Comments on: The Surprisingly Rich History Between the Cubs and the Rockies http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/04/15/the-surprisingly-rich-history-between-the-cubs-and-the-rockies/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Sat, 16 Feb 2019 21:04:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Tommy http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/04/15/the-surprisingly-rich-history-between-the-cubs-and-the-rockies/#comment-10028 Sat, 16 Apr 2016 03:43:50 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=10023#comment-10028 HA! You’re right! It IS against the law!

]]> By: Joel http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/04/15/the-surprisingly-rich-history-between-the-cubs-and-the-rockies/#comment-10015 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 14:59:35 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=10023#comment-10015 Yeah, that was ridiculous. I couldn’t believe an ump could have someone like that ejected from a game. Even worse that a member of the ’85 Bears was disrespected — I thought that was against the law.

]]> By: Tommy http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/04/15/the-surprisingly-rich-history-between-the-cubs-and-the-rockies/#comment-10014 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 14:50:50 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=10023#comment-10014 “Faux machismo”! Couldn’t have said it better myself. Seeing that video again reminded me how ridiculously over the top stupid that was. And throwing McMichael out of the ballpark was really a poor show of arrogant pride.

In fairness, McMichael was completely toasted and was completely out of line, but hey, ’85 Bears! He can do whatever he heck he likes!

]]> By: Joel http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/04/15/the-surprisingly-rich-history-between-the-cubs-and-the-rockies/#comment-10013 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 14:35:36 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=10023#comment-10013 Fun article — I was at that McMichael game in 2001 and the atmosphere was weird and strangely electric. It was like everyone had agreed before the game, “Ok, we’re all going to get REALLY hammered and crazy.” Felt like a playoff game. Angel Hernandez’s “stare-down” of McMichael was one of the most eye-rolling displays of faux machismo I’ve ever seen. And the way the game ended was crazy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6htcE_vvZxg

One question, though: You called Bryant’s homer the most important by a Cub this decade. What’s your thinking there? That it gave him/the team the belief that this squad was for real and deserved to be sitting at the big boys’ table?

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