Fire Ryan Poles | Fire Ben Johnson

I guess I am at that point in my life. Where my childhood begins to go away in rapid fashion. These last couple weeks have been horrible and unexpected.

Sandberg was awesome growing up. Him and Mark Grace were actually my first memories of watching the Chicago Northside Baseball Club. Then came Sosa, of course.

This one stings. Big time. The same thing happened when Ron Santo passed almost 15 years ago. It will bother me for a long time.

Sandberg was one of the best to do it. I still have my Hall of Fame plaque I got at a game in 2005 after he was inducted. I will cherish it forever.

Well, I have been trying to write something at this site the last few days about training camp for the Bears. Unfortunately, not only did the news of Hulk’s passing come about. But also dealing with a friend who lost someone close to him recently. So yeah. I haven’t had a chance to pay much attention to how the Bears are going to fuck things up this year. I’ve already heard there were injuries to players before camp even started.

But that’s not why I called.

Yesterday, a huge part of my childhood as well as many other’s left this world. Politics aside, Hulk Hogan was an absolute legend. He’s one of the first memories I had as a kid that made me a wrestling fan. To this day, I still am a Hulkamaniac. It’s been a shitty week for celebrities.

He was bigger than wrestling. He had the mainstream appeal. I was a bit too young in the 80’s to even know I existed. But when the early 90’s came out, I started loving wrestling. From watching on Saturdays to playing the video games, it was there.

My first ever wrestling show I attended, he was back with the nWo in 2002. I am certain I mentioned it here before. But I was shown on television that night and it was one of the best nights of my wrestling fandom life. I put it up there with seeing the Bulls and Blackhawks winning those championships. I got to meet him in 2017 and while the dumb whore who took the picture couldn’t hold the damn thing still so it ended up blurry, I am glad I still have it. I really believed Hulk would be around forever.

“Say your prayers and eat your vitamins.”

Now, back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Well, I wrote in the previous post that I wouldn’t write anything for a while unless something stupid happens. And because it this is Chicago sports, guess what?

For the love of God, when will these poor choices stop with this team?

Ryan Poles has had four offseasons to fix this team. And yet, the team continued to get worse. How much worse? The team set a franchise record for consecutive losses with ten. Twice. And both of those streaks were under Eberf-LOSE.

Even Trestman or Wannstedt weren’t ever that shitty. So the general manager who was at the helm for those two ten-game losing streaks gets a five-year extension?

This is proof that you can suck at your everyday job by losing sales, showing up late or taking people’s food in the office fridge and yet, still keep that job and get a raise.

“We’re going to take the North and never give it back.” Okay, going 3-15 in those three seasons in the division is definitely putting this team on the right track. I’ve had enough.

Fuck George McCaskey.