Chicago Cubs: Fandemonium Reaching an Extreme Level of Crazy

We get it, Chicago Cubs fans, the Cubs are in the World Series for the first time in decades, but the fandemonium is getting out of control. From ticket prices comparable to home mortgages to an alderman proposing the renaming of city streets in honor of a player, the madness has to stop.

The Chicago Cubs have been the talk of the town in Chicago recently, and rightfully so to an extent. The Cubs have rejuvenated an entire fan base so familiar with disappointment for so many decades.

They are a darn good baseball baseball team with many, many reasons to be excited, and are the current National League champions of Major League Baseball. But the storyline surrounding the Cubs has graduated from blissful pride, to excessive madness over the last few weeks in Chicago.

World Series ticket prices for Games 3 through 5 reached insane highs last week with single tickets ranging from $3,000 to some as high as $50,000. Fans were literally selling off their assets to have a chance to view a piece of history in person at Wrigley Field.

Fans that couldn’t spare the extra few grand to get inside of Wrigley Field this past weekend then turned to spending anywhere from $250 to $750 to reserve a table and some alcohol at one of the famed Wrigleyville neighborhood bars surrounding the stadium.

I know that it has been a really long time since the Cubs have been in this kind of position, but it’s been quite a while for the Cleveland Indians as well. Over in Cleveland, fans were able to watch the away games in the comfort of their home stadium Progressive Field for just five bucks! See what I’m saying here?

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The fans, the media, the business owners and the Cubs are losing their minds in Chicago. FOX displayed more cut scenes of celebrities at Wrigley Field than players in the dugouts this past weekend. It was a glorified celebrity party on Clark and Addison, with the celebs even having access to the field after the games wrapped up.

Today, though, has really put the icing on the cake on the north side of Chicago. Alderman Roberto Moldanado of the 26th Ward actually proposed that the City of Chicago designate a street in the city’s Humboldt Park neighborhood “Javier ‘Javy’ Baez Way”.

Yes, Javier Baez is a native of Puerto Rico, and yes, the Humboldt Park neighborhood is predominantly of Puerto Rican descent. But seriously? Javier Baez?

I’m personally a fan of Javier Baez, but if you’re looking to add some baseball ambiance to the Humboldt Park neighborhood, how about Hiram Bithorn? The first Puerto Rican born Major League Baseball player in history, who pitched for both the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox, as well as served the United States military in World War II.

Cubs fans, please understand that the City of Chicago is happy for you, and a large part of the baseball world is also happy for you. That being said, the Cubs craze is reaching a level of annoyance that will cause baseball fans to villainize the Cubs and their fans to the likes of the 1990s New York Yankees. Don’t spoil the feel-good story of the Cubs’ return to relevance in Major League Baseball by going absolutely bananas all at once.

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Relax and enjoy the ride. They don’t last long in the current age of professional sports like they once did, and know that the Cubs will be pretty good for at least a few years to come. Cubs nation would be wise to save some of the price-gouging and street-naming for later, maybe stagger it out a bit so that fans who have been waiting their entire lives to see a moment like this don’t have to obtain a second mortgage or re-write their will to afford a ticket to the action.

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