Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Rooting for perennial underdogs

Pity the plight of the Chicago Cubs fans. How long has it been? Year after year of being sometimes close and sometimes just plain bad.

I do not particularly follow the Cubs, but in college basketball I have some parallel teams that I do keep up with. Take, for instance, Dartmouth and Duquesne. It has been a LONG time since either one of them has had any degree of success. But Dartmouth did go to post-season for the first time in 59 years this past year. Granted it was only the CIT, but it was their moment in the spotlight, and they have had very few of those. So, when it does happen, it is all the more enjoyable. You have to wait longer, but the fruits are sweeter.

Anyone can see who is out in front and jump on the bandwagon.

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