“Sheesh, simmer down, crybaby—the rest of us middle American die-hards have been dealing with our own squads of AAA losers for decades, so join the club. But of course it’s not just Mets fans who get a bruised ego and have self-righteous hissy fits after a disappointing season—Cubs fans are downright scary when the subject of entitlement comes up. And don’t they still burn Kenesaw Mountain Landis effigies on Chicago’s Southside every October? Nobody holds a grudge like a real baseball fan.”
My old pal Katie, a diehard Reds fan, writing over at Mercy Missiles on the subject of postseason baseball misery in flyover country.
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