Most observant fans already have deemed the 2013 season a hopeless cause, despite their improved play against the lowly Marlins.
But rehabbing Cubs starter Matt Garza had enough of such talk last week, and went on a Twitter rant against what he termed “fake” fans “who do nothing but talk smack.” In one tweet, Garza wrote he was “just tired of the so-called diehards being negative! Negativity breeds negativity! So break the cycle.”
OK, that’s not exactly a Lee Elia moment, but it’s inspired by the same thing: negativity from Cubs fans.
Sullivan takes off from that to ask aloud what fans are supposed to feel about a clearly bad, but clearly rebuilding team. Is negativity cool? Should it all be leavened by an understanding of where the team is in the success cycle? It’s an interesting conversation, even if the answer always does -- and probably should -- come back to “well, fans can feel whatever the hell they want. The team’s job is to get better.”
