How the most memorable quote from this interview for Crawdad was yet another snipe at Wrigley speaks volumes about him.

First, your claim that it was “one or twice” is wrong and proved so by the links provided below. And even Al would seem to agree with me and disagree with your dismissal.

Second, “But generally, it was a random comment by somebody then a discussion that blew up when you started claiming obsession by Cubs fans.” Well this is generally wrong but probably just straight out wrong.

Where have I ever said that Cubs fans are obsessed with the Sox? See my profile comments for details in that regard. But I do not believe I’ve ever claimed that Cubs fans are obsessed with the Sox. It’s generally Cubs fans here who toss around the obsession label/put-down.

What do I think many Cubs fans here (and other places) have? Problems with being candid, honesty and denial. And I’ll try to illustrate.

Imagine someone boldly claiming, “I’m a strict vegetarian. So strict in fact that I never any kind of animal product” And you hear the person say that over and over again. Then you observe the person eating a turkey dinner on Thanksgiving, eating ham on Easter. And going as far at regularly eating beef sandwiches with his work buddies.

So then next time you hear that bold statement you with a degree of shock say, “Well why then did you eat turkey on Thanksgiving, ham on Easter and even regularly eat beef sandwiches with your work buddies.”

The response? “Well of course I eat Turkey on Thanksgiving, ham on Easter and eat beef sandwiches with my friends and meat on a few other occasions. What do you expect me to do? I do like food.”

In the end it doesn’t matter but someone who heard the bold statement probably would question the claimant’s honesty and why there is this denial.

That’s how this strikes me here when I read comments about the Sox, discussion threads about the Sox and then read these sweeping bold claims that there are not Sox discussions here.

This past season I steered clear of BCB. In fact what drew me back into posting here was the frequency and the amount of Sox discussions beginning near the end of the regular season.

But in the end, it doesn’t matter. Do and say what you will. And I will begin steering clear again of BCB.

“So long everybody.”