The one advantage we have is to have the first two games at home. Remember, the Cubs swept the D-backs at home in May — and beat Haren in the first of the three.

Grow a spine.

Wrigley is our sekrit weapon.

not worrying about the play-offs. The dark cloud hanging over the season is the people who are so obessed to have September over so that they can fret about the post season.

but i agree to an extent that i am rooting for LA to catch them

twilight zone or something? The Cubs have the best record in base ball for a reason. The Diamondbacks are a .500 team at best. Sure they have 2 great pitchers, but we have a couple of descent arms too. I have heard enough this crap about Webb and Harden. Last year was last year. The D-backs were a charmed team that caught us at the right time. We couldn’t get Augie Ojeada out for Gods sake.

is what I am enjoying

……I feel confident we beat ANYONE in the NL. Bring em on!!!

…as I am of Chase Field and, perhaps, Randy Johnson. I realize this is completely irrational, but there just seems to be some awful mojo clinging to both entities (one human, one…architectural?). I just feel like that’s not the case with the Dodgers.

That said, if/when the Cubs get there, I believe this team will go into kill mode and can get the job done against anyone.

And I know everyone is thinking “Cubstoseries or KOW a weird thought Never!”

But do the Cubs acknowledge or celebrate if they clinch a playoff spot first? It seems quite likely to happen clinching at least the wild card or wait til they clinch the division?

Here’s where the Cubs stand out. We go 4 deep with outstanding starters. Others go 3 deep.

don’t see how we can get past Webb, Harden and Randy Johnson

dont worry, Harden plays for us!

…that way we can finally rip the monkey off of our back and Randy Johnson won’t be undefeated against us anymore. While he has owned teh Cubs, it has to stop somewhere, and it might as well be in the playoffs.

1) We gotta play ‘em one day at a time.
2) I’m just happy to be here. Hope I can help the ballclub.
3) I just want to give it my best shot, and the good Lord willing, things will work out.

-Bull Durham

i agree that they are a dangerous team but lets be real here, they are not that great of a team. Sure you have Webb and Haren (i’m not even going to mention Randy Johnson because he doesn’t deserve to be mentioned) but the Cubs also have Dempster and Harden and even Zambrano (when he’s on he’s on). What this post tells me is that you don’t have any confidence in Dempster and Harden. I sure do so i’m not truly worried. I’m also so sick of how everybody loves the big 3 of Arizona. What about our Cubs? I would choose our three any day over any team in the league. Harden is a number 1 starter. Zambrano is a number 1 starter when he’s good and Dempster can sure as hell be a number 1 starter just look at the way he’s pitched this year.

 Does anyone here believe in fate?
It’s obvious that some definitely don’t. I don’t know if I do or not but sometimes it just seems like some things are either meant to be or they aren’t.
 Looking at it that way, it wouldn’t matter who the Cubs play. If it’s meant to be it’s meant to be.
 I keep thinking about the 100 year curse. Here it is…100 years…and the Cubs have pretty much been in charge the whole way.
Could it be that this is the year, no matter what?

He-Man so demands it!!!!!

“By the power of Greyskull!”

.. as they’ve done all season, I don’t care who we face in the playoffs.

I’d kind of LOVE to see the D Backs back among us .. because we will OWN them this year. And I think the Cubs would love to get payback and redemption at the same time. And the snarky jerks from AZ who snuck on here last October would be left with their pants down around their big hairy ankles .. and the morons who sat behind home plate and waved into the camera all night long would get a line drive foul smacked by DeRosa right through the net into their midst to break their cell phones .. and the bases would be clogged all through the season ..

And Dusty Baker gets released and can’t wangle a deal for post season color commentary.

All this and watching both the Mets and the Cards twist in the wind … ahhhhh, life can be so grand sometimes ..

1. Brandon Webb
2. Danny Haren
3. Randy Johnson

It is insane to be dismissive of their playoff chances. Dominant shutdown pitching ALWAYS gives you a chance.

I can’t remember where I read it recently, but the stats of Webb, Haren, and Johnson agains the Cubs are phenomenal. Johnson has dominated the Cubs over his lifetime to give him the third best record against a team ever.

I understand the argument that today’s diamondbacks aren’t the same as last year, but don’t act as if there is no reason to not want to play them.

Waaaaaay to early to tell. Besides if the Cubs play their game, they beat anyone in the NL. We may just see the Phils or Mets in round 1; it’s still to early to tell.