Josh Beckett mowed down the Cubs in Game 5, forcing the series back to Wrigley Field, giving the Cubs a chance to win the pennant at the corner of Clark and Addison. Well, that and him pointing out that bad management has been much more responsible for not winning it all than a few stupid faux-curse. Sianis howled as he and “Billy” were escorted out and despite being up two games to one against the Detroit Tigers at that moment, he turned out to be right. Just 24 other players in major-league history have had that many or more hits through their age-25 season. When the teams clashed in New York in early September, a black cat circled third baseman Ron Santo as he stood in the on-deck circle and eyed Chicago manager Leo Durocher in the dugout. Compared with last season, Heidel said sales are up at least 20 percent, with the largest increase coming in July and August, typically a time by which the Cubs have usually fallen from contention. WATCH: Marty McFly gets his bright ideaMany see it as a good omen.
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Do you remember Bryant’s walk off homers that transformed Len Kasper and the rest of us into 10 year old kids again? The Pirates have won 98 games, and the Cubs have won 97.
Colbert, who said he has a soft spot for the Cubbies after living in Chicago for 11 years, mocked the Cubs fans who celebrated a win in the one-game Wild Card match up by partying in the street.
At online sports book Bovada.lv, the Cubs were the most-bet team all season and represented about 26 percent of the total World Series action, according to book manager Kevin Bradley. “If they don’t do it, I wouldn’t want to even hear their name”. And now, with one playoff win under their belts (the first in 12 years), the “future” seems an almost-reachable reality. By the end of the regular season, they were surpassing forecasts of $3,200 on a weekday.
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Do you remember how Addison Russell could win a game by levitating? They just ran you to death, and they would small ball you to death.
