It starts every spring at Ho Ho Kam Field in Mesa, Arizona and should end up as Ho Hum with a pony league performance in the playoffs. Wait a minute, let's not bad mouth competitive pony league players.
The past two years the Cubs have made the playoffs and they have a 0-6 record. Heck since the Cubs were up 3-1 on eventual World Series Champion Florida Marlins in the year of Steve Bartman the Cubs are 0-9 in the playoffs. If anyone ever wants to bad mouth the Atlanta Braves for their one World Series win during their 14 year stretch of making the playoffs they should just zero in on their loss to the Cubs in the Cubs only playoff series win since, you guessed it 1908. The Padres in "84 were down 0-2 with those fashion statement McDonalds employee uniforms beat up on the Cubs three straight to advance to the World Series only to get blown out by the Tigers.
What is going to make this year any different? I don't know maybe bring in a tattooed father/son duo from the southside of Chicago in to beat up on elderly opponent coaches to maybe squeak out a little bit of pride, heck even the White Sox have won a recent World Series after years of futility. Maybe have Steve Bartman throw out the first pitch in the playoffs to see if the Cubs have any pride but that will probably just snake bite them so bad idea. Maybe bring in a hockey goon to take out the opponents first basemen to give the Cubs an edge on close plays at first with a happy footed fielder. If nothing else just let Carlos Zambrano beat up a gatorade machine, it might take just enough focus away from the opponents to giggle so hard the Cubs score a winning run somewhere in the playoffs.
Any way you size it up, the Cubs chances on the field couldn't get any better than they were in 2008 and to think a new year will bring new luck is tough to swallow.
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