The Cubs were asked to wear their 1984 uniforms on that day but refused. Apparently the Padres would have been responsible for the cost of the Cubs throwback uniforms, so cost wasn’t an issue.

I’ve been wanting to get out to SD to see the “new” ballpark (which isn’t so new anymore), but I read stuff like that and I wonder if it’s worth it. (Although I love SD as a city.)

Maybe it’s sour grapes, but the SD fans and management seem like very sore winners regarding that series… it was big time, but it was also 25 years ago. I got to “enjoy” last year’s 25th anniversary celebration before the game – ick.

I can’t stand Streve Garvey.

I couldn’t stand him then either. Always seemed like an unmentionable body part to me.

Seriously. Get over it. This is not a “dig” at the Cubs or at us, their fans. It’s not an insult. It’s not a slap in the face. It’s not an outrage.

Rather, it’s a team in a small(ish) market trying to appeal to fans with a promotion celebrating what remains one of the defining moments in that franchise’s history. Yes, it’s painful for us as Cubs fans to be reminded of that series just as its painful to be reminded of the Bartman game in 2003 or the AZ and LA sweeps in 2007 and 2008. That doesn’t mean that when those fans hang a banner or hold a promotion they’re doing it to insult us.

Honestly, I think if you had a way of measuring these things, you’d find that the skin of the average BCB poster is less than half as thick as the average human.

that 99% of the posters here haven’t experienced how strangely nasty SD can be to the Cubs, just as this same fan base is toward the Dodgers. 1984 is constantly rubbed in our faces. If you live in Chicago and never see this crap, I can understand why you don’t care.

No such ‘anniversary’ promotions take place in San Francisco, or Los Angeles, two markets who have beaten the Cubs in playoff action. As Al says, when fans do it it’s one thing. When the damn team itself markets itself to bash others, it’s another story completely.

I’m still waiting for the Pads to celebrate 1998, beating Houston and Atlanta to advance to the World Series. There have been no such anniversaries.

Instead, it’s freakin’ 1984 over and over and over again. They can celebrate any time they want, but they have to celebrate against the Cubs.

I’m 27. In 2029 I hope to god I am not worried about whether the Marlin wear their throwback unis in a game against the Cubs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMAv1n8ieWE

i see the point both sides are making, and I can agree with both on points and disagree with both on points about this.

Honestly, I’m over it. If they want to rub it in, that’s fine. I’m used to it. We should know by now that our team is one great big joke that will choke at the first opportunity. After 2008, I’ve learned to expect absolutely nothing and never believe this team can win a pennant. So let them do their throwback uniforms. I don’t care. Last I checked, we still have more World Series titles than the Padres do.

I’m asking this in all seriousness, because I’ve been rooting for the Padres for a couple of seasons now, completely ignorant of the history between them and the Cubs. (in my defense, I’m not a native Chicagoan and haven’t been a Cubs fan all my life.) I had to be taught (or discover on my own) the significance of the rivalries with the Cardinals and White Sox and all the other stuff that goes along with being a Cubs fan, but no one ever told me there was bad history with the Padres. Am I going to get dirty looks for liking both teams?

Lived in both cities, now live in LA. I attended a Cubs game in SD last Mem Day weekend, had the time of my life. It was the game they celebrated the 84 WS team, and not one single person F’ed with me.

I get way more shit when I attend games in LA. I fully intend to go to one of the games this Sept. Now, maybe I got lucky last year, but all I saw was a boatload of Cubs fans having a great time.

As for the Pads marketing people poking fun at the Cubs, it’s lame, but I certainly won’t let that stop me from having a good time.

Wrong.

The Padres won. That doesn’t give them the right to rub the loss in the other team’s face. They could celebrate their 1984 championship any time — they have chosen twice to rub the Cubs’ noses in it.

I call BS.

Cub fan – let me tell you one time: That’s exactly what it means!
We kicked your ass in a stellar come-from-behind series. It was our 1st N.L. Pennant. We get the right to say ‘Ha-Ha!’ and rub it in your face. It’s not our fault that guys like Lee Smith and Rick Sutcliffe couldn’t close the deal when Games 4 and 5 rolled around and folded like a deck of cards. The Padres of 1984 earned that series, and we have every right to brag about it.
If the Rockies want to celebrate winning Game 163 in 2007 and reshow Matt Holiday tagging up at home plate when the Friars come to town, they have that right. They beat us fair and square.
Somebody call the Waaaaaaaaambulence!

(everything on this list is a generalization, so don’t get bent out of shape.)

-You are drunken, boorish louts who take over our stadium, talk trash and offend people (including families with small children, which I have seen happen) and then pour out into the Gaslamp once the game is over, still razzing fans and locals.

-You have buttons that are easy and fun to push.

-So do your players… Lee and Zamboni in particular.

-When we win, it’s our prerogative to rub your noses in it, as stated by others above. When we lose, it’s your prerogative, but we respond by asking you to kindly get the hell out of America’s Finest City.

-Have I mentioned the easily-bruised psyches and the championship drought and the substantial history between these teams? Well, I have now!

NO fans I have ever encountered at Petco Park are as ill-behaved as Cubs fans— from the Yankees to the Mets, Cardinals to Rockies; heck, I’ve even met more than my fair share of polite, intelligent, and well-spoken Dodgers fans. However, reading on this forum it appears that not all Cubs fans are arrogant, ignorant punks… but there are lots of them in San Diego.