I guess that’s why you have a 3.5 game lead going into last Monday. You know, so your fans aren’t suicidal after a lackluster road sweep. (Scratches head furiously, points fingers everywhere.) Good win tonight, of course. Cubs are division champs. Enjoy the weekend, we’ll talk baseball again, oh, probably Tuesday.
AC006198. Let’s put some more zeroes on that board. Eamus catuli.
One more quick hit – your song tonight is Who You Are, by Pearl Jam.
“Stoplights, waves and sparks. Well I would say, you’ve got a part. What’s your part, who you are. You are who, who you are…”
That song isn’t apropos for any particular reason, it simply turned out to be the exact song playing after I digested the Brewers loss and retreated here, to my computer, to write. Somewhat nonsensical, sure, but it’s also kind of a fit, for a scattershot team that is hopefully jelling at the right, exact time.
Like I’ve said, I don’t know how good the Cubs really, truly are. But tonight, they’re division champs. And with more wins, well, we’ll just have to see. Baseball is an agonizing game, but the playoffs are truly fun, and honestly, on June 1 — how could we have thought we’d possibly be here?
We’ve seen teams turn seasons around previously after horrific April and May starts – Florida in 2003, Houston in 2004, Minnesota in 2006, Oakland in 2004, Anaheim in 2002, and sometimes, that translates fully into playoff success. As for this year, we’ll have to find out. Enjoy tonight. Enjoy the next few days. Go Cubs.
