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First, Dusty Baker. He's a big cry baby. After his Giants' contract expired last season, he had a very public feud with owner and president Peter Magowan. Baker didn't feel loved; he felt underappreciated. He thought GM Brian Sabean was getting too much credit for building the team.

He'd show us.

And he did. He led the Cubs to win the division. But you know what? The Giants did even better. They won 100 games. Granted, they didn't get as far, but that had less to do with Felipe Alou and more to do with the defense and offense imploding.

Second, I hate the Cubs' fans. Maybe it comes from working with a bunch of guys from Chicago; having to listen to them gush over their lovable losers. Having to listen over the wall about how the Cubs will be going to the World Series. This conversation took place before the first playoff pitch was even thrown. Talk about over-confidence.

They've even been ridiculous enough to claim that Sammy Sosa is better than Barry Bonds. If you're going to say something stupid like that, I can't even take you seriously as a baseball fan.

The Cubs are now one lost from extending their World Series-less streak. And they deserve it. Blame the fans. They're the ones perpetuating the billy goat curse.

Chicago is pissed this morning. They want to kill the fan who reached up for that foul ball. But he did what any fan would do: he tried to catch a fucking foul ball. It was in the fucking stands. The umpire didn't call fan interference because THERE WASN'T ANY. But to read the Chicago papers this morning, you'd think that he was purposely sabatoging the Cubs or something.

The fan had to be escorted out of the stadium. When they led him out, people threw beer and spit at him. There are actually fans who spit on people. Fans outside waited for him to come out. The ballpark staff had to give him a disguise to get home safely. The Cubs fans are scum.

I checked out the Chicago papers online this morning. There must have been half-dozen stories about this fan. Not about the game... about this fan. Chicagoans are calling for his head. One sports writer said he'd have to leave town to start a new life. As if he'd turned in a gangland killer or something.

The fucking Chicago Sun-Times published the guys name, his place of business and his neighborhood. They interviewed his dad and his neighbors. A spokesperson from his office said he would not be coming to work today. Everyone in town hates him.

Poor guy. Apparently, he's 26, a huge Cubs fan. He loves them. He coaches little league. And if the Cubs don't win game seven tonight, his life in Chicago is over. They blame this fan for the loss. Never mind the error by Gonzalez. Never mind Dusty leaving in Prior until the go-ahead run was on fucking third base.

Their fans don't deserve a World Series. THAT is why the Cubs deserve to lose.

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Posted 11:45pm, Sunday, October 12, 2003

Fight!

I've generally been pretty good about not going too deeply into politics here, but the events of the last week have got me pretty pissed off.

I'm a far-left Liberal Democrat and all the shit's that's been going on in this country for the last two years has me scared shitless. With control of the presidency, the Senate and the House, the right is free to run rampant.

I'm doing my part in voting, but as Tuesday's gubernorial recall results show, San Francisco seems to be the minority in this regard.

My only solace is that the Bush administration seems to be hanging itself on a weekly basis with their lies and missteps in Iraq and the C.I.A./Wilson probe.

In the meantime, you can help fight the power by fighting the Bush administration's lies with the truth. Below you'll find links to reputable Left-wing sites. These are not the web meanderings of psycho Left-wing nuts, but well-researched journalists who can back up their claims with facts, unlike Ann Coulter.

The Nation
Truthout
MoveOn.org
Misleader
Michael Moore
Greg Palast
Al Franken
Remixed Propaganda

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Posted 9:48pm, Tuesday, October 7, 2003

Black Tuesday

Conan the Barbarian is governor of California.

This is almost as bad as when Bush won. Californians have only themselves to blame; or as George Bush calls us, "California people."

The only solace I can take away is knowing that the republicans sold their souls to put a pro-choice, pro-gun control candidate into office. He represents everything their party is against.

Maybe I'll wake up tomorrow to a "Dewey defeats Truman" type miracle.

Don't blame us. San Francisco county trounced the recall vote: 80% AGAINST. We also voted Bustamante 63% to Arnold's 20%.

Aw Hell, at least the Cubs lost.

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Posted 11:59am, Sunday, October 5, 2003

The agony of defeat

So it's all over. Make no mistake about it though: the Marlins didn't beat the Giants. The Giants beat themselves.

It was a bigger heartbreak than last year. Last year, I didn't give them a chance after that game 6 lost. It was as if the air had been sucked out of their season in that one game. This year, I felt all along that they could still win it all. A feeling i will be paying for with several bets.

Yeah, I was bummed, but most of all, I was sad. Sad for Barry. The greatest player of the modern era and possibly of all time, does not have a World Series ring. Brian Sabean needs to rebuild again this off-season and build an ever stronger team around Barry.

Last night to cheer myself up, I caught Jack Black in "School of Rock." Easily one of the best films of the year. It won't win any awards but it kept me laughing and the audience loved it too. Great end title scene worth hanging out for as well.

Remember to vote Tuesday. Arnold must be stopped.

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