Cubs win! Cubs win!

[carbonel]

Today the Cubs clinched the National League Central Division title.

The Cubs clinched their division spot by winning both games of a doubleheader after Friday's game was rained out. It's been two-and-a-half years since they won both games of a doubleheader (April 2001).

It's been five years since the Cubs were in the playoffs; they got the National League wildcard slot in 1998 by playing the season to a tie and winning a one-game playoff with the Giants. They then proceeded to lose three playoff games to the Braves, and that was that.

It's been 14 years since the Cubs won their division (1989).

It's been 58 years since they won the pennant (1945).

It's been almost a hundred years since they won the World Series (1908).

Maybe, just maybe, this year is the year?

Comments

[movies-michelle.livejournal.com]

YES!!!!! Thanks for posting this; I was gone all day, and I was going to hit the Cubs homepage to see how they did today.

Keep it up, guys!

[davidschroth.livejournal.com]

For some unfathomable reason, the phrase "slouching toward the Apocalypse" keeps running through my mind.

Best of luck to the Cubs; I hope they finally reward their fans.

[carbonel]

Possibly because of the W.P. Kinsella story "The Last Pennant Before Armageddon" -- his take on just why the Cubs haven't won a pennant in so long.

Now if the Cubs end up playing the Red Sox in the World Series, I'll be strongly inclined to think TEOTWAWKI is imminent.

[davidschroth.livejournal.com]

Urgh. Just goes to show how far away from following sports I've drifted - I've been vaguely aware that the Red Sox were a possible wild card team, but I'd didn't remember that when I was replying to your entry.

[bibliotrope.livejournal.com]

Good luck to the Cubs! Especially against Atlanta.

I was glad that they won, instead of the Astros. I did sort of regret that they swept a doubleheader against my Pirates to do it. (But we won the Sunday game.)