Reflections on Cubbies Curse

When will Chicago fans learn? Kathi and I are in Chicago this week doing some support raising stuff. On Monday we were watching WGN, and they were televising the Cubs rally held downtown to celebrate their Central Division championship. Through the course of the hour-long rally, they paraded up on stage the governor, the mayor, and several celebrities all of them proclaiming not only a Cubs victory in the Division series but an inevitable World Series win! I really couldn't believe my ears. Hasn't 99 years of disappointment not taught Cubs Nation that jinxes are real?!?

As I write this, we're watching the Cubs get hammered in game two on the verge of falling behind 0-2 in the series. Don't get me wrong. I'm rooting for the Cubbies. But, I believe in baseball superstitions, and it's obvious that with all of their prognostication that they've doomed their postseason chances before a single pitch was thrown. You would think that years of experience would have taught them to keep their mouths shut until they have the Series trophy in hand.