Cubs vs Indians

[Rick]

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well, somehow, I kinda doubt if very many of us 'deportables' were rootin' for Cleveland....mac (oops, I meant "deplorables"....sorry 'bout that....mac

What a Clintonesque thing to say.

When the 9th inning of the 7th game of the World Series was over, it was completely tied. So your scrubs needed an extra inning to complete what you Cubs fans seem to think had already been decided some time before.

You know that your favorite team got lucky.

[mac]

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What a Clintonesque thing to say.

When the 9th inning of the 7th game of the World Series was over, it was completely tied. So your scrubs needed an extra inning to complete what you Cubs fans seem to think had already been decided some time before.

You know that your favorite team got lucky.

No....I really don't know that. I do know, however, what luck is and what creates it.....besides that, of couse, we all know that the cubs had a hell of a task trying to overcome all those pro-Indian calls.....they didn't even really try to hide it too well....seemed like the longer they played the more the umps took off the top of the zone when the Indians were in the box.....ah well, talent will always tell...mac

[Ludwig]

That rain break did wonders for the Cubs. Admittedly, I was a Cubs fan throughout the series but when the game started last night I told my spouse, who is an avid bb fan, that the Indians would prevail, although at the time of my statement they were trailing. If the rain had not intervened, I still think that the Indians would have taken the pennant.

BTW: I think that the Home Plat Upire was cross-eyed. I have not seen so many bad calls in all my life. Thankfully, the calls were bad for both sides.

I would not want to be in Chicago for the next few days. I can already envision the mayhem form the unwashed.

[Night Owl]

The death rate in Chitown will increase drastically in the next few months. All those old timers that were hanging on so they could live to see the Cubs win will finally give up.

[mac]

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That rain break did wonders for the Cubs. Admittedly, I was a Cubs fan throughout the series but when the game started last night I told my spouse, who is an avid bb fan, that the Indians would prevail, although at the time of my statement they were trailing. If the rain had not intervened, I still think that the Indians would have taken the pennant.

BTW: I think that the Home Plat Upire was cross-eyed. I have not seen so many bad calls in all my life. Thankfully, the calls were bad for both sides.

I would not want to be in Chicago for the next few days. I can already envision the mayhem form the unwashed.

you're right about the mayhem. they've already passed last years record of 580 gun homicides for the year.....a couple of weeks ago.....mac

[sojourner truth]

5 dead and 27 wounded in Wednesday alone. Most around 20 to 24 years old, with bystanders getting wounded a lot.

But what else can you expect from a democrat run city with the strictest gun laws in the nation?

[Rick]

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No....I really don't know that. I do know, however, what luck is and what creates it.....besides that, of couse, we all know that the cubs had a hell of a task trying to overcome all those pro-Indian calls.....they didn't even really try to hide it too well....seemed like the longer they played the more the umps took off the top of the zone when the Indians were in the box.....ah well, talent will always tell...mac

There were bad calls on both sides. But you Cubs fans keep telling yourselves that.

And don't worry, next season when you start acting like a Ranger's fan, I am going to remind you that you are now a Chicago fan.

[CenTexDave]

Wrong again, old Señor. Rick was for them. Maybe he should block you. 😁

[mac]

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There were bad calls on both sides. But you Cubs fans keep telling yourselves that.

And don't worry, next season when you start acting like a Ranger's fan, I am going to remind you that you are now a Chicago fan.

not really what you'd call a cubs fan.....but i get your meaning......mac

[gnatsum]

IF the Dr. Demento Show was still on the radio...he's now have to retire this song forever:

A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request
by Steve Goodman
(spoken)
By the shore's of old Lake Michigan
Where the "hawk wind" blows so cold
An old Cub fan lay dying
In his midnight hour that tolled
Round his bed, his friends had all gathered
They knew his time was short
And on his head they put this bright blue cap
From his all-time favorite sport
He told them, "Its late and its getting dark in here"
And I know its time to go
But before I leave the line-up
Boys, there's just one thing I'd like to know

(sung)
Do they still play the blues in Chicago
When baseball season rolls around
When the snow melts away,
Do the Cubbies still play
In their ivy-covered burial ground
When I was a boy they were my pride and joy
But now they only bring fatigue
To the home of the brave
The land of the free
And the doormat of the National League.

(spoken)
Told his friends "You know the law of averages says:
Anything will happen that can"
That's what it says
"But the last time the Cubs won a National League pennant
Was the year we dropped the bomb on Japan"
The Cubs made me a criminal
Sent me down a wayward path
They stole my youth from me
(that's the truth)
I'd forsake my teachers
To go sit in the bleachers
In flagrant truancy

and then one thing led to another
and soon I'd discovered alcohol, gambling, dope
football, hockey, lacrosse, tennis
But what do you expect,
When you raise up a young boy's hopes
And then just crush 'em like so many paper beer cups.

Year after year after year
after year, after year, after year, after year, after year
'Til those hopes are just so much popcorn
for the pigeons beneath the 'L' tracks to eat
He said, "You know I'll never see Wrigley Field, anymore before my eternal rest
So if you have your pencils and your score cards ready,
and I'll read you my last request
He said, "Give me a double header funeral in Wrigley Field
On some sunny weekend day (no lights)
Have the organ play the "National Anthem"
and then a little 'na, na, na, na, hey hey, hey, Goodbye'
Make six bullpen pitchers, carry my coffin
and six ground keepers clear my path
Have the umpires bark me out at every base
In all their holy wrath
Its a beautiful day for a funeral, Hey Ernie lets play two!
Somebody go get Jack Brickhouse to come back,
and conduct just one more interview
Have the Cubbies run right out into the middle of the field,
Have Keith Moreland drop a routine fly
Give everybody two bags of peanuts and a frosty malt
And I'll be ready to die

Build a big fire on home plate out of your Louisville Sluggers baseball bats,
And toss my coffin in
Let my ashes blow in a beautiful snow
From the prevailing 30 mile an hour southwest wind
When my last remains go flying over the left-field wall
Will bid the bleacher bums adieu
And I will come to my final resting place, out on Waveland Avenue

The dying man's friends told him to cut it out
They said stop it that's an awful shame
He whispered, "Don't Cry, we'll meet by and by near the Heavenly Hall of Fame
He said, "I've got season's tickets to watch the Angels now,
So its just what I'm going to do
He said, "but you the living, you're stuck here with the Cubs,
So its me that feels sorry for you!"

And he said, "Ahh Play, play that lonesome losers tune,
That's the one I like the best"
And he closed his eyes, and slipped away
What we got is the Dying Cub Fan's Last Request
And here it is

(sung)
Do they still play the blues in Chicago
When baseball season rolls around
When the snow melts away,
Do the Cubbies still play
In their ivy-covered burial ground
When I was a boy they were my pride and joy
But now they only bring fatigue
To the home of the brave
The land of the free
And the doormat of the National League