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Sports Illustrated hates the Cubs

 Two Days ago, Trey2317 had a great comment about how some MLB teams have overcome the SI Jinx and won the World Series.

1991 Twins (ALCS)
1992 Blue Jays (ALCS)
1996 Yankees (prior to World Series)
2001 Diamonbacks (middle of WS)
2004 Red Sox (middle of WS)
2005 south side club (middle of WS)
2007 Red Sox (leading into WS)

I'm not a beliver in curses or jinxes or ghosts .... But we have precedent going against us.  Check this out.  The Cubs can't seem to catch a break when they get featured on S late in the year

1969, 71, 84, 98, and 2003 are all examples.  Somehow we managed to blow it in 89 and 207 on our own.

 

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This team in 2008 will control thier own destiny

No “curse” or jink or whatever is going to stop them.

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .291 29 HR 72 RBI

by Galvan316 on Sep 26, 2008 8:10 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I couldn't say it better.

Lets not create excuses anymore, the team controls their own destiny.

by McCarron on Sep 26, 2008 8:14 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thanks for bringing up

curses, and jinxes, because we are SO not used to hearing about them. Do you work at Fox Sports?

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Sep 26, 2008 8:14 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

my favorite are the cubs radio sponsors

that bring up 100 years…….i dunno about anyone else, but as they come on i turn off the radio…..good marketing huh

"Pounding sand since 1982...."

by cubswynn on Sep 26, 2008 8:21 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

BOOOOOOOOOO!

"There are no curses here...Games are won and lost on the baseball field" - Lou Piniella

by El Borto on Sep 26, 2008 8:20 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

looking for excuses already?

the playoffs haven’t even started!!

by siwook on Sep 26, 2008 8:25 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Silly stuff...

…and it continues to get way too much play in my eyes.

"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel

by MPH73 on Sep 26, 2008 8:32 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

yes the cubs failed to win the WS because of a magazine picture

it definitely had nothing to do w/ the players.

people who buy into curses are just looking for an excuse.

There's magic in the ivy...

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 26, 2008 8:42 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Just heard something on the radio....

The Vegas oddsmakers think off all the possible combinations a Philadelphia Phillies vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim World Series has the best probability of happening.

Interesting.

by MDBNIU on Sep 26, 2008 8:59 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

that's not true

Cubs are favored in the NL, angels are favored in the AL. therefore, the oddsmakers think a Cubs vs. angels series has the best probability of happening.

the pink hat guy is my father

by joeschmitt on Sep 26, 2008 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wait, you mean MDBNIU is wrong?!

The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions

by dat cubfan daver on Sep 26, 2008 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

OK, far be it from me to defend MDBNIU...

… but are you denying that he heard something on the radio? How can you do that? Were you there when he was listening to the radio?

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

by Al on Sep 26, 2008 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

His radio is a guess-transmitting hack.

The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions

by dat cubfan daver on Sep 26, 2008 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Sep 26, 2008 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

well

I was just checking out my favorite odds making website and the Cubs(345) have the lowest odds along with Anaheim(335) to win the world series so don’t know what Vegas casion has Philly(890) or Dodgers(1210) as the lower odds.

by chicagodave on Sep 26, 2008 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

hmm

I cant put plus signs in my post?

anyway that was supposed to list as
(plus)345
(plus)335
(plus)890
(plus)1210

by chicagodave on Sep 26, 2008 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Vegas odds

When I was there on 9/15, Treasure Island Sports Book had the Cubs at 2:1, Angels 4:1.

by Section 527 on Sep 26, 2008 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I turned off my alarm in the middle of the night

and was late for work today. Everytime that’s ever happened the Cubs did not win the World Series within a month.

AHHHHH!!!

make*art

by neverAcquiesce on Sep 26, 2008 9:05 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Cornography!

And away we go!

The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions

by dat cubfan daver on Sep 26, 2008 11:05 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

i miss jackie gleason

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

by cubnational on Sep 26, 2008 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sports Illustrated will feature the Cubs everytime

they have a chance to win it all. The Cubs sell magazines.

So you can either get used to it and stop thinking there is any such thing as curses or you can start using it as some lame excuse in case the Cubs don’t win it all and be laughed at and mocked by friends and serious people.

by Josh77 on Sep 26, 2008 11:05 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I agree

that some people buy into the curse thing just to look for an excuse….this cubs team is not the same as the 99 other teams that didn’t win it and shouldn’t constantly be reminded of “curses”….whatever happens in the playoffs is of thier doing and thier doing alone, not some profound magazine picture

by sgerring21 on Sep 26, 2008 11:53 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Mr. Jinx (Jinks), At Your Service!

Never, but NEVER, put ketchup on a hot dog.

by CaliCub on Sep 26, 2008 12:34 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Sep 26, 2008 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Never, but NEVER, put ketchup on a hot dog.

by CaliCub on Sep 26, 2008 1:58 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

There. Is. No. Such. Thing. As. A. Curse.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 26, 2008 2:45 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Being Smoking Hot

Standings: -EEEEE
Me: "EEEEE!"

by znohitter on Sep 26, 2008 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

hanging out w/ Milton

There's magic in the ivy...

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 26, 2008 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Her plane may be invisible...

…but her hotness is not.

The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions

by dat cubfan daver on Sep 26, 2008 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Lasso of Truth

God help me if my wife ever got hold of it….

Never, but NEVER, put ketchup on a hot dog.

by CaliCub on Sep 26, 2008 4:38 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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