We get it, old people love the Cubs

Mar 1, 2011 | Cubs, Featured | 4 comments

WGN does a fine job with their season opening promos, and this year’s is…well…it’s not bad, but it doesn’t match teh awesomes of last year.

This year’s seems to be a reminder that old people love the Cubs, and even the oldest ones have never seen them win a goddamned thing.  We get it.  We live it.

Then again, you put a little soft music behind Carlos Zambrano throwing a no-hitter, Shooter nailing down a playoff spot, and a Ron Santo bomb, and I get all goosebumpy and ready to see some real baseball.  Well, as “real” as the Cubs manage to play it, anyway.

Here’s the promo for Sunday’s TV opener against the Dodgers:

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14PQU1R3KuM]

Last year’s was pretty impossible to top:

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSadtke3w2A&feature=related]

 

4 Comments

  1. Chauncey
    Chauncey on March 1, 2011 at 12:14 pm

    And old white people at that….

  2. cubbiebluestew
    cubbiebluestew on March 1, 2011 at 3:24 pm

    Ahem…

  3. PH Steamer
    PH Steamer on March 1, 2011 at 4:12 pm

    It’s called “pre-season” baseball now?

  4. SR
    SR on March 1, 2011 at 10:07 pm

    The best thing about last year’s video was that it completely skipped over Chip Caray.