Published 10/6/2008
by Steven Murry
at Bleacher Report - MLB
"It's Gonna Happen"
That was the rallying cry all season long for the "Best in the NL" Chicago Cubs.
From Spring Training, through a hot start, through some mid-summer doldrums, becoming louder after the Rich Harden acquisition, but then quieted a bit during the struggle down the stretch
But then becoming deafening during the last week or two of the season as "Big Z" (Carlos Zambrano) threw a no-hitter in Milwaukee against the Astros and the Cubs, shortly thereafter, clinched home-field advantage.
Home-field advantage.
After two defeats at the Friendly Confines and a flameout once again in the NLDS, one has to wonder what that means really. I'm a Cubs fan. I've lived on Waveland and currently just one block off of Clark. I can walk to games at Wrigley, and I can stumble home just as easily.
But am I a good fan? Am I an "enabler"?
My wife is a big fan of the show on A&E called Intervention , and I must admit I have been known to sit down and watch this ...
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