Why did the Cubs go to the White House again?

[gabeana]

http://deadspin.com/the-cubs-got-to-watch-donald-trump-point-and-talk-1796493118

feel sorry for Cub fans

[WoonTars]

1. Fuck the Cubs

They already went when Obama was still in office. Why further legitimize Twitler this way....

[MontanaMama]

2. I'm a life long

Cub fan and I'm super disappointed in this. I know the whole Ricketts family connection to the RW...but I still wanted to see some backbone.

[regnaD kciN]

3. Maybe we'll have The Curse Of The Pussy-Grabber...

...and the Cubbies won't win again until 2124?

[DeminPennswoods]

20. Could be!

Cubs only a .500 team, Schwarber sent to the minors, back up catcher released for throwing a hissy fit or something, pitching still mediocre and hitters regressing after all having career years in 2016.

If they were in any other but the NL Central, they'd probably be out of contention about now.

[Freethinker65]

4. Yep. Ricketts

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. I guess only half the players actually went, though.

[GoCubsGo]

23. Including Kris Bryant.

Who sprained his ankle in the game later that night.

Coincidence? I think not.

[mucifer]

6. As a Cub fan I have to say. October was so exciting then it so quickly turned to gloom and doom

with the presidential election results. You could feel the mood go up and the mood go down in my city.

Most of the owners of the Cubs backed trump. One of the sisters in the family is an out lesbian lawyer who worked on Hillary's campaign.

I think the ricketts being close to trump demanded that they go back.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

8. As I posted on a fan site: "The best and worst events of last November, together in the same room."

[Chasstev365]

10. The highest high, to the lowest low in a week

From 108 drought gone and World Series champs on Nov 2 😀 to the stolen election on Nov 8 🤤😲

[mucifer]

12. The low was so much bigger than the high. And I was doing back flips during the high.

[Chasstev365]

13. It was stunning on Wed AM, Nov 9. 2016

[dhill926]

19. Yep...

[bdjhawk]

16. I felt the same way

The fun of the season, the excitement of the playoffs and then absolute euphoria from the World Series win was a dream come true. I couldn't wait for election day for the dream of a smart, capable woman to become President. My euphoria lasted those few wonderful days, then the shock of 60MM+ Americans voting for an immoral, incompetent, woman hating, racist, pervert pedophile over a smart, competent, experienced, woman who worked her entire life for social justice took the wind out of my sails and it hasn't come back.

I read that a couple of players said the Ricketts asked them to go and Joe Maddon said when having an opportunity to respect the office and the building, it was the thing to do. He also mentioned a long friendship from childhood with Lou Barletta, a Repug congressman from PA and that he would appear before a luncheon of Young Repugs arranged by Barletta. Joe is so non-judgemental and laid back, it never occurred to me that he could be a Rethug and this doesn't prove it but now wondering if that is a possibility.

[bagelsforbreakfast]

7. To get to the other side? (sorry, dumb joke) n/m

[GoCubsGo]

9. A handful of the Cubs went.

The rest had the sense to do other things, like visit the dinosaurs at th natural history museum. Or, take a nap.

[Chasstev365]

11. A Divided Family

The sister, Laura Ricketts, is lesbian who was a big Obama supporter. The brothers and dad are big rightwingers.

Laura push for an Obama White House trip; the brothers wanted a Trump White House trip; hence two trips.

[KatyMan]

14. How petty

shows that people are people no matter the income, eh? Maybe this country could get over the "rich=smart" thing...

[GoCubsGo]

22. One of the brothers is part of Donny Doll Hands' cabinet,too.

Todd Ricketts is a deputy Commerce Secretary. I'm sure that had everything to do with it.

[former9thward]

25. No he is not.

He was nominated for that position but withdrew his name because the financial conflicts would be too much to deal with.

[Thrill]

15. Their owner is a big Right Wing nut

That might be why

[GusBob]

17. Ya have any other teams made this visit? WTF is this about?

Strange

[BlueSpot]

18. Given the history

You can't hardly blame them for double-dipping the presidential visit.

Even so, as others have mentioned, this could well be grounds for another curse.

What can I say? As a Cardinals fan, that would work for me. I rooted for the Cubs to win it all last year but I don't expect that softness to return anytime soon. I'll be long dead before another hundred years passes.

[maxrandb]

21. Saw this and the fucker just can't help himself

He said something like "they came before, but they wanted to see Trump"

As if, they didn't like seeing the black man, so they made a separate trip.

Fuck this orange piece of shit with a dry rotted 2X4

[GoCubsGo]

24. The owners' brother is Trump's deputy Commerce Secretary.

That's the only reason they went, not because they wanted to slight Obama.

[former9thward]

27. No he is not, see post #25.

[FSogol]

26. The owner is RW trash.

[ProfessorGAC]

28. Perhaps A Minor Distinction Is In Play Here

When they went in November, they took everybody, from Chicago, on private charters, including office staff.

This time, the Cubs were in DC anyway, playing the Nats.

A handful of players went, but perhaps they would not have if it meant flying there from Chicago a second time.

[underpants]

29. Order of major sports with RW'ers

Golf
Baseball
Football
Basketball

Golfers are 99.9% hard right wing mostly due to taxes ....and generally being assholes.

[ProfessorGAC]

30. I Think There's Some Elements To The Golfer Thing

Many grew up with a silverspoon in their mouths, so there is a sense of entitlement and "mine". In addition, it's more likely they grew up in a republican environment, really didn't pursue academics, but used college golf as a launching pad to the tour, and so they never outgrew their early exposures to world view.

Secondly, the sport is one against the course, so there's no team, no sharing, it's strictly about the one person doing it. I think that creates some of the libertarian streak that permeates the pro tour. I think there is more libertarianism than social conservatism out there, which would include your "taxes" thing.

And politics aside, the silverspoon thing makes a lot of them brats and tools.

On Edit: And don't even get me started on Mickelson.

[underpants]

31. Hate Phil

With a passion

[world wide wally]

32. Confession time:

Growing up on the South Side made me a natural born Cub hater, but after living in Colorado for 30 years, I was actually able to pull for them last year. This year I have been indifferent.
Now I can go back to hating them with a passion again and things are getting back to normal again.