the cubs, on the other hand, have a tendency to really start kickin' a right around september and totally not choke. In my lifetime, the cubs have been in the chase in september on 6 times -- 84, 89, 95, 98, 01, 03 and 04. The only time they really tanked was 01 and 04. All the other years, they did their tanking earlier in the year :)