The Playoffs are a Crapshoot

by drewishdrewid on Oct 3, 2008 9:21 AM CDT

Well, this isn't exactly where we thought we'd end up, is it? Wrigley, our secret weapon defanged. Few clutch hits. Erratic pitching in the first game, erratic fielding in the second game. It sucks.

I didn't watch most of the game yesterday; I was watching the debate with my wife. But I did catch some of the end, and I did view the game threads. Some of what was being said there was utterly shameful, and the worst even followed to the thread designed to give us a break from them. I'm looking at you, DaBard.

I don't believe in curses. But I do believe in the collective unconciousness. I think that there's more mental and emotional pressure on the Cubs than ever before, save, possibly, game 6 in 2003. I think that this is part of why they are struggling. So this is what I have done, and I encourage those who agree with me to do the same:

I will not visit this site except for right now, until the game starts tomorrow. I have taken off all my cubs paraphernalia. I am not, and will not wear Cubs clothing -- not even my Cubs underoos. I will not listen to the sports segments on the news. I will not visit ESPN (easy, that). I will do my best to not think about the Cubs, and give them a break from the pressure they are under.

They can come back from this; it's been done before, and this team, when everything is aligned, can do anything. But that is a story for tomorrow night.

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of SB Nation, Bleed Cubbie Blue, or Al Yellon, editor-in-chief. FanPost opinions are, however, valued expressions of opinion by passionate and knowledgeable baseball fans.

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You are right on track!

i am with you brother. let them breath!!!!!!!!!!!

by BCB Vienna on Oct 3, 2008 9:32 AM CDT 0 recs

Underoos?

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Oct 3, 2008 9:32 AM CDT 0 recs

THIS IS GOOD

Now the myth of Wrigley being the secret weapon will fade away, as quickly as the WMD’s did in Iraq ..

Now it’s time for those nine men to look deep in their souls and focus and play like they CAN .. and draw a line and make a stand. Sometimes this kind of adversity brings the best out of a team .. and LA is about as far as you can get from the North Side.

yes, sometimes .. about 50% of the time .. Great odds in a crapshoot! ;)

Well, Next Year is here .. and Jack's century's gotta end some time .. GO CUBBIES!

by cubnational on Oct 3, 2008 10:00 AM CDT 0 recs

These were two very evenly matched teams going into the playoffs...

…and either team had good odds to win this thing going out of the gate. You simply don’t get to face bad teams in the playoffs, and Lord knows the Cubs lost to some very bad teams in the regular season. I know the results are lopsided and that doesn’t help matters, but quite frankly they hold the playoffs because nobody knows who’s going to win the games, and the best team doesn’t always win.

People are desperately trying to assign blame to somebody for this, because somebody has to be at fault, right? And to be quite frank, I don’t think I’ll convince anyone that’s dead set on believe in curses or choking or whatever, but it’s all voodoo and spirit boards, folks.

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by cwyers on Oct 3, 2008 10:05 AM CDT 0 recs

Hey, do whatcha gotta do.

In tragic situations like this, I usually find it helps me to just completely immerse myself in information and analysis to the point where I’m so burned out and desensitized that I have to walk away.

I guess what I’m saying is, make friends with the horror. Shake its hand. Get to know it. Pretty soon, it won’t seem so horrific anymore. Just reality. A sad reality? Definitely. But life goes on.

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by dat cubfan daver on Oct 3, 2008 10:05 AM CDT 0 recs

OK, Drew? So you missed much of the game in lieu of the VP debate ....

and you think you can call out other people for their views and opinions. Seems a little hypocritical to me.

As for what you do between now and tomorrow’s game, what does that matter if you don’t believe in curses or whatever? What we do has no impact on the team, subconciously or consciusly. It all sounds superstitious to me and, again, hypocritical or contradictory at the very least.

"I don’t believe that things go your way," said Lou Piniella, the Cubs manager.
"I believe you make things go your way."

by Basman on Oct 3, 2008 11:54 AM CDT 0 recs