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Originally posted by spots101
Well said Rut!!!

The Cubs don't suck?? Where the he** have you been?? Oh, now the injury card has been played. That one has been dealt about as much as Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton's race card. Kerry Wood had one good year and one good game with all those K's. He hasn't done jack since but yet all you Cub fans keep holdin' on....cuz you got your ace back from the Braves.

Fox Valley Blue 9: How much longer you gonna hold onto that "cursed" crap. It was never suppose to be your year in '03. If it was the Cubs would've won it. This goat thing is just an excuse to be like the BoSox were before they won. At least their's was a lot more believeable and real than a goat. Are the BoSox still cursed because they didn't win this year? How about the Yankees? Are they cursed by egos and the almighty dollar? Ya know, they haven't won since they acquired all those egos. I was so happy when they didn't win last year because it proved that they couldn't buy a championship after getting A-Rod. Steiney will probably go out and spend more money next year and what will it get him....as far as the Cubs went in the "year that was their's".

Yeah, the Sox won with TEAM. So what if their average is below 300 and so what if they don't have marquee players. The fact is they won. And how many of you would do exactly what A. J. did after striking out. He took advantage of an opportunity. The ball was low and I'm sure some of his teammates yelled for him to go from the dugout. He got away with it. Would you stay on first base just because the ball got away from the catcher? No, it's called taking advantage of the other teams mistakes. Yeah, the ump make the out sign but fact was even he wasn't sure and with all of us being umps would you really know for sure? Check the ball for scuff marks, look at the reaction of the catcher, yeah he probably should have done that but just like I've heard and said many times, one play or call doesn't make a game....It's how you react to that play that matters. How many of you have been in a game, made a bad call or mistake, and then heard from the losing team that you lost it for them. That's BS and you know it.

When I heard Houston's coach complaining about the advantage they have when the roof is closed I knew right then before the game that the Sox were going to win game 3. It's that simple. The players fed off of their leader and if he thought they weren't going to win then they believed it.

One of the things mentioned in the ESPN "You can't blame" episode was how Moises Alou reacted. Don't you think fans and players fed off that? If he didn't throw a fit out there in left then do you think the fans and players may have thought that he never really had a play on the ball? Instead, there was an instant mob reaction towards Bartman. Fact was he wasn't the only one going after the ball. But that's mob mentality. Focus your anger on one person or thing and make that your cause for failure. It's no different than hearing a patient in the hospital blame their excessive weight on an outside source (McDonalds, genetics, being big boned, etc.)

WWTB: How far has respect, love and admiration gotten the Cubs? Sure, they have a hell of a following, but then so does a cult. Like Rut said, keep giving the Tribune your money buddy. They love it.

Typical Sox Fan. Nothing drives them crazier than the local and National following that the Cubs have.

No they don't suck I merely stated a fact. For the last two seasons the Cubs #1 and #2 pitchers have missed significant playing time. If Buerhle and Garland were gone thats 70 starts and 34 wins that need to be replaced. I don't know of many teams that can overcome that.