(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh).
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The 2003 Marlins went on to win the game and the series and the Cubs added another chapter to their jinx legacy, which includes a black cat running onto the field during a 1969 late-season game as the Cubs’ 9 1/2-game lead faded and the Mets rallied to reach the playoffs and win the World Series. Game two is Sunday at 7:30pm. The Cubs won 6-4.
Cubs fans also recall the “Billy Goat” curse, in which the owner of a bar by that name, William Sianis, brought a goat to the fourth game of the 1945 World Series at Wrigley Field.
Chicago – The young sluggers of the Chicago Cubs are making themselves at home in the playoffs.
Kyle Schwarber seemed more impressed Thursday with Jose Bautista’s bat flip than he is with the uproar caused by the search for his celebrated homerun ball. It was the first time they had clinched a postseason series at Wrigley, and the North Siders savored the accomplishment – at least for one night.
Cubs manager Joe Maddon called the encasement of the ball atop the board “pure genius”. Rocker Eddie Vedder partied on the mound. “Got a chance here, still, and try to keep it moving”.
“We’re doing things we shouldn’t be doing this year”, said Rizzo.
Braun, a shortstop in his day at New Trier High School, is among the lifelong fans sensing something good might just happen this time, at long last.
The victor hosts the Cubs on Saturday in the opener of Chicago’s first NLCS since 2003. It has included a controversial left-field videoboard and a right-field sign that were protested unsuccessfully in federal court by owners of rooftop bars across the street from the ballpark, who complained their views into the stadium would be blocked. But it was only good enough for third in the competitive NL Central, with St. Louis winning a major league-best 100 games and Pittsburgh finishing second.
Schwarber’s teammates displayed as much reverence for the entire saga surrounding his towering homer to start the seventh inning of Tuesday’s victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Cardinals are now 0-4 in postseason games over the past two years during which Molina doesn’t start.
“It’s a shame that three of the best teams in baseball, one is only moving on to the championship series”, Rizzo said. Schwarber will likely get first dibs on the ball, but the Cubs have pondered sending out the ball on a “Stanley Cup-type tour” so fans can take selfies, the Tribune says. We’re just saying these are the guidelines we have to maintain a working and reputable program.
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“I think it’s fantastic, it’s just one of those one in a million shots, it hit something up there and it just stays”.
