One More Year of Waiting

Well, the Cubs were the best team in the National League heading into the playoffs.  But when it came time to play they seemed like the worst team.  They couldn't even get a win, the wild-card Brewers managed at least one win!  The Cubs won 57 games at home, and they couldn't even get a win there, in front of some of the most die hard fans in the world.

Now, you might be sitting there asking what the big deal is.  There can only be one winner, one champion.  The Cubs played well, and they lost, oh well, there's always next year.  But that's just it, there's been 100 next years.  The Cub's haven't won the World Series since 1908, the longest streak in baseball.  The Cubbies haven't even been to the World Series in 62 years, so it is safe to say that for them it is beyond "next year".  You know people take things serious over there in Chicago when there is a priest sprinkling holy water in the Cub's dug out before game one at home.

So its been 100 years since the Cubs won a World Series, hmm sounds almost like they're...cursed.  That's the story, that during one game a fan was kicked out because he had a goat with him, and upon leaving he placed a curse on the Cubs, which to this day still stands.  The Cubs aren't the only team to have a curse on them, everyone knows about the curse of the Bambino on Boston.  Only Boston exercised their demons in 2004, and then again in 2007.  

Cubs fans have had their share of pain, this year just another addition to the list.  Remember Bartman?  The Cubs were just 5 outs from the World Series!  When a ball was hit foul and Cubs fan Steve Bartman interfered with Cubs outfielder Moises Alou and knocked the ball as Alou tried to make a catch.  The Marlins would go on to tie and then take the lead and advance to the World Series.  Cubs fan can probably recall plenty more sob stories, or heart breaking games, after all it has been 100 years.  

Eventually the Cubs will win, maybe next year, maybe in 2018, maybe in 3008.  However, Cubs fans need a win now, it's been too long for them, and who can blame them.  Yet, people are always quick to point a finger at the coach or players if things go wrong, and while they are the ones playing out there, something can be said for the fans.  There will always be expectations, but at what point does it become too much and it begins to interfere with the players and their psyche?  But hey, thats why they get paid the big bucks.