Back to Wrigley: What to watch with the Chicago Cubs this weekend

Chicago Cubs: Fans’ response to endless losing is something to watch for

How will the fans respond to all the losing and frustration we’ve witnessed in the last three weeks? Usually on a beautiful August weekend, such as this weekend, tickets would be well over $50 each to get into the ballpark and see our Cubs at Wrigley all three afternoons. For Friday, I saw tickets as low as $9.

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The biggest question mark to me this weekend is if we will see the normal Cubbie blue filled seats that we have grown accustomed to seeing the last several seasons on a summer weekend, or if we will see the painfully obvious green that symbolizes an alarmingly empty stadium.

I feel for the players, because for the most part this is not their fault. They are being set up to fail the rest of 2021. There is no way winning can be a priority when there is so much movement and turnover in the roster week after week.

Fans may be more inclined to stay home to watch the games (or not even watch at all) because of what ownership and upper management has made of the 2021 season. They might choose to stay home and watch on the fancy new network rather than hand Tom Ricketts more revenue cash to do who knows what with? Maybe he won’t care this weekend since he’s getting his plaque and patting himself on the back. There’s no time to think about numbers when you’re thinking about yourself, right Tom?

I certainly hope we see some good crowds this weekend at the Friendly Confines, but I also understand the frustrations and anger from fans towards ownership. It is painfully obvious that Tom Ricketts and the rest of ownership considers this season a wash and are not paying attention, so why should we give them our money?

Whoof, it is tough to be a Cubs fan right now. But no other fan could handle what we can and do. City of Broad Shoulders baby.