Comments on: The hopes of ending the 100-year drought

By: Baseball Boy

Baseball Boy — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:00:49 +0000

I'm a big fan of the red socks

By: Greg M

Greg M — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:35:52 +0000

Well, I think now this thread is officially out of date. I really do feel for you Jammer and all those cub fans, but this team forgot there were more games to be played or something. That was an awful showing.

By: IRH

IRH — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:05:42 +0000

Not looking good...

By: Jereny Short

Jereny Short — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:40:59 +0000

Well I'm a fan of the ever sorry Texas Rangers, who have the drought for the longest time without a World Series appearance, formed as the Washington Senators in 1961, moving to Texas in 1972 and have never made it past the ALDS.

By: Leon

Leon — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:37:57 +0000

I have always enjoyed your reviews, and now I see you're a Cubs fan, too! I didn't think I'd see a better team than '84, but this could be it. This losing streak and its timing is insufferable, but they will almost certainly make the playoffs and then the slate is wiped clean. I'm just hoping for an NL pennant. Btw, my solution to the 162-game marathon? I dvr the games and watch them on a faster speed - I can view a game in 40 minutes this way!

By: Jammer

Jammer — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:43:24 +0000

I write this blog entry, and then the Cubs lose five straight at home. I should've kept my mouth shut.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:40:53 +0000

Yeah Sean but the longest drought in the NHL is actually another Chicago team, the Blackhawks who havn't won in 48 years

By: widgie

widgie — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:38:04 +0000

I've bought a third-order curse from my local shaman ensuring that the cubs will not advance past the NLCS until you finish TNG reviews

By: Chris Swanson

Chris Swanson — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:28:11 +0000

Must be nice to have a team doing things right. I'm a Mariners fan. For a few years we had it good. But now? They're playing as bad as they did in the 1970's, and that's saying something.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:19:27 +0000

I don't usually root for the Cubs, but I would be really happy for the fans if they finally get to celebrate a championship. I've always seen Cubs fans as lovable losers, as oppossed to Red Sox fans who were insufferably bitter.

I just really hope that the postseason broadcasts don't mention the billy goat curse every inning of every game (like Fox did with the Babe Ruth curse in 2004).

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:58:33 +0000

Not much a baseball fan; we Canadians care about hockey.

The most prominent losing streak here is the Toronto Maple Leafs, who haven't won the Stanley Cup in 40 years (they still have the second-highest number, but only because of the period when there were only six teams); no end in sight.

Actually, a Canadian team hasn't won the Cup in over a decade at this point; the last time was Montreal (my team) in the early 90s.