Seacrest wrote:
It has to be the CSFMB's own JORR.
Be prepared for board members and other delightful Cubbie fans blaming it all on you when the Cardinals keep winning.
Welcome to your life being ruined by a group of desperate dilettantes.
hey rozner, this is what i've been trumpeting ever since this season came around! i've been trying to tell the sox fans of the board that they should delight in "the plan" coming to fruition and they should gladly welcome the cubs slowly but surely becoming prohibitive favorites to win everything in the universe at the start of every season because no matter now good-n-promising everything inexorably is/becomes, these are the chicago cubs we're talking about; they're still going to have to get over the hump known as "cubbie occurrences"
who knows how this team will fare in the playoffs when anything can happen over a short/er series? who knows how this team responds to pressure and legit adversity in the face of underachieving? (kris "babe" bryant already has shown that it's quite possible the hype can get to him, what with his ~21 games b4 hitting a home run and his recent slump into the .240s) who knows what "cubbie occurrences" are in store for the beloved once they get to a point where they're about to break whatever curses are there to keep them out of the world series, let alone winning it? bartman happened at a time where the cubs were almost certain to go to the world series for the first time since 1945/46/whatever and right when it happened if you would have told your cubs friends what was gonna happen they would have laughed at you.... but it happened.
of course, it's entirely possible that none of that happens and these cubs roll to a world series title as soon as this season. anything's possible and that's why we watch the games and sports in general. of course, given that these are the cubs we're talking about and it's not too far of a stretch to assume that god doesn't like them all that much (i mean, c'mon....) i'm gonna sit back relax and strap it down and see what kind of drama unfolds at the worst possible moment/s en route to the promised land.
and if i were a sox fan rooting against the cubs (even moreso than i root for my own sox, per many cubs fans here) i'd tell my other sox fan buddies to actively cheer on the cubs and welcome the forthcoming era of dominance that SHOULD AT LEAST be the 90s braves, but with a few more titles.... because then if and when any cubbie occurrences pop up and fuck up the whole deal it's going to be that much sweeter to enjoy. it's one thing when a little underdog out of nowhere rises up and has a chance to go deep in the tournament and then derails at the last second.... but when the prohibitive favorites to rule the baseball universe with an iron fist (all the while showing the rest of MLB what "the right way" is to build a team) have such high expectations and a fanbase secretly/expecting sheer and utter dominance, what's more glorious than watching goliath go and get fucked up by david? isn't that why everyone has rooted against the yankees forever?
c'est la vie. and go cubs!
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Curious Hair wrote:
Les Grobstein's huge hog is proof that God has a sense of humor, isn't it?