Chicago is in a state of peril. Later this month, the Chicago Cubs will have successfully gone 100 years without a World Series win. Is this a problem? YES! Cubs fans are getting restless, annoyed and very emotional. As a Cubs fan myself, I can honestly say I am tired of waiting until next year. I have heard so many negative comments about my Cubbies in the past week that I think I am going into a Depression. I think that the Cubs season can accurately be summed up in this Youtube Video. In the video, Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano pitches to Dodgers centerfielder Juan Pierre. Pierre lays down a bunt and Zambrano overthrows Derreck Lee, the first baseman. In the end, Pierre makes it safely to third on a play in which he should have been thrown out at first. In game 2 of the National League Divisional Series, all four of the Cubs infielders made errors, which led to a loss of the game and the inevitable loss of the series.
Cubs fans were hopeful after the Cubs finished with the best regular season record in the National League, which makes their quick exit from the playoffs even more difficult to bear. So what will it take? From our perilous times unit, we have seen an extension of leadership in perilous times. This corresponds to an extension in payroll for the Cubs. We need clutch players who can come through in the playoffs and give us our long-waited championship. This offseason, the Cubs need to be aggressive. There are many good free agents this offseason including Manny Ramirez (who destroyed the Cubs in this postseason), CC Sabathia, Ben Sheets, Fransisco Rodriguez and many others.
In contrast to the Great Depression, the Cubs drought may seem short. The economic decline of the Great Depression lasted a year and a half, while the Cubs drought has lasted 100 years!!! If I had the choice between a year and a half of economic decline, a dramatic decrease in employment, and all the other factors causing the Great Depression or waiting another 100 years for the Cubs to win the World Series, I honestly do not know what I would choose. Hopefully next year will be the year the Cubs win, because I am tired of waiting and need to get out of this Depression.
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WHEN WILL IT END?!?!?!?!?!?!?
yes, I know what its like to be rooting for a team that seems hopeless to root for (as a Packers fan living in Chicago). I guess what keeps me going is the thought of one day being able to rub a Super Bowl title in the faces of Bears fans. Sadly, the Cubbies aren't quite as inspiring as the Packers are (in my own opinion). Its easy to say "next year...." but with the way the Cubs played in this postseason (and the past 100 years), we might need to become *tear* Sox fans.
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