October 01, 2015
Ladies And Gentlemen, May I Present To You...
...the 2015 Chicago Cubs rookies!
Handsome young men, all.
Oh, by the way, the Cubs are in the playoffs and have the third-best record in Baseball, in large part because of these well-dressed rookies. Unfortunately, the Pirates have the second-best record, and the [Censored] have the best. That's right, the three best records in baseball are all in the NL Central.
Here's how the playoffs are going to work. First off you get the one-game-winner-takes-all Wild Card game. That's likely to be the Cubs at Pittsburgh. The winner of that game gets to play the team with the best record: the [Censored]. Meanwhile, the Dodgers and Mets play each other. The winner of that gets to play the NL Central winner.
The Cubs have a remarkably good shot at this, actually. I'm not going to be sad if they don't win... they weren't supposed to be this good this fast, next year was always the target... but I sure won't be unhappy if they trash the Pirates and go up against the wounded, limping, vulnerable [Censored]!
First time in the playoffs since 2008. Wow.
Handsome young men, all.
Oh, by the way, the Cubs are in the playoffs and have the third-best record in Baseball, in large part because of these well-dressed rookies. Unfortunately, the Pirates have the second-best record, and the [Censored] have the best. That's right, the three best records in baseball are all in the NL Central.
Here's how the playoffs are going to work. First off you get the one-game-winner-takes-all Wild Card game. That's likely to be the Cubs at Pittsburgh. The winner of that game gets to play the team with the best record: the [Censored]. Meanwhile, the Dodgers and Mets play each other. The winner of that gets to play the NL Central winner.
The Cubs have a remarkably good shot at this, actually. I'm not going to be sad if they don't win... they weren't supposed to be this good this fast, next year was always the target... but I sure won't be unhappy if they trash the Pirates and go up against the wounded, limping, vulnerable [Censored]!
First time in the playoffs since 2008. Wow.
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The Toronto Blue Jays are a little like the Cubs this season--they just broke a long playoff drought (if you think 2008 was a long time ago, consider 1993), and they did much better than expected this year. After a mediocre first half of the season, they made some big trades at the deadline, and they've been on fire ever since. (Admittedly, though, if any team was going to be one game below .500 at the All-Star break and then go on to win their division, the American League Least East would have been the division to do it in.)
If your Cubs make it to the World Series, then maybe--just maybe--they'll find my Blue Jays waiting for them there.
If your Cubs make it to the World Series, then maybe--just maybe--they'll find my Blue Jays waiting for them there.
Posted by: Peter the Not-so-Great at October 02, 2015 04:29 PM (XC8ds)
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You'll forgive me for rolling my eyes at the 1993 thing, since that means it's been 22 years since you last won a World Series.
22 years. That's so cute.
22 years. That's so cute.
Posted by: Wonderduck at October 02, 2015 04:58 PM (a12rG)
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22 years. That's so cute.
Oh dear, I forgot about that aspect of Cubs history--sorry for rubbing salt in that wound. You can get back at me by asking about the Toronto Maple Leafs...
It may not be 106 years since the Blue Jays' last World Series win (not yet, anyway), but being a fan during this past playoff drought still wasn't much fun. Every once in a while, the organization would bring out one greying hero or another from the '92 and '93 championship teams to throw out the ceremonial first pitch, or to give him some award, or something--anything to remind the fans that the team was actually great back in the day. I had to fight the urge to throw stuff at the TV and shout "What have you done for us lately, you bums?!"
Oh dear, I forgot about that aspect of Cubs history--sorry for rubbing salt in that wound. You can get back at me by asking about the Toronto Maple Leafs...
It may not be 106 years since the Blue Jays' last World Series win (not yet, anyway), but being a fan during this past playoff drought still wasn't much fun. Every once in a while, the organization would bring out one greying hero or another from the '92 and '93 championship teams to throw out the ceremonial first pitch, or to give him some award, or something--anything to remind the fans that the team was actually great back in the day. I had to fight the urge to throw stuff at the TV and shout "What have you done for us lately, you bums?!"
Posted by: Peter the Not-so-Great at October 02, 2015 08:45 PM (XC8ds)
Posted by: ReallyBored at October 06, 2015 12:17 PM (ulGxe)
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RB, it's no skin off my bill. That was started by Cubs fans to get him to Wrigley as a sort of apology. Non-meatball fans know that Mr Bartman wasn't to blame for the loss, any more than Don Denkinger was to blame for the Cardinals losing the '85 World Series.
Posted by: Wonderduck at October 06, 2015 04:55 PM (a12rG)
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Bah, be all reasonable and ruin my fun! ^_^
Posted by: ReallyBored at October 07, 2015 10:59 AM (ulGxe)
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If the Cubs lose, you'll have a field day with me, I'm sure.
Posted by: Wonderduck at October 07, 2015 05:05 PM (a12rG)
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Does anyone know if Bartman has ever even gone to Cubs game since then? Could he if he hasn't?
Posted by: Ben at October 07, 2015 05:38 PM (S4UJw)
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He hasn't gone back to Wrigley since then. The Cubs tried to get him to come back as a VIP, but he turned them down. Could he go back? Apparently he doesn't believe so.
Posted by: Wonderduck at October 07, 2015 05:50 PM (a12rG)
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