can we just let it go for a moment

jesus figeroa — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:23:59 -0000

I first want to thank Al for everything he does towards making our lives as cubs fans more insulated, informative and intelligent. With this said though, it is time to LET IT GO. I have been on this site maybe three times since Soriano half-swinged his way to the final out of a horrific four days of playoff baseball.

In the few times I have checked in, I have noticed an abundance of "ten things to do in the off season" and " If I were Jim Hendry..." and "reasons why the cubs need a new ballpark" and on and on about how to rectify this past year's embarrassment in the post season.

Let it go.

I know that is a hard pill to swallow as a lifelong fan of a team seemingly futile when it comes to playoff progress, but Paul Sullivan made sense and was right when he requested that we all just give it a break for a little while. I am not saying to stop visiting BCB or whatever your site of choice is. I am not saying to stop caring or stop being passionate about our team. What I am saying is give it a break, let it go and immerse yourself into something else besides the woeful performance of our team. Try to create memories of what was an amazing season up until Oct 1st., not expectations of a season or a future we know nothing about.

The problem with Cubs fans is that we all begin to worry in October or November when the rest of the mlb world does so in March/April. We, as Cubs fans, are already worrying about what will happen next year and, in doing so, we are already preparing ourselves for, subconsciously, how we are going to fail next year. IT DOES US NO GOOD AND, although i hate to say this, IT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM.

I think we all noticed in game 1 and game 2 when the tide was turning away from the Cubs just what kind of effect it had on us the fans. Whether you were in the ballpark or on your couch at home, Cubs fans have another emotional range that no other sports fans have. It is called the floor dropping out on your soul.

We, Cubs fans, become pale and listless, which can be discerned from across the room, or in the case of the games across and throughout a 39,000 seat stadium. I don't give a damn if our team were comprised of Aaron, Pujols, Mays, Sandberg, Dawson, etc.-- even they would not be able to cope with the feeling of 39,000 lively fans turned zombie. I am not making excuses for the team, for they were awful. I am saying that our philosophy and psychology as fans also affects(ed) this.

Let it go...let it leave/fly...it will come back and it will happen.

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can we just let it go for a moment