Sports Illustrated hates the Cubs
by Eamus J Catuli on Sep 26, 2008 5:23 AM CDT
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PrintTwo 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
You are my density
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by digitalbenjamin on Sep 26, 2008 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions
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
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...."
BOOOOOOOOOO!
"There are no curses here...Games are won and lost on the baseball field" - Lou Piniella
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
hmm
I cant put plus signs in my post?
anyway that was supposed to list as
(plus)345
(plus)335
(plus)890
(plus)1210
Vegas odds
When I was there on 9/15, Treasure Island Sports Book had the Cubs at 2:1, Angels 4:1.
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
This just in---The SI cover had no affect on those teams in the past.
Sincerely,
The Farmers Almanac
i miss jackie gleason
Well, Next Year is here .. and Jack's century's gotta end some time .. GO CUBBIES!
lol
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by digitalbenjamin on Sep 26, 2008 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
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.
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
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
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
what the heek is Wonder Woman doing on the cover?
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by digitalbenjamin on Sep 26, 2008 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
hanging out w/ Milton
There's magic in the ivy...
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 26, 2008 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions
don't you mean gams?
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by digitalbenjamin on Sep 26, 2008 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions
no. no you don't.
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by digitalbenjamin on Sep 26, 2008 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Her plane may be invisible...
…but her hotness is not.
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God help me if my wife ever got hold of it….
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