Who love an underdog.
Supporting the Chicago Cubs can be heartbreaking at times. They have the longest dry spell in Major League baseball history. They last won a World Series in 1908, they last won the National League (earning them a place in the World Series) in 1945.
The Cubs are the but of many a joke (John Scalzi has made jokes at the expense of the Cubs in both the books I’ve read by him).
Despite this they have many many dedicated followers, with fans turning up to support the team even in the worst seasons, despite the existence of the Chicago White Sox (whose last World Series win was in 2005).
This just goes to show that it is not just the British who love an underdog.
Us Cubs fans are desperately hoping that 2008 will be the year. Last year they won the division only to fall in the playoffs. This year they have the best record in the National League but have not performed as well on the road (perhaps this is changing, they’ve dominated the second placed Brewers in the first three of a four game series at Brewers, taking their lead in the division from one game to four).
If 2008 is not to be the year, then well, there’s always next year…
