{"id":17701,"date":"2016-10-26T01:52:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T01:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=17701"},"modified":"2016-10-26T01:53:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T01:53:31","slug":"take-care-cubs-fanatics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=17701","title":{"rendered":"Take care, Cubs fan(atic)s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cubs-fan-cheers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17703\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cubs-fan-cheers-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"cubs-fan-cheers\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cubs-fan-cheers-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cubs-fan-cheers.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am perhaps a bit paranoid, but I&#8217;m going to express this concern anyway.<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Cubs are playing in their first World Series since 1945. They haven&#8217;t won the Fall Classic since <em>1908<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s 108 years since the City with Big Shoulders has had a chance to cheer. That means to me that Cubs fans have a lot of pent-up anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>My concern is what might happen in Chicago if the Cubs manage to beat the Cleveland Indians &#8212; who haven&#8217;t won a World Series since 1948.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago has developed a reputation in recent years as a rough-and-tough city. Lots of violent crime occurs there. Republicans are fond of blaming the city&#8217;s Democratic leadership &#8212; led by Mayor Rahm Emanuel &#8212; for the big uptick in crime violence in the Windy City.<\/p>\n<p>So, what awaits the city if the Cubs win this thing?<\/p>\n<p>About the worst possible outcome might be if the Indians were to win on a last-inning controversial call by a field umpire that costs the Cubs the victory.<\/p>\n<p>Too many cities over the years have erupted into violence when their teams win, be it the Super Bowl, the NBA championship, the Stanley Cup &#8230; and the World Series.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago fans have been waiting a long, long time for a chance to cheer the Cubs&#8217; biggest victory.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m holding my breath. I am hoping for the best. If the Cubs win, then I hope the fans can celebrate &#8230; without someone getting killed!<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am perhaps a bit paranoid, but I&#8217;m going to express this concern anyway. The Chicago Cubs are playing in their first World Series since 1945. They haven&#8217;t won the Fall Classic since 1908. That&#8217;s 108 years since the City with Big Shoulders has had a chance to cheer. That means to me that Cubs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=17701\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Take care, Cubs fan(atic)s<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[945,1025,5299],"class_list":["post-17701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports-news","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-cleveland-indians","tag-world-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17701"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17705,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17701\/revisions\/17705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}