The 2016 Cubs have infix the season as the leading World Series favorite according to just about anyone who pays aid to baseball .
If you ’ve inconvenience reading this article I likely do n’t take to explain to you why this is a big deal .
The player and coaching staff and front function will all have their ( highly important ) roles to play , but the fans have theirs , too . As anyone who ’s been to Wrigley Field a few times can tell apart you , your experience can vary wildly depending on the other fans in your general vicinity . To hopefully make those experiences not suck , I ’ve devise this fan toast to make the Friendly Confines live up to their name during this momentous season . Repeat after me :
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I will not speak of curses
Curses are for campfire stories and horrendous Dan Shaughnessy books . The Cubs unparalleled championship drought has nothing to do with Goat or any other mystical violence . It has everything to do with a LOT of bad management and a little – albeit rather in high spirits profile – spoiled luck .
I will be relentlessly positive
swearword may not exist , but the collective soul of a stadium full of people whobelievethe worst is bound to happen can certainly impact a team at crucial moments . So watch over the lead of Joe Maddon and be firm optimistic . The past is in the past tense . At no pointedness should we Chicken Little over a missed commencement or a slouch offseason acquisition .
I will understand how many drinks I am capable of having
confuse back a few beers in the sunlight and relish yourself ? Well played ! Getting up every one-half inning because the vender “ are n’t issue forth around enough ” until you terminate up fighting with a certificate guard because you do n’t translate why beer sales halt in the eighth inning ? Less well played . Look , there is a clock time and a position for haphazard , embarrassing Cubs - bear on shenanigan . It is Clark St , after the secret plan .
I will pay an appropriate amount of attention
Look , Wrigley ’s reputation as a big beer garden where there just happens to be baseball happening is jolly overblown , but it is n’t wholly unearned either . It ’s frustrating to encounter people ( often in prime seat ) pay off zero tending to the biz . baseball game moves at a easy step . No one ’s call for you to shut down your smartphone and expend the whole game keeping score by helping hand . No one ’s saying you ca n’t talk to your friends . But if you ’re completely unmindful to what ’s transpire in the plot and invariably at risk of infection of being smack in the face by a unsporting ball ( like this kid ! ) , it ’s a problem .
I will think of the children
Nobody except Lee Elia should use a baseball plot as an excuse to work into a profanity rave daredevil , granted this is n’t church , either . The appropriate affair to do is promptly scan the area when you baby-sit down to see how many youngsters are within earshot , and then tailor the tenor of your conversation consequently .
Also , if you catch a foul ball , give it to a kid isn’trequired , but it is the classier move . Catching it is the cool part anyway . tear a quick picture if you must and pass it along to someone who ’ll be way more excited . This only applies to legitimately catch foul balls – if you ’re run for over kids to seek to snag one you ’re a monster and fork the thing over is the LEAST you’re able to do .
I will update my wardrobe
It ’s a braggart season , and your attire should reflect that . What ’s that ? You have a vintage and meticulously cared for 1984 Ryne Sandberg - golf tee ? No worries , that ’s fantastic . If you ’re stepping out in a Nomar Garciaparra shirsey , however , it might be metre for new thread .
I will abide by the home run policy
On a related to short letter , if you get an opposing team ’s home run ballock , it is wonted to throw off it back upon the battlefield from whence it came . Do not force the indweller of the bleacher to goad you into watch this customs duty . This must be reflex , do so with superbia and gusto .
I will treat opposing fans as I’d like to be treated
Be a good host . Even if Sox fans generally do n’t hump how to reciprocate . greenback : Cardinals lover are best leave behind simply ignored .
I will keep my damn hands away from balls in play
Or that have any remote prospect of being in romp . Explanation hopefully unneeded .
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