Baffoe: Don't Sign That Stupid Cubs Petition, Sign This One

(CBS) You know, I try. Really hard, I do.

I try as a Cubs fan to not fulfill stereotypes. To not be a cell phone-wielding bro at Wrigley Field. To not sing “Go Cubs Go” after the team’s 51st win occurring in September.

To not indulge in the exaltation of folk heroes.

Folk heroes are for people who have nothing better to hang their floppy hats given to the first 10,000 fans on. Augie Ojeda and Mark DeRosa and Tony Campana and Matt Clement’s beard and Jeff Samardzija’s looking like he should be working the line at Disney World. All celebrated. All mediocre at best.

And now a new low.

Over 16,000 people who don’t understand how sports work or how they get those ships into those bottles have signed a petition begging Cubs owner Tom Ricketts to give former Cub Adam Greenberg one more at bat in the Major Leagues. This is why we can’t have nice things.

You remember Greenberg’s story, right? In his only career plate appearance he got drilled in the head by a pitch and hasn’t grabbed a bat for an MLB team since. He suffered a concussion and dealt with post-concussion symptoms and vertigo for a while afterward. That really sucks. "

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