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14. Yankee fan at heart

Wed Jan 11, 2017, 03:40 PM

Jan 2017

but today, for the first time ever, and against personal edict on the matter.. I have a 2nd/backup favorite team in a major sport.

GO CUBBIES!!!!!!!!!!

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Breaking Tradition, World Series Champion Cubs to Visit White House Before Obama Leaves, Avoiding... [View all] DonViejo Jan 2017 OP

Good for them. KGBot001 Jan 2017 #1

Go Cubs! Freethinker65 Jan 2017 #2

SNUB!! onetexan Jan 2017 #3

Bigly underpants Jan 2017 #5

Yes, but very positive for their guy. If it were you, Hortensis Jan 2017 #49

I meant snub to the orange idiot, onetexan Jan 2017 #55

Oh, your point was clear. I just meant it can't Hortensis Jan 2017 #56

Hilarious. Trump sucks. underpants Jan 2017 #4

Smart. I sure as hell wouldn't have wanted to be stuck with the orange whizzer n/t n2doc Jan 2017 #6

I don't see a problem with that Phoenix61 Jan 2017 #7

Exactly! progressoid Jan 2017 #10

te he. Love it. riversedge Jan 2017 #8

aw, poor donnie. maybe the little league kids might visit him. unblock Jan 2017 #9

Little League softball, maybe. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #59

You mean the failing, loser Chicago Cubs? SAD!!!!!! NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #11

"the world series is overrated. the super bowl gets much better ratings. and baseball. boring!" unblock Jan 2017 #12

Perfect! nt DesertRat Jan 2017 #15

Jealous!!! ... aggiesal Jan 2017 #44

#sad Cha Jan 2017 #70

Go Cubs! greatauntoftriplets Jan 2017 #13

Yankee fan at heart Afromania Jan 2017 #14

Makes sense considering the Chicago connection Renew Deal Jan 2017 #16

Also, Theo Epstein and Laura Ricketts are big Obama supporters. GoCubsGo Jan 2017 #33

While the rest of the Rickett's clan ... aggiesal Jan 2017 #45

Yes, sadly. GoCubsGo Jan 2017 #51

Most of the Ricketts MountCleaners Jan 2017 #73

I wonder what their rwnj owner thinks fo this hibbing Jan 2017 #17

I can see several championship teams Charles Bukowski Jan 2017 #18

Go Cubs! sheshe2 Jan 2017 #19

Go Cubs Go!! Coventina Jan 2017 #20

Good BumRushDaShow Jan 2017 #21

Good one BRDS sheshe2 Jan 2017 #23

Interesting picture. I've never seen Trump wear any hat other than a trucker ball cap before now. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #24

Probably because this type of thing can happen BumRushDaShow Jan 2017 #47

Orange cone head! FailureToCommunicate Jan 2017 #62

HA! Walk away Jan 2017 #78

Being as they're sorta his "home team" in a way, it makes perfect sense. n/t TygrBright Jan 2017 #22

Obama is famously a White Sox fan NastyRiffraff Jan 2017 #58

Avoiding the slime that is Trump............. Black Heart Trump Angry Dragon Jan 2017 #25

Okay! They are forgiven for beating Cleveland! Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2017 #26

LOL! skylucy Jan 2017 #77

WTG Cubs! wryter2000 Jan 2017 #27

"Athletes shouldn't visit Trump's White House" - Dave Zirin DinahMoeHum Jan 2017 #28

Athletes, actors, writers, artists and anyone famous at all should avoid WH like the plague. nt TeamPooka Jan 2017 #30

Unless it's to tell him off in person and cause a scene. . . DinahMoeHum Jan 2017 #31

Excellent! not fooled Jan 2017 #63

3...2...1.. 1965Comet Jan 2017 #29

Words cannot tell you how happy I was to hear that this morning! GoCubsGo Jan 2017 #32

My Cubbies! murielm99 Jan 2017 #34

Theo Epstein is also a big Obama and Hillary supporter. n/t GoCubsGo Jan 2017 #38

I just learned that. murielm99 Jan 2017 #40

His grandfather and Uncle Julius co-wrote the screenplay for "Cassablanca" with Howard Koch. GoCubsGo Jan 2017 #50

That's my boys!!! dhill926 Jan 2017 #35

"Failing Cubs volstork Jan 2017 #36

Cubs have Class Mister Midnight Jan 2017 #37

Not a surprise WestCoastDem42 Jan 2017 #39

The Cubs are owned by a big Trump supporter. former9thward Jan 2017 #41

Yet The President Of Operations Is A Dem ProfessorGAC Jan 2017 #75

So we're now at the point we call it fake news simply because it doesn't validate our biases? LanternWaste Jan 2017 #80

There is a little thing called evidence. former9thward Jan 2017 #81

As a life long Cub fan MontanaMama Jan 2017 #42

As a lifelong White Sox fan I'm happy to see this. Ace Rothstein Jan 2017 #64

I hope you're right, Ace. MontanaMama Jan 2017 #82

Glad they didn't have to meet with the "orange troll", but... Hulk Jan 2017 #43

I guess is can be called a Trump Cub Snub? George II Jan 2017 #46

That's gotta hurt! Jimbo S Jan 2017 #48

I wonder how many of them would have refused to show up to see Trump. olddad56 Jan 2017 #52

Good For Them colsohlibgal Jan 2017 #53

SWEET! Skittles Jan 2017 #54

it is his town, barbtries Jan 2017 #57

Since a lot of those ballplayers have beautiful wives, they likely wanted to avoid letting the 4lbs Jan 2017 #60

It's only natural.... Oakenshield Jan 2017 #61

HOLY COW, who is the goat now? maddogesq Jan 2017 #65

I say go Cubs, go!! Lifelong Protester Jan 2017 #66

Genius. sarcasmo Jan 2017 #67

Go CUBS!!!!!!!! burrowowl Jan 2017 #68

Hehe! I hope that Cha Jan 2017 #69

They just didn't want to get pissed on! world wide wally Jan 2017 #71

bit of a surprise MistakenLamb Jan 2017 #72

That piece of shit Jake Arrieta must be pissed Iggo Jan 2017 #74

That makes me feel A LITTLE better about the Cubs. I'm a 3rd generation fan mucifer Jan 2017 #76

Go Obama and Cubs. lark Jan 2017 #79

Oh snap! Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #83

"They're a bunch of losers! Bigly and hugely, make merka great blah blah" dionysus Jan 2017 #84