Picking Through the Cubbie Guts

Looking over the rotting carcass of an ugly loss from the Chicago point of view, there is nothing salvageable to move forward with. Goatskin gloves around the infield, termite infested bats, and a catatonic manager—hey, that's all good from the opposing Dodger point of view. A couple of days kickin’ it in the Windy City later, the only baseball team in Los Angeles gets to come home up two games to egg and looks to close out the team that won the most games in the National League this season. The Cubs were a prohibitive favorite coming into this series. Isn’t that one of the signs of the apocalypse? Well, the only massive devastation so far has been to the hopes and wishes of Cub fans throughout the country. Which leads to a salient question: Why are so many Cub fans spread out all over creation? Could it be because the weather totally blows? Even a senator that hails from the state is trying to get approval to move eastward. OK, enough about those ... (link)