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Zeus Jr. is signed up to play T-ball for the first time. He'll be on a team with some of his little buddies from preschool. The league randomly assigns every team a name.

And I've just been notified that his team has been named.....


the cubs.

F it all. Time to get all Tony Rasmus on this league.

That's horrible. I never get why leagues do that. I would never name a team after a major league team that isn't the local team. You just know that at least one of those kids is going to decide that he's now a cubs fan and years from now we'll have another insufferable prick to deal with.

I suggest you read every article about how to be a good sports parent and do the exact opposite until they either change the name or decide you aren't worth the trouble and move your kid to another team. Combine Tony Rasmus with 'middle aged father living his failed dreams that were never realistic to begin with through his kid' and then still kick it up a few notches.

And speaking of fans of non-local teams in Austin, there will be a couple more die hard Cards fans moving to your area in March/April. A friend of mine and his wife will be moving to Austin thanks to his job. If you are ever in a bar watching a game and there's an obnoxious guy and his wife ordering Jager Bombs every other inning while saying some of the most ignorant yet hilarious stuff, that's them.

tlombard wrote:That's horrible. I never get why leagues do that. I would never name a team after a major league team that isn't the local team.

When I was a kid they wouldn't let anyone be the Cardinals because everyone wanted to be the Cardinals.

I suggest Zeus goes full Cub fan and shows up to every game blackout drunk while not watching the game at all.

I suggest you alter his uni.

lukethedrifter wrote:I suggest you alter his uni.

It has already been suggested by one friend that I custom make him a kids' Bartman uniform. I think I have to do this.

Happened to me when I was a kid. Wore a Cardinals hat with the blue uniform as protest.

tlombard wrote:And speaking of fans of non-local teams in Austin, there will be a couple more die hard Cards fans moving to your area in March/April. A friend of mine and his wife will be moving to Austin thanks to his job. If you are ever in a bar watching a game and there's an obnoxious guy and his wife ordering Jager Bombs every other inning while saying some of the most ignorant yet hilarious stuff, that's them.

Sweet, maybe I'll watch a game with them next spring. I've run into a good number of Cards fans here, since everyone in Austin moved here from somewhere else (and conversely, everyone I know from St. Louis has moved somewhere else, like Austin).

cardsfansince82 wrote:

tlombard wrote:That's horrible. I never get why leagues do that. I would never name a team after a major league team that isn't the local team.

When I was a kid they wouldn't let anyone be the Cardinals because everyone wanted to be the Cardinals.

I suggest Zeus goes full Cub fan and shows up to every game blackout drunk while not watching the game at all.

And pee in anything even resembling a trough.

heyzeus wrote:

lukethedrifter wrote:I suggest you alter his uni.

It has already been suggested by one friend that I custom make him a kids' Bartman uniform. I think I have to do this.

You could always go to the games dressed as Bartman.