Rick Morrissey has a clever article in today's Tribune that makes fun of Cubs fans and their love of Mark DeRosa. Oh, and by clever I mean douchey.
"Sure, if you want to get all technical about it, he was with the team for only two seasons. But what a sublime two seasons! He averaged about 16 home runs and 80 runs batted in while hitting .289. He played six positions in each season and had a total of 22 "unfortunate events" -- a designation many of us prefer over the word "errors" when it comes to DeRosa.
And, as we all know, the Cubs won the World Series both years.
OK, I'll stop with the sarcasm, but only if everyone at least attempts to move on."
Personally, I see nothing wrong with cheering for DeRosa. It's like Cubs fans can't win, we get called out in the papers for booing players and now we get called out for showing appreciation to a former player. I liked DeRosa when he was here. If I went to Sunday's game, was I not supposed to cheer for him because the fans on Friday already did that? Fuck you. Quit telling me who I'm allowed to like and who I'm supposed to hate.
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I bet Rick Morrissey is in LOVE w/ DeRo's replacement Aaron Miles!
I think it's awesome that fans actually embraced someone like DeRo so intently. If you go to just about any other city in America and ask people's opinions on Mark DeRosa, the resounding answer will likely be, "Who?"
He's not going to hit 30 homers or drive in 100 runs or steal 20 bags or consistently make highlight reel plays... he's the opposite of flashy, but he does all the fundamental things that true baseball fans enjoy.
I only mention this because I don't think it's a stretch to say that a large majority of Cubbie nation would be reticent to call themselves "baseball fans."
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