Published 10/5/2008
by Andrew Pargoff
at Bleacher Report - MLB
Everything came full circle at about 1 a.m. EDT Sunday night; that's actually ironically enough when the clock struck midnight in Chicago. The Cubs' season was over in an instant. The team with the best record in the NL proved that record means nothing come playoff time.
Maybe it was the Curse of the Billy Goat. Maybe the Cubs just got outplayed. So long, Sweet Lou, Alfonso Soriano, and Carlos Zambrano. We'll see you again next year. Man, I bet Jeff Samardzija wishes he chose football right about now.
There are a vast array of fantastic storylines that look so fitting in Dodger blue. Whether it is Joe Torre getting back to the playoffs after leaving the Yankees or Manny Ramirez setting something off that brought the Dodgers back into playoff talks and contention.
What about Rafael Furcal coming back off an injury and reclaiming his spot in the lineup? This list could go on and on, but all I know is that the LA Dodgers are a playoff baseball team. They say it's not always important how or why ...
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