And So It Goes....

Sunday, 10/5/08
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It's nice to know that, after 100 years, some things never change. For the second year in a row, the Cubs won their division. For the second year in a row, they scored only six runs in their entire postseason run. And, for the second year in a row, they were swept in the first round. I've been a faithful, loyal Cubs fan for my entire life, as was my father. This is the last straw. I'm done. I stick by them loyally for all these years, defend them endlessly - and this is how my efforts are repaid? Screw them. My candidate for the DDOS award today is not the Cubs for being such losers, but myself - for sticking with them as long as I have.

I just bought myself not one, but TWO, Philadelphia Phillies t-shirts. It's time to throw my hat in with a team that can actually win a title during my lifetime. In fact, I might also buy a couple of Red Sox t-shirts to go with those Phillies t-shirts. My son decided, in the spring of '04, that he was a Red Sox fan; that fall, they ended their own incredibly long drought and won the World Series by coming from a 3-0 deficit in the second round to win the next EIGHT games (four to take the pennant and four to win the Series). Guess he was on to something.