Has the Curse Been Reversed?

by vegasjs on Sep 11, 2009 8:03 PM CDT Comment 45 comments

Anyone who watched on TV or at Wrigley today saw the gray squirrel that ran through the field into the Cubs and then the Reds dugout today in the 8th inning. Could this be the antidote to the black cat curse at Shea in 1969?

Realistically, the Cubs have won 4 straight and have a fairly favorable schedule the rest of the way. If they can win the next 2 against Cincy, sweep Milwaukee (or go 3-1) and then go 2-1 against STL, they will be in position to put the heat on Colorado. Colorado has 3 vs SF, STL, and LA through the end of the season.

It looks like Lilly is hot, Z is getting set for another big september, Dempster has a strong arm due to his break during the season and Harden can always run off a set of wins. These guys have not given up and nor shall I. If the Cubs go 20-4 (not impossible) and Colorado plays .500 ball its a Cubs/Rockies playoff on October 5.

In the words of Tug Mcgraw, "You gotta believe"

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have another.....

by LuisSalazar on Sep 11, 2009 8:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

It's common knowledge that squirrels have the ability to remove curse

or so I hear.

by Cubbiegoon on Sep 11, 2009 8:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I know you're trying to be humorous, but

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A CURSE. THERE IS NOTHING TO REVERSE. THE ONLY CURSE HAS BEEN BAD BASEBALL.

I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT

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

by Shanghai Badger on Sep 11, 2009 9:02 PM CDT reply actions 7 recs

And if we had a squirrel earlier

this bad baseball could have been avoided.

It never gets to be easy

by chitownhawkeye on Sep 11, 2009 9:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And that's a shame

because the darn things are everywhere.

"Was you ever punched in the face five hundred times a night? It stings after a while." ~Rocky Balboa

by Goodie1969 on Sep 11, 2009 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not to mention

they’re even on Facebook.

"Was you ever punched in the face five hundred times a night? It stings after a while." ~Rocky Balboa

by Goodie1969 on Sep 11, 2009 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

facebook: the real downfall of the cubs

people who swing at the first pitch should get punched in the face

by jesus christos on Sep 11, 2009 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I read they are high in cholesterol.

"Fasten your seatbelts"-Pat Hughes

by katie casey on Sep 12, 2009 8:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rec'd

Jerry’s been so distant lately and Lovie barely calls.- Just Dave

by Allie on Sep 11, 2009 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And thats a twofer.

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by AndrewJStone on Sep 11, 2009 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Truth

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by MrNFL on Sep 14, 2009 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good thing

there is a another one to fall back on

No excuses. No injuries. No "better luck next time"
Do it, and shut the f—- up.
-Reggie Jackson

by stlwcards on Sep 11, 2009 10:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Even I'm one of the most optimistic Cubs fans

But come on…Rockies losing Wildcard to Cubs is beyond epic failure for any team franchise and is likely not going to happen.

On the other hand, Dodgers are only 2 games up on Rockies. I see it more possibly for Dodgers to tank and not make it in postseason than your scenario.

No offense.

by ak123 on Sep 11, 2009 10:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

It's very unlikely that the Cubs make the playoffs...

But no more unlikely than the 2004 Astros’ comeback (per Coolstandings, which is a neat site, but has really obnoxious pop-up ads). As long as I’ve got the time I’m keeping up the watch… the odds are low but the payoff would be pretty awesome.

by aldimond on Sep 11, 2009 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed!

I’m still following every game but its more in hopes DLee gets more HR or one of our pitchers has a fantastic game.

But when I referred to Dodgers losing their playoff spot, I didn’t mean to Cubs but more likely Giants. I’ve had this belief for a good month now…

by ak123 on Sep 11, 2009 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

STFU

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

by El Borto on Sep 11, 2009 11:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Cubs go 20-4 and Rockies play .500

And the Giants, Braves, Marlins and Dodgers are just going to vanish?

I spit on this post.

There is no such thing as an ugly female breast

by Worf on Sep 11, 2009 11:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Ptooey all you want Worf, but the Cardinals did lose last night...

…and for the first time in eons, the Cubs made up a little ground in the division race. Maybe Mr. Squirrel is on to something here…

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Sep 12, 2009 8:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And yet

The Rockies scored 4 with two out of Heath Bell last night.

I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT

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

by Shanghai Badger on Sep 12, 2009 8:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, he can't be everywhere at once. C'mon, he's only one squirrel.

Maybe if he had an apprentice…

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Sep 12, 2009 8:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Obi-Wan is pretty useless, isn't he?

There is no such thing as an ugly female breast

by Worf on Sep 12, 2009 9:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Only a Klingon speaks

in absolutes. :P

"I’m not going to allow Al Yellon to flush this thing down the crapper without a fight." (BLOU)
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.

by drewishdrewid on Sep 12, 2009 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, that's SITH

And nice of you to show up again.

There is no such thing as an ugly female breast

by Worf on Sep 12, 2009 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Obi-Wan is perhaps the greatest Jedi of all.

You speak blasphemy. Who else could have defeated Vader at the height of his power?

No one, that’s who. Only his mercy allowed Vader to live, and thus be saved by his own son’s love. Useless? Bah!

"Was you ever punched in the face five hundred times a night? It stings after a while." ~Rocky Balboa

by Goodie1969 on Sep 12, 2009 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

One little force push into the lava

and Obi-Wan saves the galaxy from a horrible ruler in Vader.

Bah…Qui-Gon would have kicked Vader’s ass, then converted him back, then bitch-slapped the Emperor.

There is no such thing as an ugly female breast

by Worf on Sep 12, 2009 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That storyline needs to be re-written.

I’m still not exactly sure why Vader turned evil. Was it because he kind of witnessed the Emperor killing Samuel L Jackson?

Because he was a good guy, then he watched Sam Jackson get killed, and literally in the next scene he’s chopping kids’ heads off like Dahmer.

What a wasted opportunity. If the Star Wars Prequels were a baseball team, they would be the 2009 Cubs. Shiny and expensive, underperforming, often inexplicable, and completely lacking any heart whatsoever. And both got some pretty terrible performances from their stars.

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by D98 on Sep 12, 2009 8:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Princess Jen would own the Jedi and the Sith

End of argument.

Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we will go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..

coda

ELO, 1975

by cubnational on Sep 12, 2009 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jar Jar Miles?

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Sep 12, 2009 9:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Watched the Emperor kill Sam Jackson?

Uh…….Anakin chopped off Sam’s saber arm right as he was about to drop the death blow on Darth Sidious.

Remember his anuished and overacted line, “What have I DONE?”

Interesting analogy, though. To take it a bit further, if the original trilogy were a baseball team, it would be the 2008 Cubs. Amazing story, rollicking action, fine performances, and it seems like nothing could be better, and then all of a sudden the Ewoks show up and the whole thing turns into a regrettable mess.

"Was you ever punched in the face five hundred times a night? It stings after a while." ~Rocky Balboa

by Goodie1969 on Sep 12, 2009 11:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The thing is...

All of the Anakin crap could have been sold if they had an actor who could somehow manage to convey falling if he was pushed off a cliff.

There is no such thing as an ugly female breast

by Worf on Sep 12, 2009 11:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Exactly.

I watched Hayden Christensen in “Jumpers” and immediately wished I also had the power to instantly transport myself somewhere else.

Somewhere where it’s illegal to air movies with Hayden Christensen in them.

"Was you ever punched in the face five hundred times a night? It stings after a while." ~Rocky Balboa

by Goodie1969 on Sep 12, 2009 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

he was OK in Shattered Glass

that said, it was probably about the best you can expect from him. Other than him being a buff, smoldering looking Canadian hunk who can creatively mumble and look henpecked all the time, he’s no Olivier.

Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we will go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..

coda

ELO, 1975

by cubnational on Sep 13, 2009 6:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rent "Awake" some time

It’s Hayden and Jessica Alba

The acting makes a fourth-grade Christmas pageant look like the Royal Shakespeare Company.

There is no such thing as an ugly female breast

by Worf on Sep 13, 2009 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jumpers

You know, if that movie were made in Sweden, it’d be pronounced, “Yumpers”.

I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT

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

by Shanghai Badger on Sep 13, 2009 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Force push? Try Xanax...

If they had decent therapists in the Old Republic, then somebody could have dealt with Anakin’s Oedipal issues. As simple anti-depressant prescription could have saved millions of lives.

I think I speak for everyone here when I say, "Wait, what the hell are you talking about?"

by Ross on Sep 15, 2009 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

All that technology and no happy pills.

Tsk, tsk.

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by dat cubfan daver on Sep 15, 2009 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

"These aren't the nuts you are looking for..."

Quia tuum es fatum titulis discidiis, vexillinis limbis nationalis,
gloriam seriis mundialisque, nunc et in saecula saeculorum...

Amen.

by Zeke on Sep 12, 2009 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is Christmas coming early this year?

"Fasten your seatbelts"-Pat Hughes

by katie casey on Sep 12, 2009 8:51 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Anyone see the new Heckler's article on the "Curse of Vine Line"?

It was pretty funny. They said

This winter one cover featured free agent signees Milton Bradley, Aaron Miles, Kevin Gregg, Luis Vizcaino and Joey Gathright and each and every one of them has had a terrible 2009 campaign for us. That’s just too freaky to simply be bad judgement by our front office to sign them in the first place.

"Fasten your seatbelts"-Pat Hughes

by katie casey on Sep 12, 2009 9:03 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I applaud (but do not share) the optimism

But I gotta say the drivel about the squirrel was lame though.

I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren

by lookingdeadred on Sep 12, 2009 10:39 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I am not opposed to squirrels taking the field for the Cubs

as long as they bat clean up

Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we will go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..

coda

ELO, 1975

by cubnational on Sep 13, 2009 6:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lou wants the squirrel to bat 5th

I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren

by lookingdeadred on Sep 14, 2009 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs