Another second week of October approaches. Another year of wondering why other baseball teams are still playing, and why the Cubbies are not. Last year, the answer was: they weren't good enough. This year, the answer is: they clinched too early. While the Cubs were resting their starters, other teams were fighting for their playoff lives. While North-siders were collecting rust and getting fat, Dodgers were getting hot just in time to beat the snot out of anybody in their way. While the Brew-Crew was getting ready to play the Fightin's, who only got in to the playoffs because the Mets suck, AGAIN, the Cubs were preparing to fight off a sleeping bohemoth from LA, with a Hall of Fame coach and an out-of-this-world left fielder. Oh, and one of the best pitching staffs in the league. The Cubs were punished for winning the hardest division in the National League. They had to play the Bums. They always have our number... But hey, at least we scored in every game of the sweep.
So where do the Cubs go from here? If I knew that, I'd be making a lot more money than I am right now, and I'd have season tickets to the Cubs corporate box. But hey, the pressure is off now; 100 years have come and gone, and still no title. And besides, every good Cubs fan knows: next year's our year!
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