For Cubs Fans, Only Curses and Excuses

Issue date: 10/10/08 Section: What I'm about to say may shock some people, so take a seat and allow this to really sink in. Unlike what Joe Buck and Tim McCarver pound into everyone's heads each October, the Chicago Cubs are not cursed. Neither were the Red Sox, White Sox or even my dearly beloved Golden State Warriors (they are just, and will always be, really bad). Nope, the words "curse" and "sports," just don't go together. But that does not mean that when the Chicago Cubs laid the proverbial "egg" in their series with the Los Angeles Dodgers the word "curse" had nothing to do with it. Instead of standing for what it actually means, the word "curse" in this instance stood for two things for the Cubbies: a ton of added pressure and a scapegoat for their three-game beat down. The Cubs entered this postseason as the odds-on... [read full story]