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Posted by Rohan (Member # 5141) on :

So, I am going off to drown myself due to the spectacular collapse of the Cubs tonight. Anyone care to join me? [Cry]

Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :

Don't drown yourself in a pool of water... drown your sorrows with a glass of coke.

Posted by Nato (Member # 1448) on :

But you can mix that coke with something a little harder if you want.

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

That's how we do it in Boston. [Wink]

Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :

Is that how you're doing it in Boston right now? Stupid Sox lost!

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

Absolut.

Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

And the Marlins stay alive!

WOOHOO!!!! [Big Grin]

Posted by Rohan (Member # 5141) on :

Ela, you are SOOOOOO lucky I eschew violence. Come on, Kerry WOOD!!!!

Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :

The Cubs lost?

Oh man, work's going to be fun tomorrow. Four of my six coworkers are HUGE Cubs fans.

Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

GO FISH!!!

[Taunt]

Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :

::baits his hook::
::grabs his pole::
::heads down to the lake::

Posted by newfoundlogic (Member # 3907) on :

Ha ha! [Party]

Go Marlins!!! [The Wave]

Holy crap what a win!!! [The Wave]

Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :

Does anybody here like the Giants?
*ducks*

Posted by newfoundlogic (Member # 3907) on :

No!

Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :

Me either, I just like to see their games because San Francisco Pacific Bell Park is the closest ballpark to Sacramento here in California. [Smile]

Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :

isn't Cubbie the littlest Gummi Bear?

[Dont Know]

Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :

You just ruined my life with this news. [Cry]

Well, not completely. But I can't believe they lost 2 in a fricking row!!!! [Mad]

Posted by esl (Member # 3143) on :

I like the Giants. mostly because I'm from San Francisco. I don't really follow baseball.

Posted by Zan (Member # 4888) on :

Wow, I thought Cubbie from the Mouseketeers died or something.

Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :

The poor fan who screwed up the catch. . . It isn't his fault the Cubs fell apart later, but every lost cause needs a pariah. . .

Posted by El Babalao (Member # 5817) on :

quote:
It isn't his fault the Cubs fell apart later

True. It's mine.

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

I'm from St. Louis.

(Go Cardinals, unless we are talking football, then booo cardinals).

Mixed emotions on last night's game.

yea, Cubs lost. Cardinal fans hate Cubbies. Besides, woman in office next to me is a Cub fan. Now I can make fun of her.

On the other hand, my boss has said that if the Cubs play Boston in the series, this rare occurance would demand his traveling to see at least one game.

Go Cubbies! Go Boston! Get my boss out of the office!

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

Actually, having the Red Sox and the Cubs in the World Series at the same time is one of the signs of the apocalypse, because the only way God would let either team win a World Series is if the world ended.

Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

quote:
It isn't his fault the Cubs fell apart later

It was the curse of the billy goat, Scott. [Wink]

**Ela**

Posted by El Babalao (Member # 5817) on :

Absolutely. Goats are big, and they are mammals.

Verrrry powerful stuff!

[Evil]

Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1744055

quote:
CHICAGO -- This ball is going, going ... Ka-BLAM!

In an event applying the gloss of Hollywood and P.T. Barnum to the "curse" of the Chicago Cubs, the foul ball that couldn't be caught in October's playoffs will be obliterated by a special-effects expert on live television Thursday night.

The ball-bashing, taking place with spring training just underway, is being done to bring some closure to one of the most painful losses in the Cubs' doleful history.

The ball will be sent into oblivion by Michael Lantieri, an Oscar winner who wrecks things for a living and has worked on such movies as "Jurassic Park" and "Back to the Future." Lantieri, a Cubs die-hard himself, would not reveal his exact demolition plans but admitted he has been blowing up a dozen balls a day in his California lab in preparation....

"That ball's gotta go," said DePorter, managing partner of the restaurant group, which organized the event as part of its annual tribute to Caray, the beloved Cubs broadcaster who died six years ago Thursday. "It's like the ring from 'The Lord of the Rings' and we're kind of like Frodo, trying to get it over with."

Posted by Banna_Oj (Member # 6207) on :

It has been all over local talk radio too. I forget how much they paid to get that ball at auction.

AJ

Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :

My dad has a temporary apartment half a block away from Wrigley Field... he's gonna be one happy person tomorrow. *sighs heavily* [Wall Bash]