to get going. The Pirates are coming to town without Jason Bay. Also without Jeremy Hermida, you bunch of worrying pansies.
-Sweet Uncle Lou
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Bored Again Holy Shitaco! The pitbulls on page six made me want to ride the ROTFL Helicopter. Thanks for making my already unproductive Friday evan more so.
steve Kerm -
I love the Friday Sweet Uncle Lou thing. By the way my comment last week (or whenever it was) about your Google ads making me laugh might need explanation - when I first saw the new site the ads were all coming up Edmonds stuff. I thought it was a complete fake thing. I see now it is actually google ad stuff. Pretty funny anyway - not too hard to fool me I guess.
Bad Kermit @steve - It was even funnier when the first ad Google pulled was for a Brewers t-shirt site. STUPID GOOGLE!
steve STUPID GOOGLE indeed. It’d be great if google worked like:
since the Brewer crap was on your site, Brewer fans would be directed to your site when they googled Brewer shirt or Brewer cheese or whatever (if they had opposable thumbs to work the computers that they don’t have). It would drive them nuts seeing a Cub site (if they could read). Even though I did go to college in Milwaukee and had a pretty good time. And got out no less retarded than I started.
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“Anyone want to volunteer to infiltrate that group and act as a sleeper agent?”
As much of a Theatre Fhag as I am, I just couldn’t, in good conscience, join anything that “ends in a prayer of hope.” Even for nefarious means.