I could be seeing things but it looked like the article was about Rothschild rather than Cubs fans, however the title and comments match what the supposed article was about.

I have said it once and i will say it again – opposing fans, and announcers are starting to see that the Cubs are putting a decent organization together, a decent team, and a decent coach. We are slowly moving ourselves out of the role of the ‘loveable losers’ – to “holy crap this team might actually beat my team’. We are not the team that everyone can pick on and make fun of any more.

It is almost as if they are becoming threatened by us. They know we have a large fan base, and it scares them. Take a look at the signings of this team for the next 3 years at least. You have the core of the team locked up, and the winning tread could continue.

Dont pay any attention to it, no matter what we will always take crap for being a Cubs fan, but i wouldnt trade it for the world. Jealous is for the people who cant have. And my friend, we all have our team.

http://blogs.chron.com/baseballblog/archives/2008/05/houston_must_st.html#comments

Last week I went with my dad and brother to see the Brewers play the cards in Milwaukee. Since I’m seeing the Cards as a bigger threat right now, we were rooting for the Brewers. When a Brewers fan sitting in front of us-a guy who’d been friendly all game-realized we were Cubs fans, he shot us down with a quick. “I hate the Cubs and the Cardinals” and didn’t say another word to us the rest of the game. i thought it was a pretty classless move but, at the same time, I guess it’s nice to be rooting for the best team for a change-the team that seems on the verge of becoming one of the most dominant teams in baseball. I’ve been a Cubs fan for 30+ years and that’s a very foreign feeling for me. I think i could really get to like it though.

All of us Cub fans smell funny. I seem to doubt that though.

but i HATE! the astros – more than the cards, way more than the white sox, and almost as much as the phillies! I can’t exactly explain it, but I have always hated the ‘stros. Maybe its cuz they owned this division for quite a while in the 90s, or maybe its the history of eye-burning jerseys. maybe its because they come from the smoggiest city in the state of Bush. Whatever it is, I can’t stand the astros and I hope they flounder BIG TIME in this series and beyond. This jealousy or whatever it is from fans just adds to my astro disdain.

What I’ve seen more and more is fans in St Louis and Houston and Milwaukee complaining about the Cubs payroll.

Astros fans don’t like me; I’m fine with it. Cardinals fans don’t like me; that’s cool. Tampa Bay Rays fans find me obnixious; I’ll live. In fact, I expect them not to like me or fans of just about any other team (and especially teams that beat them). So, to read yet another article about how “annoying” Cubs fans are, or about how we’re persons of low character (e.g. drunks, frat boys), or about our low IQ doesn’s surprise me. (and by the way, labeling someone you don’t like as either stupid or corrupt is highly common; observe ANY election campaign).

So, thanks for posting it, but don’t get yourself worked up over it.

to the A hole astros fans
I m a diehard Cubs fan. The cubs are a huge part of my life and I’m pretty appauled by some of the things said about are fan base. First of all, the cubs have a huge fan base and the people who are ignorant to put sterotypes on an entire fan base should look in the mirror when they are talking about ignorant fans. Obviously when we have this many fans, a percentage is not going to be a true baseball fan but this goes for all baseball teams, not just the cubs. I love the game of baseball and people who say cubs fans are oblivous to the game are once again sterotyping a small percenatge of the fans and placing it on an entire fan base. I try to be as respectful to other fans as I can but when people continue to bash us who have supported their franchise and show up to their games (home and away) despite 100 years without a World series, I begin to think that you are the ones who arent great fans. I know majority of you guys arent that ignorant but I can see some of you on this page and it upsets me. Go cubs, good luck the rest of this series.

I’d be really depressed. I’m a Cubs, Bears, and Bulls fan. I was a 3 sport athlete in high school (football, wrestling, track). I was also in band and orchestra. I’m an Eagle Scout. I was in a fraternity in college. I have a degree in Computer Science. According to the stereotypes and what you hear people say I have been a : dumb jock, a band geek, a goody good, a drunk pretty boy and a nerd..and that’s just the stuff that I can type here at BCB. Who cares what Astros fan’s think of Cubs fans? As I’ve said before, “It doesn’t matter if you believe me or not, it doesn’t change the fact that what I am saying is the truth. We know the truth about the good citizens of Wrigleyville. The fact that some people have a distorted image of us doesn’t change that.

I lived in Houston (one of the worst cities in the country) for 5 years and went to many Astros games. Some against the Cubs, some not. The fans are a joke. The only time they make any noise is either when the “noise ‘o’ meter” goes off or they play “Deep in the Heart of Texas”. Other than that they sit on their hands and take naps. The stadium is an improvement over the Astrodome but the train is beyond stupid and they market to kids way too much. Everything that happens in the game is followed by some noise or flash on the jumbotron. It is a surreal experience to watch a game there. I’ll take rowdy fans with a stadium that is built for baseball over that any day.

Hey,i’m a die hard Cubbie i go to Minute Maid to see them,and yes they tell us we are the very worst,it comes from jealousy and there lack of passion for there team,they show up late and leave early,we show up early and leave late.But most are light hearted about it

just like every team has fans who carry themselves with genuine respect for the game and for other people no matter who they root for.
I’d have to be as big of an idiot as Marty Brennaman to lump an entire team’s fans together based on the actions of just a few.
One of my best friends is a diehard Cardinals fan. We met in college-recognized a shared love of baseball and, although we could never cheer the other’s team, we’ve always respected each other’s fandom. I still remember him trying to console me (it didn’t work) after the Cubs blew the playoffs to San Diego in 1984. Ever since then I’ve always tried to take the high road-the way I look at it, most real baseball fans tend to be respectful of other team’s fans.