west side rooters Tag

Disappontment doesn't really decribe the plight of this years Cubs Fans... it's more like an angry sadness. This time around we had a great team with a great record. We had broken what we thought were all the curses - the last being the re-formation of the West Side Rooters(can we all say OOF WAH!)

I'm now a member of the Rooters which is the original fan club of the Chicago Cubs. Founded in 1908 and kicked out of the ballpark for being too rowdy - back in the day, cheering and yelling was considered unsavory... thank god I live in 2008! Anyway, after the Rooters were banned from attending Cubs games the Cubs stopped winning Championships. This is way before the goat and the Bartman ball. We have broken all the rest of the curses so our friends down at Harry Caray'sthought maybe this was the last curse that was standing between the Cubs and their World Series title. 

The Cubs let the Rooters back in the stadium this season but for some reason the end result was still the same. Although