Back on September 28, I predicted...
bq. "Now all Chicago has to do is beat the #1 team in the National League: the Atlanta Braves. I'm giving the Cubs decent odds to do just that in Round 1. They have a pitching staff nobody wants to face in the post-season, and an opponent whose record of post-season chokes is long and distinguished (11 division titles in a row over the last 11 years... just 1 championship)."
As it happens, Atlanta did not choke. The series went a full 5 games, with the deciding game being played on Kol Nidre night. My Rabbi, a Chicago native, says that being a Cubs fan is like being a Jew. The long periods of suffering, the eternal hope, the redemption that never comes...
It still hasn't come - but it has just come closer, as the Chicago Cubs won a postseason series for the first time in 95 years. Pejman has the pictures, and MLB.com has the series recap.
"So, Rabbi," I asked, "what if the Boston Red Sox also win, and face the Cubs in the World Series?" -- "Moshiach will come, history will end, and neither team will win."I'm not entirely sure he was joking. Let's just say that now would not be a good time for Syria or Iran to do anything provocative. (Part of miniluv's Positive Blogging Week)
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