# Fuck! The Cubs are stressing me out! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 24, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cubs-are-stressing-me-out/265902 "2004-09-24T17:31:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cubs-are-stressing-me-out/265902/21 "2004-09-24T22:13:18Z")
I’m not even a big baseball fan, but to see the Cubs get ANYWHERE would be fun. And before I even read this thread, I was thinking of going to my local casino here in Las Vegas and slap $5.00 down for the Cubs to win the World Series. If I do, I will post the odds I am getting. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cubs-are-stressing-me-out/265902/22 "2004-09-24T22:16:19Z")
> [@Doctor Jackson](#): > > It was the pitching coach, “Rockin” Leo Mazzone, who made the “payback time” quote but many the Braves players have said the same thing. We’ll clinch tonight or tomorrow and rest our starters for a few days. What better way to ramp back up for the playoffs than playing to keep the Cubs out? > > I truely believe the Braves will be playing full bore those final 3 games. But I can’t see them sweeping. I expect the Cubbies to take at least one from them, maybe two depending on who’s pitching. 'Course, you’re right–they still had better hope they don’t need three. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cubs-are-stressing-me-out/265902/23 "2004-09-24T22:27:59Z")
> [@High Cheese](#): > > The Cubs now lead the wildcard by a half-game over San Fran. with Houston 2.5 back. The Cubs are only 1 game behind division leader LA. LA and San Fran. play each other 6 times in the next 10 days. That is good news for the Cubs. One of them must lose every night of that series. The ideal scenario is either LA or San Fran. winning all 6 games, then the Cubs are virtual shoe-ins. Even if the series goes 3-3, the Cubs should make it with a 6-4, 7-3 finish. An analysis I heard on sports radio yesterday said that if the Cubs finish 6-4 (pretty easy, given their schedule), the Astros would need to go 8-1 to take the wild card from them. Yeah, right. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![High\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@High\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/High_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cubs-are-stressing-me-out/265902/24 "2004-09-24T22:55:10Z")
> [@Doctor Jackson](#): > > It was the pitching coach, “Rockin” Leo Mazzone, who made the “payback time” quote but many the Braves players have said the same thing. We’ll clinch tonight or tomorrow and rest our starters for a few days. What better way to ramp back up for the playoffs than playing to keep the Cubs out? > > I truely believe the Braves will be playing full bore those final 3 games. I agree. The Braves will be trying their hardest to sweep the Cubs. I’m just not sure which Braves will be given the opportunity. Either they use Wright, Hampton and Ortiz to try and keep the Cubs out of the playoffs (zero chance of losing to them again); or save the three for the first few crucial games of the best-of-five first round series. I think what Mazzone meant wasn’t that they were going to use all of their talent, but try like fuck, with whomever they use, to kill the Cubs. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cubs-are-stressing-me-out/265902/25 "2004-09-25T00:19:12Z")
NYM over the Cubs, 1-0 in the 6th right now. They better not blow this. ---
**Author:** ![hermann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b487fb/32.png) [@hermann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hermann)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cubs-are-stressing-me-out/265902/26 "2004-09-25T00:32:16Z")
1-1, 7th 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cubs-are-stressing-me-out/265902/27 "2004-09-25T01:40:25Z")
Fuck, fuck, fuckity-fuck. The Yanks just went ahead of the Sox in the 8th. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cubs-are-stressing-me-out/265902/28 "2004-09-25T02:08:48Z")
Cubs win tonight! Hells yes! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cubs-are-stressing-me-out/265902/29 "2004-09-25T20:57:00Z")
Well, i’m betting that today’s game against the Mets stressed you out even more! 3-0 lead in the bottom of the 9th. Two walks, and then a game-tying homer. Then a walk-off homer for the Mets in the bottom of the 11th. Must be pretty depressing if you’re a Cubs fan. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cubs-are-stressing-me-out/265902/30 "2004-09-26T03:39:15Z")
Not depressing - we’re used to this stuff. What was shocking was that it happened to Hawkins! He’s usually quite good in a pinch (hence being the closer). I said it was a mistake getting rid of Alfonseca… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cubs-are-stressing-me-out/265902.md?page=1)