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Drinking the Cool Aid
By Mike | October 3, 2007
Only a few hours until game time. Despite all my efforts not to get overly excited about Cubs playoff run, I find myself getting pumped up for tonights game. I know I’m just asking to have my heart crushed again, but everyone else is doing it, so why can’t I?
What’s I find really strange is that a lot of the so called experts are picking the Cubs to go far in this post season. Eight of the ten ESPN columnists picked the Cubs to advance past Arizona, and even the normally bitter, pessimistic local media seems to be hyping them.
Have people not been watching this team all year? Do they forget that the Cubs have the worst record, and come from the worst division of any the other seven playoff teams. Yes the Cubs had a really nice run in the middle of the summer, but they’ve also had some really bad weeks or months to balance that out.
Whether the Cubs go far depends largely on what team shows up in the next few weeks. (Duh) If its the team that had the best record in baseball for a few months around the All-Star game then I expect the to go far, but if not, then this could be a quick exit.
The biggest test is going to be Carlos. If he can stay the dominant pitcher that he has been for his last few starts, the Cubs will be fine. If he reverts back to the guy that throws over 100 pitches in four innings then we really have to hope that our 2,3,4 guys are as good compared to every one else as others have been claiming.
I predicted a few days ago that the Diamondbacks would win in four. Hopefully I’m wrong. I’m starting to reconsider that prediction, but maybe I’ve just been paying too much attention to the hype.
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