Yeah. My brother was (and still is) the eternal optimist, and he got super pissed at me when I told him that the NCLS was over, and they might as well not even play Game 7 because no matter what, the Marlins would win. He started yelling at me, and I took out my wallet and slapped a 20 (the entire contents of my wallet, which was a lot because I was a poor college student) down on the table. I said "If the Cubs win this game, this is yours. You don't owe me anything if they lose." When Kerry homered, he was bragging and wondering how he was going to spend his 20 bucks. All I did was look at him and say "just wait." After the last out was made, he didn't talk to me the rest of the night. Optimist, pessimist or otherwise, you had no idea whether the series was over or not. The loudest prediction was all yours was. Go look in a game thread, people like you love being the one who "called" the loss first, as if it is some sort of badge. Really though you are simply a loud mouth oaf, and putting it on display for everyone. Nice to know I have fans. A tip: There IS an ignore button. And why are you calling ME out on this when at least two other posters said they also thought it was over after Game 6? Yet I'm the one being singled out. I know, it's because I was the ONLY Cubs fan who was still hurt and frustrated by the previous night's loss, right? Everyone else was peachy keen after that and I was the only one pissed off. That's gotta be it. People only remember the negative. If that's what you want to do, fine, but I do post optimistic and good things in game threads as well, like "I think Aram's going to homer here" or "excellent start for Wells today" or things to that effect. I'm not going to say that I'm not vocal when I'm unhappy with how things are going, because I am very vocal. I have high expectations and i'm sick to death of waiting for a world series.I'm going to get called a liar about the optimistic stuff, and if you must call me out on it like some badge of honor, be my guest. However you choose to remember your game thread experience is just fine by me. And getting back to the thread topic: The 20k game is my favorite baseball game of all time, and *gasp* I was actually CHEERING and OPTIMISTIC during that game and for pretty much the entire 1998 season! I know, I know. Big shocker. Feel free to mark this date on the calendar if you wish. Your posts go further towards making you looking like an idiot than I could ever dream of with insults.