Your Favorite Way For the Cubs to Lose

[Derwood]

Vote for your favorite!

[Lockes Eye Scar]

Score all runs in the first, slowly watch lead evaporate

[soccer10k]

Score all runs in the first, slowly watch lead evaporate

 

Same here.

[Shilzzz]

good start, bullpen failures. it seems to be the cubs' favorite as well.

[NCCubFan]

Score huge late, opponent scores more the next half inning. My second choice would be the walk-off option (that only works on the road, while my first choice can work at home or on the road).

[Flames24Rulz]

I like a nice blowout, but I also like the crazy finishes. The WP's, HBP's, bases-loaded walk, etc. That gets my vote.

[rocket]

all these losses are equally hilarious

[Drew Doughty]

i'm a big fan of the "erase a huge deficit, get a multiple run lead, and promptly blow the game" loss. it's really a refined art that the cubs have developed.

[YearofDaCubs]

Bunt for a hit with 2 outs in the 9th but fail miserably.

[Slugger_16]

How about mounting a last inning rally, only to come up just a little short? The Cubs seem to love the false hope aspect.

[Andy]

I would have to say my favorite is when the Cubs make an unbelievably stupid mistake in the field or on the bases and then allow that to snowball into a series of even dumber mistakes that keep cropping up during the course of a game.

[Derwood]

how could I forget the Fake Rally? DAMMIT

[jersey cubs fan]

Blowout, hands down. It's the easiest to laugh off. Blowout with a fake rally is probably the kind I most remember, since it's been happening for years. Score early, then shut down and watch the lead evaporate is the most frustrating.

[ctcf]

Other - Fake Rally

[Ding Dong Johnson]

oh, I love it when they trail the whole game only to take the lead in the 8th and blow it in the 9th -- suspense my good man, suspense

[Yeti]

i'm just tickled pink that this team keeps coming up with creative ways to lose, it gives me reason to tune in.

[NCCubFan]

Someone with too much time on their hands should tabulate how many games the Cubs have actually lost each of these ways.

 

Fred? :lol:

[rawaction]

I picked walk-off walk, HBP, etc. Usually they are proceeded by walking the bases loaded and/or an error, and 3 pitching changes to get a matchup that works less.

 

I do enjoy a good blowout also. Wastes a lot less time. For example, the 15 inning Pirates game, I wasted 4.5 hours watching. Last night, I watched about 40 minutes and then flipped channels for the rest of the night. Night NOT wasted.

[Balsa]

I like the "fake rally", the bats are silenced all game by crappy pitchers, and then "wake up" in the bottom of the ninth, only to come just short of victory.

[MPrior]

I voted other - when I'm not watching.

[Roast]

I'll take "Other-- Fake Rally" for 1000, alex.

[USSoccer]

I'll take "Leading an inferior team by 3 after 7 1/3 innings with your ace on the mound when all of a sudden the wheels come completely off at random and you lose by 5", followed by "Leading a last place team by 3 after 8 when a pitcher with terrible control walks the first 2 guys he faces, causing your quasi closer to come into the game and promptly give up a tying home run to a scrub 4th OF and THEN your otherwise dominant LOOGY gives up a walk off shot the next inning".

 

In third place is "Soft tossing LHP/former Cub castaway/long reliever pressed into an emergency start pitches 7 innings of 3 hit no run ball".

[Balsa]

I'll take "Leading an inferior team by 3 after 7 1/3 innings with your ace on the mound when all of a sudden the wheels come completely off at random and you lose by 5", followed by "Leading a last place team by 3 after 8 when a pitcher with terrible control walks the first 2 guys he faces, causing your quasi closer to come into the game and promptly give up a tying home run to a scrub 4th OF and THEN your otherwise dominant LOOGY gives up a walk off shot the next inning".

In third place is "Soft tossing LHP/former Cub castaway/long reliever pressed into an emergency start pitches 7 innings of 3 hit no run ball".

Oooh, I don't know, I might like this one the best.

[Andy]

I'll take "Leading an inferior team by 3 after 7 1/3 innings with your ace on the mound when all of a sudden the wheels come completely off at random and you lose by 5", followed by "Leading a last place team by 3 after 8 when a pitcher with terrible control walks the first 2 guys he faces, causing your quasi closer to come into the game and promptly give up a tying home run to a scrub 4th OF and THEN your otherwise dominant LOOGY gives up a walk off shot the next inning".

In third place is "Soft tossing LHP/former Cub castaway/long reliever pressed into an emergency start pitches 7 innings of 3 hit no run ball".

Oooh, I don't know, I might like this one the best.

Yeah, this is pretty good because you can see it coming in advance and avoid the game.

[Careless]

How about mounting a last inning rally, only to come up just a little short? The Cubs seem to love the false hope aspect.

Have to combine this with "manager putting in worst reliever beforehand, expecting it not to matter, so that what would have been enough to tie/win is now too little"