Why does everyone hate the Cubs so much, and why am I so happy that they lost 10-3 last night to go down 0-2 in the series?

Maybe it’s covers like this:

If the Cubs can’t win once in 100 years, why does SI always pick them to win it, and why do they have queer SI covers made of them every year with Japanese writing saying that they are going to win it?

We know they are never going to win it again, but the mainstream media always tells us they will, and the rest of this post is a compilation of media love given to the Cubs that the Cubs never returned:

Take a good look, Cubs fans. Because it’s going to be your last. (Until next spring’s SI baseball preview, that is.)

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