Originally posted by FishrCutB8: ...those Red Sox? Still, it is a little too familiar....like we've been here before.
Amazing!!! With 8 errors in the first two games, 9 Cardinals runs in the Wakefield start, scoring only 4 runs last night... Sox fans should be carving large statues of Schilling and Pedro in Kenmore Square right now!!! [img]smile.gif[/img] Any lesser pitching staff would have been down 2 games to 1 right now (especially against the Cards) !!!
Originally posted by lefty9: </font><blockquote>quote:</fon t><hr />Originally posted by FishrCutB8: ...those Red Sox? Still, it is a little too familiar....like we've been here before.
Congrats to all Red Sox fans!!!
Now that the curse BS is over, the Cubs have no excuse. </font>[/quote]And if the Yanks beat them next year, I don't want to hear any more whining about Bambino this or that!
Originally posted by lefty9: Congrats to all Red Sox fans!!!
Now that the curse BS is over, the Cubs have no excuse.
Sam Siannis' curse was lifted long ago when his kids brought another goat to Wrigley Field.
In order to eliminate the Cubs present curse, we need to publicly flog Steve Bartmans in the middle of Wrigley, preferably while the goat is pissing on him and while a White Sox jersey is burning in the middle of the field. I think that may do it for us!!
PS: Red Sox fans were whiners...they've been to 4, count 'em, four World Series before this one. They make the playoffs regularly. They win. Cubs make the playoffs once every quarter century, have made 2 World Series in the last 100 years, the last one being in 1945 (they lost), and usually lose horribly. Plus, the Cubs have the longest championship drought in all of professional US sports. But I don't hear Cubs fans whining.... except that Bartmans needs to be flogged. And win or lose, we sell out Wrigley Field. the mecca of professional baseball, every single game.
In order to eliminate the Cubs present curse, we need to publicly flog Steve Bartmans in the middle of Wrigley, preferably while the goat is pissing on him and while a White Sox jersey is burning in the middle of the field. I think that may do it for us!!
I lost some of my drink reading that!!
I agree that a quality closer would do the trick. I was really hoping for a Cubs/Red Sox Series.
The Rex Sox do come to Wrigley next year June 10-12. I plan to be there.
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I'd trade Sammy for a quality closer. I bet Dusty would too....
One more idea for having the curse lifted. Either Ron Santo needs to finally be enshrined in the Hall of Fame, or he needs to die in the middle of a heated race a provide the Cubbies something to fight for - preferably in something dramatic like a fall from the broadcasting booth. Terrible to say, I know, but many need to be sacrificed upon the alter of Cubs futility. (J/K Ronnie - we love 'ya and know you wouldn't hesitate sacrificing yourself if the Cubs could win it all!)
PS: Steve Stone could serve as a suitable stand-in for Bartmans, IMO. Bring back the ghost of Lou Boudreau!
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I still think the shedding of Schilling's blood on the hallowed grounds of Yankee Stadium was partly responsible for the lifting of the curse. That and the severe a$$-whoopin we put on the Yankees in 4-7...
Your starting pitcher battling to the point he is bleeding on the mound for more than one inning in 2 different games shows even the most poorly motiviated team that this is the real deal. Boston stepped up accordingly.
Part of me is glad the Astros lost. I wouldn't want to be the team that lost to Boston to end the curse.
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Originally posted by FishrCutB8: There is no shame in that. Now, if you were up 3-0 against them and blew it, that would be a different story....
That story being:
Gary Sheffield, Kevin Brown and Alex Rodriguez, all new Yankees and greedy as hell, were bought off by the Mob to throw the series. After they went up 3-0, someone came to them and said, "Ok, so you made $20 million this year. How'd ya like to double that in 4 games?"
They took the offer (of course)and proceeded to quit hitting. Along the way, one of them brought in Matsui. He hesitated at first, but the prospect of even more money to send back to his hometown in Japan was too much. Comissioner of The Hideki Matsui League?!? Nice! So in came Hideki, though he is more of the Shoeless Joe of the group.
Then Joe Torre caught wind of it, when it was 3-2. "Hmmm," he thought, "I could use a better retirement fund, and God I'd love to stick it to George once!" So he proceeded to hint to different players to drop a ball here, swing and miss at a lazy Derek Lowe curve there... and boom!!!
except that Bartmans needs to be flogged. And win or lose, we sell out Wrigley Field. the mecca of professional baseball, every single game.
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