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The Dodgers Beat The Cubs, PERIOD

 
No offense Cubs' fans, but I am SICK and TIRED of hearing how your team lost the NLDS rather than the Dodgers winning it. I know all about the curse. I know all about your 97 wins this season. I know all about the "expectations". Most of all, I know that your Cubbies were "supposed" to win. None of that, however, should change how the Los Angeles Dodgers went into Wrigley Field and absolutely made it sound like a church service rather than a playoff game. The Dodgers ripped the Cubs' players and fans' hearts out...sure the Cubs assisted in this thrashing but come on—the Dodgers did come up with those crucial two out hits that the Cubs could not. The Dodgers pitchers made a few mistakes, but not too many. The Cubs pitchers also made mistakes and the Dodgers capitalized on it. Even in the game where the Dodgers had four unearned runs, the Cubs still only scored three and one of them was a 9th-inning who-cares run... would you guys have liked it if the score was 6-3 instead? It still ... (link)

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