An American baseball reference?

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 68553

Amy Z:
> 
> I would love to think that JKR is referring to the long-suffering 
> Cubbies here, but I think the profile of the Cannons fits the Red 
Sox 
> more than the Cubs.  The Red Sox, non-aficionados of baseball, are 
> famous for not having won a World Series since The Great War.  The 
> Cubs have *never* won a World Series.  The Cannons were once a 
great 
> team, with their glory days far in the past.
> 
> Amy Z
> with deep condolences to Darrin from the sisterly perspective of an 
> Expos fan (star Vladimir Guerrero on the disabled list, team 
destined 
> for dissolution)


I realize I am hurtling toward Off-topic stuff here, but I cannot let 
this go unanswered.

The Cubs won the World Series in 1907 and 1908! They were the Team of 
the Oughts! Damn it, give us credit where it is due!

So, no, I very much believe, to careen back to topic, that the 
Chudley Cannons are the Chicago Cubs. Ron fits the profile of a Cubs 
fan more than a Red Sox fan. (I lived in Boston for two years, so I 
know of what I speak.)

A Cubs fan is a cheerful sort, happy to get close once in a while so 
long as the beer is flowing and they ivy at Wrigley is green. Kinda 
like Ron. Give him some butterbeer and he's OK.

A Red Sox fan is a tooth-gnashing, woe-is-me, hide-the-razor-blades-
and-sleeping pills kind of person. A total drama queen.

In other words, Snape! 

Darrin
-- Amy will be happy to know that my favorite Cub of all time is 
Andre Dawson, who brightened the lives of Expos' fans once upon a 
time.