Hopeless In Chicago?

Every city has that one team that redefines futility and creates a restive, tired, and pathological fan base. In New York, it’s the Knicks, who have come close a few times but still haven’t won a title since 1973. Personally, I’m convinced I’ll never see an NBA championship in my lifetime. In Boston, it’s the Celtics, who are a long way off from their past glory and have redefined dysfunction with several coaches, GMs, and owners shuttling in and out over the past 20 years. And in Chicago, it’s the Cubs, who are hoping that, come October, their World Series drought doesn’t get a cake with 100 candles and a call from Willard Scott.

Chicago Cubs fans have the reputation as being eternally hopeful that their lovable losers will find a way to break through after so many years of failure. But how patient can they really be when some of them are already trying to get a guy fired before he even manages his first game for the team:

http://www.fireloupiniella.net/

I’m not a Piniella fan and I’m trilled that he’s not managing the Yanks. But how can Cubs fans be so down on him already? Comical.