Posts tagged with 'Chicago'

    • Cubs Eulogizing

      POSTED BY KENNETH ENGLAND, OCTOBER 10 2007 09:00 AM | PERMALINK

      Another year of Cubs optimism turned sour

      If this young fall season has reiterated anything to us as sports fans, it is the utter hell that is the existence of a Cubs fan. Another year, another tease. Another year started off in spring with bitter cynicism, melted by humid summer months of good play, then refrozen by a fall collapse.

      And I get to do it all again next year. Hello, I am a Cubs fan, and this is my plight. Gather round all you Cardinals, Astros and White Sox fans, gather around and...

    • Cubs Remain Cursed!

      POSTED BY KENNETH ENGLAND, AUGUST 07 2007 03:23 PM | PERMALINK

      Given the Cubs' torrid play over the last month and their steady gain on the first place position in the NL central, the Cubs appeared to be in the midst of a season of destiny stirring memories of their amazing (and heartbreaking) play during the "year of the Bartman." Just as then, Cubs fans have been bracing themselves for the inevitable "the-curse-raises-its-ugly-head" moment. They probably felt that they had seen it when their best hitter, Alfonso Soriano, pulled up with an obviously painful...