I can only a take a team so seriously when Joe Blanton is one of their primary late/8th inning relievers who pitches in high leverage spots Cubs fans are just petrified of the playoffs.. I guess sorta rightfully so with our history. (Granted as discussed before our lack of rings is mostly just for not being in the playoffs for an extended time). But, I've read posts of every NL playoff team from posters who are afraid of running into them in the playoffs. I keep bringing up my dad because he's the epitome of the terrified Cubs fan. I talked to him today and his takeway from the series is that he's worried because this series reminded him of 2008. Ugh.