Rum Bunter » Chicago Cubs Blog http://rumbunter.com A Pittsburgh Pirates Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Fri, 24 May 2013 12:03:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Guest Article: Cubs Blogger Says Hello, It Still Hurts, and Thanks http://rumbunter.com/2010/05/03/guest-article-cubs-blogger-says-hello-it-still-hurts-and-thanks/ http://rumbunter.com/2010/05/03/guest-article-cubs-blogger-says-hello-it-still-hurts-and-thanks/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 05:15:25 +0000 Tom Smith http://rumbunter.com/?p=9870 The Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates have quite a storied history.  From the days of Stargell and Clemente (both of whom blasted epic homeruns that nearly hit the scoreboard at Wrigley Field — the only two guys to ever come close) to the more recent past, which we’ll get to in a second, Chicago and Pittsburgh have provided each other’s fans with some entertainment.

As a Cub fan, my most memorable experience with the Pirates comes from the 2004 season.  That was the year immediately following the “Bartman Incident.”  The Cubs crushed their fans in ’03, many of us are scarred even now, but they dangled a carrot in front of us in ’04.  Idiots like myself legitimately believed (more…)

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