The Chris Moeller Archives

Blue and White flight

They've been sobbing for days over at the Des Moines Register over the loss of 60-some Cubs games on the local cable system. First, it was opinion page columnist John Carlson weighing in on his beloved Cubbies. Yesterday, it was sports columnist Sean Keeler. For added measure, Thursday's opinion page was enlivened by an ode to the character of former Cub Ron Santo, by a local man and pusher of overpriced drinks who knows the old thirdbaseman well enough to have collected his autograph at Wrigley Field. The general consensus seems to be that the only option left open to Cubs fans in the face of such a public insult is to leave town.
That's a decision that only they can make for themselves, but may I suggest that any other city in Iowa is going to further expose them to a large number of fans of other baseball teams. Waukegon, IL, on the other hand, is pretty much a one-team town, and-- and a great place to raise a family. Summers there are lovely. It borders Lake Michigan. It's home to the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, and located just miles from a Great America theme park.
For Cubs fans planning to stay in Des Moines, I suggest that you begin considering your increasingly precarious position as a supporter of Central Iowa's most popular baseball team, and give added thought to the reason the Register might have chosen to fix the results of their poll by offering specific and not necessarily mutually-exclusive statements of belief as voting options, rather than simply asking people to name their favorite baseball team.
Cards and Marlins from Jupiter, FL-- Sunday at 11am on Fox Sports Midwest.

posted by CM @ 10:56 AM