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Post by Osprey on Oct 3, 2008 9:47:00 GMT -5
Cubs doomed not by curses, but themselvesCHICAGO -- With apologies to Franklin Pierce Adams …
These are the saddest of possible words,
Grounders to DeRosa to Lee to Ramirez to Theriot
Quartet of bear Cubs suddenly as klutzy as nerds
Grounders to DeRosa to Lee to Ramirez to Theriot
Thoughtlessly kicking away grounders they should gobble
Turning Dodgers outs into E-4 bobbles
Infielders weighty with the postseason wobbles
Grounders to DeRosa … to Lee … to Ramirez … to Theriot ….
Adams wrote "Baseball's Sad Lexicon," i.e., Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance, way back in 1910, and as long ago as that was, it already was more recent than the Cubs' last world championship. This autumn was going to end that drought, though. This was the 100th anniversary of the Cubs' last world championship, and the team and their fans were going to celebrate it by not only going to the World Series for the first time since 1945 but also winning it for the first time since 1908. This was the autumn there might even be an all-Chicago World Series for the first time in 102 years.Story Here Cubs are down 2-0!! They really stunk it up last night!! I couldn't have been happier! The Dodgers are my favorite post-season team right now!!
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Post by Chilehead on Oct 3, 2008 12:23:25 GMT -5
No surprise, really.
If they'd just let the damned goat in.
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Post by Chilehead on Oct 3, 2008 12:41:43 GMT -5
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Post by Osprey on Oct 3, 2008 13:10:46 GMT -5
People were upset to have to pay $3 a ticket for the front row?!? wow, how times have changed (it's in the paper Chile posted)
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Post by xiØn on Oct 4, 2008 5:03:24 GMT -5
Bahahahahahaha
Cubs are the St.Louis Rams of the MLB.
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Post by Chilehead on Oct 4, 2008 10:35:18 GMT -5
Bahahahahahaha Cubs are the St.Louis Rams of the MLB. No they're not. The Rams won the superbowl in 2000. The Cubbies haven't won anything in a hundred years.
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Post by thong_of_doom on Oct 4, 2008 10:39:36 GMT -5
Bahahahahahaha Cubs are the St.Louis Rams of the MLB. No they're not. The Rams won the superbowl in 2000. The Cubbies haven't won anything in a hundred years.
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Post by Osprey on Oct 4, 2008 14:18:13 GMT -5
Bahahahahahaha Cubs are the St.Louis Rams of the MLB. No they're not. The Rams won the superbowl in 2000. The Cubbies haven't won anything in a hundred years. well, this isn't exactly true. 60 years ago they won the NL Pennant. They just haven't won anything since 1948... And I think X must have confused the St. Louis Rams with the Arizona Cardinals... They are the Cubs of the NFL... so many promises, so many let downs.
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Post by Chilehead on Oct 4, 2008 19:08:07 GMT -5
I still am and always will be a Rams fan, win or lose. I just hope that this "rebuilding stage" doesn't last much longer. They do suck right now. It's kinda hard to watch.
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