I'm watching Cubs-Cardinals on the Extra Innings free preview (still haven't bought it - I'll decide tomorrow.) It's the Cubs local feed so you get all the promos for upcoming games and such.

The promotion for the April 29 game against the Brewers is that the first 20,000 fans will get a chance to win one of 100 1932 Babe Ruth replica jerseys.

For those of you who don't remember, the 1932 Yankees kicked the Cubs butts in the World Series that year, sweeping them in four games. That was the Series in which Ruth hit his legendary "called shot" off Charlie Root in game 3. 

Maybe I don't get Cubs fans, and I know the Babe is a pretty universally beloved figure, but why would you want a jersey from the guy who beat your team in the World Series, even if it did happen over 70 years ago? If you were a Cubs fan, would you even wear a Yankees jersey?

Can you imagine the Red Sox trying to give away, say, Enos Slaughter or Bob Gibson jerseys at Fenway? Sounds like it would be a good excuse for a bonfire to me.

I hope those lucky (?) Cubs fans enjoy their Yankees shirts.