Hairyducked Idiot

Vision of horror: Cubs being swept, Brewers and White Sox each recovering from 0-2 holes and meeting in WS.

It's called having given up on most hope during inning 2 of game 2 and now not feeling any pressure. I have it too. I just hope they don't tease us, only to lose the game. If they are going to lose get it over with early. Agreed. Easy win or easy loss. No agony, no tension plz k thx bai.

Since we're all looking for meaningless historical parallels to give us hope, here's what I came up with. The Cubs are on an eight-game losing streak in the playoffs. The only other memorable streak of exactly eight games that I can recall was in 2001, when they had an eight-game losing streak and followed it up with a 12-game winning streak. That'd be one to spare.

I put all my centsports money on the Cubs tonight. I did bet the parlay of Cubs + the over. Whats the O/U? I'd imagine it'd be pretty low considering the pitching matchup and the ballpark. 7

I put all my centsports money on the Cubs tonight. I did bet the parlay of Cubs + the over.

Nothing wrong with optimism. Guarantees are annoying.

Not as bad as I thought.. http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:GwgWmqvOkUY2GM:http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/0/0c/180px-J_Walter_Weatherman_-_AD.jpg And that's why, you always look it up!

Hmm, how many people on here guaranteed we'd win game one, and then guaranteed we'd win game 2. People should put some money up or stop guaranteeing.

The really stupid part is that there is only one pitcher in this series that is better than Billingsley, and we have him, but he wouldn't be available for a hypothetical Game 5 because...well, I've never quite figured out that because. the dodgers would be scared to face Z in chicago for a game 5 2 straight playoffs wins under the players belts...confidence back to their normal levels and beyond your dead wrong they wouldn't be crapping their ---SOAPDROPPING--- pants No, the Cubs would be. Billingsley pwns the living crap out of them. The one Manny homer Zambrano is guaranteed to give up would be more than enough to win the game.

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It's awesome. I've only been to one and it's an experience I'll never forget.

Exactly. Don't win this for Cubs fans, or their grandfathers, or whatever or whoever you want to win for. Nobody but the 25 men who play the game, should only want to win it for the guy who they sit next to. The guys you battle through 162 games of up and down. Winning and losing streaks. Day and night games. And doubleheaders and 4 games in 3 night scheduling. Do it fo the guy who comes into work at 8 am and leaves the job hours after the game is over. Do it for the guys who works hard even tho it doesn't look like he's trying hard, and he gets rip in themedia. Most importantly, do it for yourself. No fans, no matter the age or health, or race or IQ level goes through what each and every ballplayer goes through in a professional season. Win it because you've play baseball long enough that you should be at the top of the pinnacle. Do it for youself. Each player deserves to be call "the best" if for one shining moment in their lives. The fans, the love, the celebration are fun and a nice perk to winning, but do it to reach the top of your profession. That's all I ask. Without the fans, these guys don't have a job. The fans pay to see major-league baseball (or volunteer to watch advertising during the games). They get what they paid for, end of transaction. Without the players, the fans wouldn't have a team to imbue ridiculous amounts of emotional symbolism into.

The really stupid part is that there is only one pitcher in this series that is better than Billingsley, and we have him, but he wouldn't be available for a hypothetical Game 5 because...well, I've never quite figured out that because.

Even just for Game 5, I'd trade Zambrano for Billingsley in a heartbeat. The Cubs don't have the pitcher to be scared of in Game 5, if by some miracle it got there.

I was referring to several of the other hits he allowed. And yes, the ground balls that the fielders booted were also hard-hit. If he hadn't been unlucky they were booted, he'd have been very lucky they were at'em balls. He was adequate last night, but nothing particularly special. Whether you consider that "good" or not is semantics. He should have only allowed 1 run, and that on a home run from a guy who homers off of everybody. He was pounding the zone and was not just "adequate", he was the good Zambrano. Not to mention that ridiculous 2nd inning wore him down and made him throw a ton of pitches. If Derosa turns that double play I can say with confidence that he would have gone at least 7 innings, giving up just the one run. I can say with confidence that a pitcher giving up 1.25 baserunners per inning (excluding ROE) is probably not going to go 7 IP/1 run unless he is very, very lucky.

I was referring to several of the other hits he allowed. And yes, the ground balls that the fielders booted were also hard-hit. If he hadn't been unlucky they were booted, he'd have been very lucky they were at'em balls. He was adequate last night, but nothing particularly special. Whether you consider that "good" or not is semantics.

Zambrano looked great to me until we decided catching the ball was no longer a priority. To me he did well, it was the rest of the infield that let him down. Pretty hard to pitch like an all-star after an all-time crapfest like that. Zambrano was decent last night, but even if the infield doesn't get boot happy he still gave up a fair number of line drives and a home run.

Win it for yourselves, the only people to whom you owe anything. The rest is self-indulgent tripe.

No we can't. Not even the slightest chance. If we only lose by one, I'm declaring moral victory.

Unless your field is professional sports, it really isn't comparable. People always try and compare sports to their jobs. It's a different world and no matter how competitive your field is, it doesn't make your day to day job anything like a professional baseball player. I think just pushes the point even more. The highs and lows of such a profession can't be ignored can they? The emotional strain on such a job, can we even begin to explain the psyche roller coaster that professional athletes go through? Or are they just machines without these human factors who go out every day without feeling and without emotional stress and just do the same thing over and over. Maybe I've missed the borg like conversion of professional athletes somewhere along the line. If they couldn't handle the pressure, they wouldn't have made it this far. "Holy crap, if I don't hit at AA this season, I'm going to be out of my low-paying job with only a high-school diploma and failed dreams. But if I do, all of my wildest dreams will come true because I'll have the money to make them."

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Really? Oh yeah, 1994 was the strike. Two seasons that ended prematurely, I guess that's my excuse.

Why in the heck would you just want it over? Just win one game at a time. It has been done before. Making a "fake rally" and getting my hopes up has been done before too. The emotional letdown of that isn't worth the slim chance that they might complete the rally.

Heck yes. There's a whole world of sports out there: http://myp2p.eu/index.php?part=sports Not to mention local high schools and colleges. Once I got past the "THIS team has to win THIS title or I'll be miserable" thing, and just started appreciating the spectacle of human beings trying to achieve, the sports world opens up in wonderful ways.

If it's Wrigley, we might just find a way out of this mess.