@mattyglesias 2h2 hours ago Washington, DC
The last time the Cubs won a World Series, the Republican Party favored voting rights for African-Americans.
This is a doggone game!
Emotional roller-coaster.
Stay strong Rikyrah!
10.
dmsilev
So, is it true that if it goes to a recount, SCOTUS makes the final determination? Do we know where Justice Roberts stands on the infield fly rule?
11.
Jerzy Russian
I think the Cubs have a slight edge with the bullpens, but I don’t know what to think any more. Taking Hendricks out early will turn out to be the stupidest move in quite some time.
12.
Bill E Pilgrim
Comey just emailed, they’re going to review new evidence about that slide.
But he assured everyone he didn’t want to affect the outcome.
13.
Peale
Actually call it a tie and give them both an asterisk.
I landed in Hartford, got thanks from the flight attendants and the Cubs fans for keeping them up to date on the score. Apparently, the wireless was balky for many people, though not for me.
As for the current situation, I should have taken Acts of God and points.
Speak American, dammit. It’s “among” for baseball. Amongst is for cricket, and ideally only for Test cricket, which is the only true form of the game. One-day is a waste of a perfectly good day, and T20 is baseball minus defense and strategy.
Here are the worst quotes from the Joe Buck article:
About people saying he sucks:
Vin Scully and Curt Gowdy have talked about it, this is an ongoing phenomenon that’s only gotten louder because of social media.
SACRILEGE: You are not fit to lick their boots.
About some interview show he does (never even heard of it):
It’s kind of like Inside the Actor’s Studio, but instead of Sean Penn it’s Lynn Swann.
Don’t think you can lick James Lipton’s boots, either. He comes up with fascinating facts. You don’t.
The hairplugs thing:
But it was a joke, it’s not like I’m freebasing hair plugs at parties. It’s painful as hell and I hate every minute of it, but I felt like it was a necessary evil. And as I joked, and I think I’m being honest, I think it’s more for ego than for TV. I don’t think men like losing their hair, I don’t think that’s a newsflash. When you see people, start from Donald Trump and go down, you realize people will do anything to have some coverage up there.
What is going on with that situation with Trump’s hair, as someone who knows?
I’m fascinated. As someone who has a good radar for hair plugs, and they are everywhere, way more than people realize, his just stun me. I have no earthly idea. When Fallon messed it up, I thought… I don’t know? It is ear hair that’s combed way over? It’s really intriguing.
He said it’s not a joke. This is what he wants to know about the Republican candidate for President.
Put this downstairs. Cubs pulled their DH. They can no longer use a DH. The pitcher’s spot now has to hit. With the one run scored that may not matter.
25.
Death Panel Truck
Now’s the time for a grand slam.
26.
Botsplainer
Dying…
27.
different-church-lady
OK, here’s how it plays out: grand slam, followed by Chapman giving up 5 runs in the bottom of the 10th…
Ken Burns is done with making baseball movies — with one potential exception.
“There are no baseball-themed features in the pipeline,” Burns said Monday during a TCA press tour session. But, he added, “If the Cubs win the World Series we will have ‘The 11th Inning.’”
now that’s exciting.
38.
Jerzy Russian
@Jerzy Russian: Maybe they bat around and Hayward will get another shot.
39.
Eric S.
@Eric S.: I retract that statement. I was confusing a rule. If the DH gets plays a defensive position then you lose the DH. Substituting a pinch runner means the runner becomes the new DH.
I have decided to view this game as a proxy for the election and ergo to root for the Cubs. However, if the Cubs win, Billy Corgan will be happy, and that will be a bummer.
58.
Mary G
Hit! One run in.
So, does anybody know what the thick necklace Davis is wearing is made out of? They look like braided plastic to me, but somehow that doesn’t seem likely.
59.
Death Panel Truck
@different-church-lady: Now pitching for Chicago: B-Rock “The Islamic Shock” Hussein SuperAllah Obama!
@Suzanne: I went to a new mega-doctor’s office today and I thought of you. The accent walls were painted the same bile green they used in hospitals in the 50s, but the waiting room had electrical plugs under the seats, which people were impressed with. One guy was charging a phone and a tablet.
84.
Villago Delenda Est
Meteor is now out of holding pattern, en route to Cleveland; the end is nigh!
85.
Keith P.
@CaseyL: Ironic for Cleveland to blow a 3-1 series, right?
Someone in my neighborhood is banging pots together in celebration, and I just heard fireworks go off.
(Champaign-Urbana)
100.
Suzanne
@Mary G: Hah. It is funny how “charging furniture” and decor is becoming a thing. I was in a hotel recently that had outlets for charging in the base of the bedside lamp. Mr. Suzanne is now coveting.
101.
different-church-lady
REPORTER: “Baseball player! You just went through one of the most grueling, draining, amazing, heartwrenching sporting events in history. Please be articulate!”
@efgoldman: The ’91 season is probably the closest they’ll ever get. They humiliated Dallas 38-6, and were slaughtered by Washington in the NFC championship game.
113.
Eric S.
@WaterGirl: Amateurs in your neck of the woods. If I’m lucky it’ll be quiet enough to sleep in an hour.
3 blocks west of Wrigley Field.
The “great” games are ones in which there are bad managerial decisions, bullpen meltdowns, etc. But these “failings” are what create the drama. You’re counting down the remaining outs and then something goes awry (or, if you were trailing, something great happens).
A lot of fun to watch. Not sure I would have survived it had my team been playing.
116.
seaboogie
This guy is going to be on every morning news/late night show this week….
I learned baseball through both my parents. My mother loved the words spring training. Watching the game. I felt them. They would have loved the actual game. Let alone the world series. Could you have asked for more for a game 7 in the World Series?
124.
Elizabelle
Oh, WaPost: little blurb on front page:
The Chicago Cubs won their first title since 1906 with a riveting, 8-7, 10-inning victory over the Cleveland Indians…
Baseball is the best. So much strategy, so many chances for incredible things to happen. Heroes conjured out of journeymen.
127.
Mary G
The necklaces really are just rope and cost between $4-$50.
Sold on the Major League Baseball website, Phiten ropes claim to “stabilize your electric current inside the body” by “allowing the flow of energy.” All Phiten’s products have been treated with metal that has been dissolved in water – what they call aqua titanium.
On Fox news site, so no linkie.
128.
hueyplong
Just read that was Montgomery’s first career save.
@seaboogie: I wanted to see a picture of Bob Newhart. He is a happy man tonight.
133.
hueyplong
I could easily see the Detroit Lions making the playoffs this year.
[These posts delete after a month or so, right?]
134.
mike in dc
Congrats to Chicago fans. No relief in sight for Vikings fans, sadly.
135.
Percysowner
Congratulations to all the Cub fans! As someone who 1) Could not care less about baseball. 2) Was born and raised in Cleveland 3) Finds the Cleveland name and mascot offensive I really did not care who won the series. If Cleveland gets its act together and at the VERY LEAST dumps Chief Wahoo, I will root for them until then, Eh! But I am happy for the Cubs fans.
136.
Davebo
@efgoldman: Only old fucks like you and I would consider the tired/drunk angle.
@hueyplong: It’s not insane. The Vikings look ready to combust into dust. The Packers are strangely uneven. The Bears are… not that good, Monday night notwithstanding.
@Davebo: Not really. Their OC just up and quit today.
141.
max
@different-church-lady: REPORTER: “Baseball player! You just went through one of the most grueling, draining, amazing, heartwrenching sporting events in history. Please be articulate!”
‘It’s just a great feeling, we got it done, we always believed in our hearts that we could get it done and with the support of my wife and kids and God/family/hometown/whatever we got it done.’
max
[‘Insert extra sputtering as needed.’]
142.
patroclus
My 94-year old Dad just called to celebrate the Cubbies’ W! Even he had never seen anything like this. One of the most exciting games I’ve ever seen. I live a few blocks away from Wrigleyville and the whole North Side is going BERSERK!!!!
Chicago is too far away at the moment, so I am just going to have to go outside and turn my own car over.
150.
Elizabelle
Do the Cubs go to Disneyworld now?
151.
jl
Great game.
Hope the Cubs learned their lesson and let the goats in from now on, bath or no.
152.
patroclus
@Elizabelle: Maybe eventually, but we’ve got Chicago-related parades and rallies which will go on for days first. I suspect Obama might have them to the White House as well (although he’s a Sox fan). Hillary’s a historic Cubs fan though – she feigns being a Yankee/Mets fan now, but we all know how she really feels.
As a San Francisco Giants fan, I must say I’m relieved that both cities got through this year’s World Series without any earthquakes.
158.
jl
@Elizabelle: The curse on the Cubs supposedly started when they kicked a fan who took his stinky goat to the game. The guy owned a bar called the Billy Goat Tavern. The fan was steamed and put a curse in the team. That was in 1945. Thought the goats should share in the glory.
@Jacel: I figure that the Cubs beat the Dodgers, so they did their bit, and it is all good.
162.
Suffragete City elftx
Wish my fil and a cpl others were around to see this. Hubby and I have looked at each other a few times then talk about how yes we are happy but it’s difficult to understand how to feel.
The G/D Cubs won the World Series!!
163.
Death Panel Truck
@efgoldman: They were pretty dominant in the ’50s. They beat the Browns three times out of four. Bobby Layne was a bad ass. He barhopped (with Alex Karras) six days a week, and played football on Sunday. The booze did him in eventually.
164.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Jacel: Can’t the Giants and A’s ever be in the series together again.
@Davebo: True. 5-2 is a good record. But they’ve shown dramatic weaknesses these past 2 weeks, both losses: No offensive line. Injuries. Bradford is harassed constantly and no QB save a scrambling genius can succeed being heavily rushed all the time.
And with the opposition offense able to control the ball more, the defense gets worn down and then beaten. This was by far the best defense in football for the first month, but Chicago made them look bad.
I expect the Vikings to lose most of the rest of their games.
dmsilev
From the TwitterTron:
Elmo
WTFOMGBBQ
Robin G.
2016 has officially jumped the shark.
TaMara (HFG)
Bad Horse just texted me this: Caddyshack
I laughed.
Could this series end any other way?
Death Panel Truck
Just call it on account of rain and finish it tomorrow. I ain’t stayin’ up half the goddamned night.
David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch
How much ya wanna bet Pete Rose is gambling on this game.
themann1086
@David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch: “Put me down for $1,000!” -Pete Rose
Peale
@Death Panel Truck: play the make up game in April
laura
This is a doggone game!
Emotional roller-coaster.
Stay strong Rikyrah!
dmsilev
So, is it true that if it goes to a recount, SCOTUS makes the final determination? Do we know where Justice Roberts stands on the infield fly rule?
Jerzy Russian
I think the Cubs have a slight edge with the bullpens, but I don’t know what to think any more. Taking Hendricks out early will turn out to be the stupidest move in quite some time.
Bill E Pilgrim
Comey just emailed, they’re going to review new evidence about that slide.
But he assured everyone he didn’t want to affect the outcome.
Peale
Actually call it a tie and give them both an asterisk.
redshirt
So are the Cubs the younger team to the Bears?
divF
I landed in Hartford, got thanks from the flight attendants and the Cubs fans for keeping them up to date on the score. Apparently, the wireless was balky for many people, though not for me.
As for the current situation, I should have taken Acts of God and points.
redshirt
Game on!
divF
@divF: Oops, were back on the air.
burnspbesq
Amongst?
Speak American, dammit. It’s “among” for baseball. Amongst is for cricket, and ideally only for Test cricket, which is the only true form of the game. One-day is a waste of a perfectly good day, and T20 is baseball minus defense and strategy.
Mary G
@David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch: He’s got Cleveland, because he was madder at them.
Here are the worst quotes from the Joe Buck article:
About people saying he sucks:
SACRILEGE: You are not fit to lick their boots.
About some interview show he does (never even heard of it):
Don’t think you can lick James Lipton’s boots, either. He comes up with fascinating facts. You don’t.
The hairplugs thing:
He said it’s not a joke. This is what he wants to know about the Republican candidate for President.
Waldo
Try not to hit into a double play, Ben.
Jerzy Russian
drop your linen and start your grinning!
Adam L Silverman
@burnspbesq: To the Queen!
Botsplainer
Thank god.
Eric S.
Put this downstairs. Cubs pulled their DH. They can no longer use a DH. The pitcher’s spot now has to hit. With the one run scored that may not matter.
Death Panel Truck
Now’s the time for a grand slam.
Botsplainer
Dying…
different-church-lady
OK, here’s how it plays out: grand slam, followed by Chapman giving up 5 runs in the bottom of the 10th…
redshirt
Cubs lead!
Jerzy Russian
Ok, a single also works.
Waldo
Yay! Good job, Cubs. I would stay and watch the end, but I have to get up for work in 10 minutes.
Jerzy Russian
I want to see Heyward get a grand slam.
Adam L Silverman
@Death Panel Truck: Or a good base hit.
Adam L Silverman
@Waldo: We can write you a note for your boss?
different-church-lady
Apparently my town is being threatened by a protein drink….
burnspbesq
@Adam L Silverman:
The Queen!
Death Panel Truck
@Adam L Silverman: Two runs work for me.
David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch
now that’s exciting.
Jerzy Russian
@Jerzy Russian: Maybe they bat around and Hayward will get another shot.
Eric S.
@Eric S.: I retract that statement. I was confusing a rule. If the DH gets plays a defensive position then you lose the DH. Substituting a pinch runner means the runner becomes the new DH.
columbusqueen
@David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch: But not if the Indians pull it off? (sob)
Adam L Silverman
@Death Panel Truck: Yep. When the bases are loaded like that you just need to put it in play in a way that your runners can advance and score.
David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch
I don’t want to take ALL the credit, but I did predict this outcome 2 years ago:
MomSense
Oh my dog 2016 you are killing us.
different-church-lady
Oh, what a perfect time for a rookie tryout!
CaseyL
I lied; I’m still here. FSM, this game.
redshirt
@different-church-lady: No pressure at all.
max
@Adam L Silverman: Yep. When the bases are loaded like that you just need to put it in play in a way that your runners can advance and score.
OR you lay off and accept the walk!
max
[‘A run’s a run.’]
Mary G
Come on Indians, tie it up.
Keith P.
I normally am bored to tears by baseball, but this game is incredible. IN-FREAKING-CREDIBLE.
mdblanche
I’m very nervous about the structural integrity of the seventh seal.
redshirt
@mdblanche: Come to find out it’s an Ikea product.
CaseyL
They’re trying to kill us all, aren’t they?
rikyrah
I can barely breathe
different-church-lady
“NOW PITCHING FOR CHICAGO: BETTY WHITE.”
Jerzy Russian
Sweet Jesus. Hold that motherfucking runner on, for fuck’s sake.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@different-church-lady: That might be their best bet.
Suzanne
I have decided to view this game as a proxy for the election and ergo to root for the Cubs. However, if the Cubs win, Billy Corgan will be happy, and that will be a bummer.
Mary G
Hit! One run in.
So, does anybody know what the thick necklace Davis is wearing is made out of? They look like braided plastic to me, but somehow that doesn’t seem likely.
Death Panel Truck
@different-church-lady: Now pitching for Chicago: B-Rock “The Islamic Shock” Hussein SuperAllah Obama!
Mike J
Red Sox were up by 2 in the 10th in the Buckner game.
piratedan
@Suzanne: back from the Hillary rally? she was pretty awesome from what I saw online
redshirt
@Mike J: Oh, the pain. I can still feel it. It was such a shock!
Suzanne
@piratedan: I couldn’t go. I am kind of destroyed about it. The last two weeks have been insane with work.
Adam L Silverman
The Cubs have won the World Series!!!!!!!
redshirt
@Suzanne: Don’t play that game. Cubs ownership are Trump supporters.
Davebo
Awesome game!
TaMara (HFG)
And that’s all she wrote…. CUBBIES!
Eric S.
W
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Adam L Silverman: The apocalypse is upon us.
Keith P.
THANK GOD it’s over. Amazing game.
redshirt
Wow, the radio stream is WAY behind. Still not up to bat.
Steve in the ATL
Oh hell yes!
Jerzy Russian
That was awesome!
CaseyL
The CUBS have WON.
What an amazeballs game. What a series – down 3 games to 1, and they come back to win. An instant classic.
dmsilev
Well, it’s been nice knowing you folks, but now that the meteor is confirmed to strike the Earth, I guess that’s it.
Suzanne
Was that Rahmbo in the crowd?
mdblanche
The script for the year 2016 has been rejected for insufficient believablity.
Jerzy Russian
Who is the MVP?
redshirt
@dmsilev: Take care everyone. RIP in peace.
chopper
this is just…oh man.
redshirt
Wow, this is pretty special.
mdblanche
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Possibly. We’ll know for sure next Tuesday.
Mary G
@Suzanne: I went to a new mega-doctor’s office today and I thought of you. The accent walls were painted the same bile green they used in hospitals in the 50s, but the waiting room had electrical plugs under the seats, which people were impressed with. One guy was charging a phone and a tablet.
Villago Delenda Est
Meteor is now out of holding pattern, en route to Cleveland; the end is nigh!
Keith P.
@CaseyL: Ironic for Cleveland to blow a 3-1 series, right?
max
Ahem. Cubbies.
max
[‘Yay.’]
Lizzy L
HF. CUBS WIN!!
different-church-lady
Theo Epstein: Curse Buster
TaMara (HFG)
@mdblanche: You win the thread.
?BillinGlendaleCA
Cubs win.
Tom Q
Bravo Cubs, and Bravo baseball. You couldn’t ask for better.
redshirt
@different-church-lady: I once ate breakfast a couple of tables away from Theo in the Fenway. Hashtag #Blessed
Death Panel Truck
Never thought I’d live long enough to see the Red Sox, the White Sox and the Cubs win the World Series.
Now, if only the Detroit Lions would win the Super Bowl. I’d die a happy man.
Adam L Silverman
@?BillinGlendaleCA: I’ve got marshmallows, who brought the chocolate and graham crackers for the smores?
rikyrah
I can’t believe it. It IS NEXT YEAR??????
Adam L Silverman
@redshirt: Try fast forwarding!
redshirt
@Death Panel Truck: We live in interesting times.
Steve in the ATL
Happy for Jason Heyward that he got a ring.
Also happy that the Braves didn’t re-sign him.
WaterGirl
Someone in my neighborhood is banging pots together in celebration, and I just heard fireworks go off.
(Champaign-Urbana)
Suzanne
@Mary G: Hah. It is funny how “charging furniture” and decor is becoming a thing. I was in a hotel recently that had outlets for charging in the base of the bedside lamp. Mr. Suzanne is now coveting.
different-church-lady
REPORTER: “Baseball player! You just went through one of the most grueling, draining, amazing, heartwrenching sporting events in history. Please be articulate!”
raven
This will have to do until I get a new one!!!
raven
@WaterGirl: Hell yes, my Facebook pagers from C-U and Chicago has exploded!!
Carolina Dave
@rikyrah: good morning everyone!
Elizabelle
Wow, that was an exciting game. If you are only going to watch one, during the whole season, that was the one the watch.
And the Indians played very well too.
redshirt
@Elizabelle: Not in game 6 it sounded like.
Aleta
The Edwards kid, a story by himself.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Mary G:
My landlord painted my bathroom that color, I told him it had to go. (I repainted it muslin white.)
Elizabelle
@rikyrah: Congratulations, Ms. rikyrah.
You are going to have to get some little cubs emoticons.
Mary G
@rikyrah: Congratulations!
Elie
Yay! Great game too
Death Panel Truck
@efgoldman: The ’91 season is probably the closest they’ll ever get. They humiliated Dallas 38-6, and were slaughtered by Washington in the NFC championship game.
Eric S.
@WaterGirl: Amateurs in your neck of the woods. If I’m lucky it’ll be quiet enough to sleep in an hour.
3 blocks west of Wrigley Field.
rikyrah
I can’t believe it. It is FINALLY NEXT YEAR
hueyplong
The “great” games are ones in which there are bad managerial decisions, bullpen meltdowns, etc. But these “failings” are what create the drama. You’re counting down the remaining outs and then something goes awry (or, if you were trailing, something great happens).
A lot of fun to watch. Not sure I would have survived it had my team been playing.
seaboogie
This guy is going to be on every morning news/late night show this week….
Eric S.
I expect a mini baby boom in Chicago in 9 months.
MomSense
@rikyrah:
Good morning!?
Gemina13
@rikyrah:
At long last. :D What will the Bleacher Bums do for a victory party?
seaboogie
@Eric S.: I learned what the “W” flag was all about – and am so happy that the Cubbies won!
?BillinGlendaleCA
At least Joe of the Morning and crew won’t be talking about emails for the first hour of Morning Email tomorrow.
Mary G
That is the best trophy.
rikyrah
I learned baseball through both my parents. My mother loved the words spring training. Watching the game. I felt them. They would have loved the actual game. Let alone the world series. Could you have asked for more for a game 7 in the World Series?
Elizabelle
Oh, WaPost: little blurb on front page:
Are there no editors?
rikyrah
@Gemina13:
I don’t know. It is crazy
redshirt
Baseball is the best. So much strategy, so many chances for incredible things to happen. Heroes conjured out of journeymen.
Mary G
The necklaces really are just rope and cost between $4-$50.
On Fox news site, so no linkie.
hueyplong
Just read that was Montgomery’s first career save.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Elizabelle:
Nope, they all got the package in the last reorg.
raven
@rikyrah: Not this one. The Greatest.
Mary G
@Elizabelle: Copy editors were the first to go.
Elizabelle
@seaboogie: I wanted to see a picture of Bob Newhart. He is a happy man tonight.
hueyplong
I could easily see the Detroit Lions making the playoffs this year.
[These posts delete after a month or so, right?]
mike in dc
Congrats to Chicago fans. No relief in sight for Vikings fans, sadly.
Percysowner
Congratulations to all the Cub fans! As someone who 1) Could not care less about baseball. 2) Was born and raised in Cleveland 3) Finds the Cleveland name and mascot offensive I really did not care who won the series. If Cleveland gets its act together and at the VERY LEAST dumps Chief Wahoo, I will root for them until then, Eh! But I am happy for the Cubs fans.
Davebo
@efgoldman: Only old fucks like you and I would consider the tired/drunk angle.
Davebo
@mike in dc:
Vikings still have a really good team.
Elizabelle
@efgoldman: “Noap.”
redshirt
@hueyplong: It’s not insane. The Vikings look ready to combust into dust. The Packers are strangely uneven. The Bears are… not that good, Monday night notwithstanding.
redshirt
@Davebo: Not really. Their OC just up and quit today.
max
@different-church-lady: REPORTER: “Baseball player! You just went through one of the most grueling, draining, amazing, heartwrenching sporting events in history. Please be articulate!”
‘It’s just a great feeling, we got it done, we always believed in our hearts that we could get it done and with the support of my wife and kids and God/family/hometown/whatever we got it done.’
max
[‘Insert extra sputtering as needed.’]
patroclus
My 94-year old Dad just called to celebrate the Cubbies’ W! Even he had never seen anything like this. One of the most exciting games I’ve ever seen. I live a few blocks away from Wrigleyville and the whole North Side is going BERSERK!!!!
Villago Delenda Est
@Mary G: Woo. Just woo.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@hueyplong: The internet never forgets.
redshirt
@patroclus: Go outside and appreciate it!
patroclus
@redshirt: I just got back. It was great, but there are lot of crazy drunks and I think I’ll call it a night and watch the TV coverage.
redshirt
@patroclus: Yeah, it is dicey. And if cities still handle celebrations like I remember, the riot police will be arriving shortly.
Redshift
Well, that was fun!
BC in Illinois
Chicago is too far away at the moment, so I am just going to have to go outside and turn my own car over.
Elizabelle
Do the Cubs go to Disneyworld now?
jl
Great game.
Hope the Cubs learned their lesson and let the goats in from now on, bath or no.
patroclus
@Elizabelle: Maybe eventually, but we’ve got Chicago-related parades and rallies which will go on for days first. I suspect Obama might have them to the White House as well (although he’s a Sox fan). Hillary’s a historic Cubs fan though – she feigns being a Yankee/Mets fan now, but we all know how she really feels.
jl
@Elizabelle: They all get a pet goat. A cute one.
patroclus
Frickin Rahmbo just announced a ticker-tape parade, but he won’t announce the date until they’re ready.
cokane
that was a decent enough ballgame
Elizabelle
@jl: What’s up with the goats?
Jacel
As a San Francisco Giants fan, I must say I’m relieved that both cities got through this year’s World Series without any earthquakes.
jl
@Elizabelle: The curse on the Cubs supposedly started when they kicked a fan who took his stinky goat to the game. The guy owned a bar called the Billy Goat Tavern. The fan was steamed and put a curse in the team. That was in 1945. Thought the goats should share in the glory.
redshirt
@Elizabelle: Bad luck goats!
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Elizabelle: Curse of the Billy Goat.
jl
@Jacel: I figure that the Cubs beat the Dodgers, so they did their bit, and it is all good.
Suffragete City elftx
Wish my fil and a cpl others were around to see this. Hubby and I have looked at each other a few times then talk about how yes we are happy but it’s difficult to understand how to feel.
The G/D Cubs won the World Series!!
Death Panel Truck
@efgoldman: They were pretty dominant in the ’50s. They beat the Browns three times out of four. Bobby Layne was a bad ass. He barhopped (with Alex Karras) six days a week, and played football on Sunday. The booze did him in eventually.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Jacel: Can’t the Giants and A’s ever be in the series together again.
redshirt
@jl: The previous 30 plus years of no wins was just cuz.
patroclus
Former Justice John Paul Stevens, who was at the game where Ruth called his shot against Charlie Root in 1932, is happy tonight!
Mary G
@redshirt: I hate the end of the season just when the best players are at work. Spring training seems to start earlier every year, though.
Davebo
@redshirt: True but they are 5 and 2 and in first place in NFC north.
amk
cubs finally fucked the goat?
Davebo
@?BillinGlendaleCA: NO!
Darkrose
So the Cleveland Racist Logos lost to the Chicago Domestic Abuse Enablers. Glad that’s over.
redshirt
@Davebo: True. 5-2 is a good record. But they’ve shown dramatic weaknesses these past 2 weeks, both losses: No offensive line. Injuries. Bradford is harassed constantly and no QB save a scrambling genius can succeed being heavily rushed all the time.
And with the opposition offense able to control the ball more, the defense gets worn down and then beaten. This was by far the best defense in football for the first month, but Chicago made them look bad.
I expect the Vikings to lose most of the rest of their games.
Origuy
@David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch: You made it into Snopes.
Joel
@redshirt: BERGMAN.