OT The Cubs are in the World Series

[1952boyntoncollector]

When a team wins after a long long history of losing, i respect it more if championship win was against a perennial winner. When they beat another long time loser then of course ONE of those teams are going to win.

[bmattioli]

Rooting for Tito to win his third WS.. Can't stand the Cubs or their fans..

[quinnsryche]

Originally Posted by BruceM

Rooting for Tito to win his third WS.. Can't stand the Cubs or their fans..

1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ++++++++++++++++
Amen brother!

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by quinnsryche

1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ++++++++++++++++
Amen brother!

While I'll root for the Tribe it's completely un-related to Francona. As bad as Cubs fans can be Red Sox fans are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy worse.

[kmac32]

Originally Posted by BruceM

Rooting for Tito to win his third WS.. Can't stand the Cubs or their fans..

Bruce,

With a statement like that, you sound like a Cardinal or White Sox fan. Cubs/ Indians WS is good for baseball instead of the recent, Cardinals, Yankees, Giants trend over the last couple of decades. The Cubbies have done well for the last couple of years and leave it at that.

[HRBAKER]

As a 50+ year Cardinals fan I missed the memo that I was supposed to be upset by this. I have no rooting interest for or against either team. Hoping for a compelling, well played Series. No one deserves anything based on a history of futility, the Cubbies have been the best team in baseball all year long. Let's see if they can close the deal against a gang of scrappy well-managed over achievers from Cleveland.

[Snapolit1]

I'm a NY fan . . . National League . . . but looking forward to the WS. Should be great. NFL? Nope. Losing interest every single year. Just love baseball. Just the best game. They can't ruin it.

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

They can't ruin it.

Careful with that statement. ........

[kmac32]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

As a 50+ year Cardinals fan I missed the memo that I was supposed to be upset by this. I have no rooting interest for or against either team. Hoping for a compelling, well played Series. No one deserves anything based on a history of futility, the Cubbies have been the best team in baseball all year long. Let's see if they can close the deal against a gang of scrappy well-managed over achievers from Cleveland.

Completely agree with you. Should be an interesting series and even having the best record in baseball does not guarantee a World Series win. World Series is not necessarily always the best team in baseball, it is more about who is hot at the time. Hopefully it will be my Cubbies but until there is a ring on the players hand, we never know.

[frankbmd]

I would like to dispel the rumor that I attended the 1945 World Series at Wrigley Field, but if you attended a game at Wrigley in 1977, there is a good chance that I was there as well. One would think that we, who collect 108 year old cardboard, would relish the possibility of seeing the Cubs end their 108 year old drought, and become World Series winners once again. I fully realize that the Indians from Cleveland are in the midst of a 68 year old drought of their own, but have no hatred of the Indians or their fans. Que sera, sera.

Either way the result of the Series will have historical significance that should be appreciated by all, especially prewar card collectors. So whether you are partial to Javier "Joan" Baez or in the dugout of Terry Franconehead, relax and enjoy the games. Mordecai and Rapid Robert will be watching as well and will undoubtedly enjoy seeing their successors compete for the title.

Yeah, I'm a Cub fan, and if you can't stand me, so be it, but if the Cubs win in 5 games, I'd love to be on Clark St next Sunday night.

[Orioles1954]

Go Indians!

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

I would like to dispel the rumor that I attended the 1945 World Series at Wrigley...

Did you make it in '08?

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by BruceM

Rooting for Tito to win his third WS.. Can't stand the Cubs or their fans..

[JollyElm]

Don't know who I'm rooting for, but yowza!! The last time the team won the World Series was in 1908. Not only Alaska and Hawaii, but New Mexico and Arizona weren’t even states yet. The outset of World War I was still years away. It would take another 2 decades for sliced bread to be invented. Not only hadn’t it sunk, but they didn’t even start building the Titanic yet. Mr. Cub, Ernie Banks, wasn’t even a glint in his parents’ eyes until over 22 years later. And Teddy Roosevelt - you know the giant head carved into stone on Mt. Rushmore for seemingly an eternity - was the frickin’ president!!!!

[BengoughingForAwhile]

And after missing all but the first 2 games of the 2016 season with a torn ACL Kyle Schwarber returns to DH just in time for the World Series!!!

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by BengoughingForAwhile

And after missing all but the first 2 games of the 2016 season with a torn ACL Kyle Schwarber returns to DH just in time for the World Series!!!

Pretty bold move on Madden's part. I don't care how good someone "can/could" be you miss a whole season and you throw him in there against and with players who've played all year he's going to be overmatched. Then again they could have had Heyward DH

Yes he got a hit but still. To expect anything out of him is asking a lot!

[Leon]

I don't watch much MLB but I must say the first games have been quite the pitching battles to watch.