We can all blame me for 2009. Samm Levine always tweeted Cubs Win!! Cubs Win!! after wins, and on July 29, 2009 that particular win must have put the Cubs in first place , because I replied with something about being in first place and he DM'd me "Dude, don't jinx it!!" The rest, as they say, is history. EDIT - I just looked it up and that win actually only put them 1/2 game out at the time, so it looks like I'm an even bigger dope.