Hmm...Cubs and Red Sox clinch division title on same day...

[regnaD kciN]

Is this a sign of the coming Apocalypse? ;-)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

1. Nostradamus wrote about this. Something about typhoons, the birth of a two headed calf, and Mariano

Rivera blowing a 3 run lead against the Orioles!

:toast:

[HereSince1628]

2. .

I'm old and gray and I've never even seen them _lose_ a World Series.

Go Cubs Go! Go Cubs Go!
Hey Chicago Whadda You say?
The Curse is Going to End Some Day!

Go Cubs GO! Go Cubs GO!
Hey Chicago Whadda You Hear?
We'll Probably Wait Until Next Year!

[rockymountaindem]

5. Wouldn't the curse end if the Cubs *get* to the World Series?

As I understand, the curse is not that the Cubs will never win another championship, but that no World Series games will ever be played at Wrigley again. So, if they play game 3 of the World Series there, that would end the curse, correct? So even if they don't go all the way, it would still banish those particular demons.

[HuskerDU]

6. Yes, that is something that has always bothered me. The goat

thing happened in '45, but our last WS championship was '08. The real curse (though I dont believe in 'em just bad baseball) is that of Merkel's boner from 1908. The Giants had the bases loaded and their hitter struck the winning hit. Game over Giants win. But no, somehow my baby bears argued and argued about a technicality regarding whether Merkel had touched second. The game was ruled a tie- THE NEXT DAY- by an umpire that would later work for the Cubs! Giants lost the make-up game and Cubs win pennant to the obvious disdain of the baseball gods.

So, yes the goat thing could be cured with a WS appearance. But was the goat responsible for losing 7 World Series between '09 and '45? That's right, we've lost 7 World Series since we last won one- think Buffalo Bills and add 3 more. The Cubs won't be done with curses until they win it all. If we make the WS and lose, you can bet that Merkel's boner will be the new curse du jour. But it would be nice to just get that damned goat off our backs!

[ikojo]

3. My thoughts exactly!!!

It sucks I, a Cubs fan, live in St Louis where it will be almost impossible to find a championship shirt for my Cubbies.

GO CUBS!!!!

[Stoic]

4. In the case for the Cubs

It was fortunate that the Brewers sucked more than the Cubbies. Still, I hope they go all the way, at least for my father's sake. He's a die hard Cubs fan even though he was born and raised on the south side of Chicago. "Cubs Fever" is a life long disease.