10 Reasons Why This Is the Year for the Cubbies

tman!' I feel really bad for the kid....You know what the funny thing is? I wouldn't have caught it, anyway." Forget the goats and the black cats and the rest of the hocus pocus. "Not one person here believes in any of that (stuff) about a curse or a hex or garbage like that," GM Jim Hendry said on September 20th.

 

8. There's no room on the rooftop sign for a third digit.

The sign on the rooftop building on Sheffield Avenue currently reads "AC 006299." That stands for Anno Catuli (Year of the Cubs in Latin) and the number of years since they have won a division, an N.L. pennant, and a World Series. There's no room for triple digits, folks.

 

9. Brad Lidge of the Phillies.

With the Astros, Lidge was prone to blow it in the big situations in the playoffs, even after pitching lights-out throughout the regular season. This year will be no different, should the Cubs match up with the Phillies in the playoffs.

 

10. Nobody will be able to touch Carlos Marmol in the World Series.

Late relief is where WS games are won and lost, and Marmol will likely be facing A.L. opponents for the first time. The advantage will go to the pitcher in a first-time matchup, and the A.L. team won't get enough at-bats against Marmol over a seven-game series to touch him up.

Wood's been around longer and doesn't have the electric stuff that Marmol has, but expect him to throw the final pitch of the World Series.

 

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