Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
October 10, 2008
Enough Curses

Bleed Cubbie Blue is done with curses:

It doesn't help matters any when the chairman of the team -- and don't get me wrong, I happen to like Crane Kenney and what he's done for this team in the last two years -- hires a priest to spray holy water in the dugout before the first game of the NLDS, just after Lou Piniella had carefully spent the entire season getting his team to concentrate on nothing but baseball.

And focusing on baseball is the way it should be. I thought long and hard before making this post (figuring it'd probably be taken the wrong way), but since this kind of stuff has been heaped on us, it's time for it to stop. No more baseballs blown up and served in pasta. If you as a fan are asked to give an interview about goats, walk away from the camera. If some fan of another team taunts you about Bartman (and I can't understand the Cardinals fans who buy a jersey with their team name on it with "BARTMAN" on the back. What's THAT about?), just turn the other cheek.

Right. There are no curses. It's just been a run of bad luck. The people now running the Cubs appear to know how to put together a winning team. It's just a matter of time until that strategy pays off.


Posted by David Pinto at 12:19 PM | Team Evaluation | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Oh come on, the curses are fun. Remember, this is just a silly little game. If the Cubs want to play with the curses, why hyperventilate about it?

As for the team itself, yeah, it's a good one. And guess what. Every year good teams don't make it through the postseason. There's no way that "it's just a matter of time until that strategy pays off."

At least not if you mean the payoff is a World Series win. The Cubs could remain the best team in the league for another five years - which they probably won't, of course - and still not win the Series.

There's too much dumb luck in the postseason, too much chance of running up against an inferior but hotter team. Like the 2008 Dodgers, for instance.

Posted by: Casey Abell at October 10, 2008 12:51 PM
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