Sully Bashes Cubs Fans... for St. Louis Paper

Paul Sullivan does his best writing when he's not under the thumb. Just check out these delectibles from a column he offered to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Now that the Cardinals have had their parade, it's time for Cubs fans to come to grips with the fact that rooting for their heroes with the knowledge that they will never win is a disease, like alcoholism, and the afflicted parties must understand they are suffering from a serious problem.

Most Cubs fans live in a perpetual state of denial, refusing to pay attention to historical trends, such as a 98-year championship drought and empirical data that proves once and for all the Cubs will never win a World Series championship in their lifetime.

Most of these people, coincidentally, still watch "Matlock."

Sullivan, the Tribune's Cubs beat reporter (last time we checked), has had quite a year, from being called on the carpet by Cubs executives for not toeing the Cubune line to giving Cubs fans a list of reasons to keep the faith. Now that he's out of town he's letting it all hang out. You can read more of Sully's finest work here. Thanks to Cubune Watcher Brian Dykes, aka Hawkeye, for spotting this gem.

Tribune Notices Proximity of Wrigley to Rape Scene

One day after we criticized the Tribune for only noting the proximity of crimes to ballparks when those crimes occur on the South Side, their story about the capture of a suspect in a Wrigleyville rape includes this disclosure: "the attack ... occurred about 3 a.m. Saturday in the 3500 block of North Wilton Avenue, about two blocks from Wrigley Field."

Baby steps, Tribune. It's a baby step forward, a baby step toward equality. We still think you should also cover rapes that happen in other neighborhoods, too, as well as rapes that victimize women of other economic and racial categories.