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Cubs fans are racist...yikes that's a pretty serious charge.  I'm sure there are people that attend Cub games that are racist, just mathematically speaking - there's probably more than 1.  But what I don't understand, and forgive me for being a tad naive here; if people are shouting racially insensitive comments from the bleachers to the field - why aren't people of the same race in the bleachers confronting this person?

Why is the only person in the whole entire ballpark that hears this kind of stuff you?  You think you have a checkered past?  Look at the guy that was in town this week playing right field for the Nationals.  He actually at one point in his life sent a text message of a gun to his girlfriend with the caption "You dead dawg".  That makes throwing a water bottle, getting into scuffles with your manager and teammates, blaming the media, blaming the fans, and all that other stuff look like Jaywalking.

If I may, allow me to explain the reason the fans don't like you, ironically it has very little to do with your personality.  The reason the fans don't like you is because you aren't doing anything productive on the field.  35 RBI is what you currently possess, couple that with the amazing 11 home runs, and scorching .255 BA - do you really have to wonder?  People aren't booing you because you're black, people aren't booing you because they don't like your personality, people are booing you because you've sucked since you've been here. 

While that may seem harsh, you're dealing with fans who have been championship deprived.  We paid you good money to come here, hit .321 20+ homers and 80+ RBI - that's why we brought you here.  We brought you in because we thought you could bat left-handed, well that appears to not be the case either.  I guess I don't understand why we'd bring you in as a run producing lefty and have to hear all year that you're working with Gerald Perry or Von Joshua on your swing from the left side.  If you had gotten injured, for instance, we'd understand, because we knew we what we were getting when you signed.  The total lack of production is what got you into the dog house here, nothing else.....well until now.

So you hate how the fans treat you?  Congratulations, you've now sunk to a new low.  You look like an absolute fool, especially now that you're claiming the media twisted your words.  So are the Cubs fans racist?  You just called everyone out on the carpet, despite the stories that have been circulating that contradict what you say...which is it?  You know what at this point I don't care, you came in here and I gave you the benefit of the doubt.  I liked the passion you had for the game.  You were misunderstood.  I see the truth now, you are completely incapable of taking any responsibility for the things you've done.  It was Eric Wedge's fault, it was always everyone else's fault...we didn't embrace you enough, so you don't feel comfortable and haven't produced.  It's the same inane excuses that we've heard for the better part of this decade, and it's become very tired.

As the Cubs season winds down to a depressingly early end, we're left with one thought - is there anyway we can get rid of you?  Is there another team that would want you?  Can we pay you to sit at home and not play?  You obviously don't like it here, and I understand that, you're used to playing in LA, San Diego, Cleveland, Oakland - this is different and you can't handle it.  I take the accusation very personally, while I haven't been able to go to Cubs games as regularly as I did a few years ago.  The bleachers are a nasty place in terms of the language and the insults - I've heard people question sexual orientation, manhood, athletic ability, domestic issues, and on and on - I've never heard someone use racially insensitive insults.  That being said, you need to go - for our sake and for yours.