Dear Fellow Bandwagoners,

I love baseball. My household is split three Cubs fans, two Cardinals fans, and then me. I’m a White Sox fan. Naturally, baseball season can at times be heated in my house. I can say without hesitation though that I hope the Cubs win the World Series.

I never dreamed those words would come out of my mouth, and I still cringe a little typing them. Let’s be honest, the Cubs haven’t been to the World Series in a REALLY long time. Did we really think that last year when every loyal cubs fan sheepishly said, “There’s always next year,” that next year would actually be this year?I certainly did not.

Yet here I am loving the game, excited for the team, and wanting the Cubs to win. Is that really such a bad thing? Ask me that a few months ago and I probably would have laughed at the thought of the cubs even making it to the World Series.

Now, I know what some of you are probably thinking, how could she actually want the Cubs to win?That’s a good question because I never thought I’d be in this situation.

I go to school near Chicago. I’m far enough away from the city that I don’t get exposure to the chaos happening downtown, but I’m excited to see the excitement on my campus. I can tell walking down the hallway of my dorm if something good or bad is happening when the game is on. We get loud.

It’s weird to cheer for a team I never thought I would cheer for. There’s a part of me that feels obligated to cheer for the Cubs. 108 years…need I say more?I know, total band wagoner.

There is this small (very small) part of me that has always been intrigued by the Cubs. This team has done so much losing and yet the fans remain so loyal. Part of me really wants to continue to be a part of that. The other part of me loves the rivalry between my family all season long. So, I probably won’t be jumping ship to the Cubs long term, sorry if I got anybody’s hopes up.

I do not own a Cubs shirt. I yell and scream at the TV like I’m the most invested person in the room. I didn’t care about the Cubs three months ago, and if we’re being honest, I probably won’t care about them much in another month. This article is the most public I have been and probably will be about this topic. Maybe I should amend this to say I am a half-hearted bandwagon fan.

Would it be amazing for the cubs to win?Absolutely, but regardless of the outcome of this series it has been amazing to jump on board and be a part of a team of fans unlike anything I’ve ever been a part of before. I mean come on guys; they have done A LOT of losing in years past. Isn’t about time they get the big win and can fly the ultimate W?

Sincerely,

A Cubs Fan Since Last Month