QUOTE (Tony @ Jul 24, 2016 -> 10:03 PM)
Kaplan is approaching it wrong because he's a giant boob, but the idea isn't wrong.
We are root for the jersey, not really the player. Chapman seems like a giant piece of garbage, but damn can he throw hard.
We are all sports fans. We all witnessed 2005 (aside from Mike who I think was like 2 when it happened. ). When "your guys" are winning playoff series, you're not thinking "Well I'm really happy about this but I wish Chapman wasn't on my team right now...."
Cubs fans may be having a hard time with it right now. Once he puts on that jersey and records that first save, no one will be thinking about the DV charges from the off-season. Does that make it right? No. But Theo and Jed know they'll take a PR hit now. If they win the whole thing and Chapman records the save, you think there is a writer in this town that is going to minimize the Cubs 1st WS because of Chapman's past? Please.
I was 6, thank you very much.