You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy™
The Chicago Cubs Winning the World Series.
The Cubs win the world series?
No man alive today has ever written those words and it be accurate.
That was till last night.
Goats and curses and loveable losers no more.
What a game.
If you only watched one game this year, Game 7 was the mother load.
I am not a Cubs fan. I am not an Indian fan.
By and large, I don’t even care for baseball anymore.
It is slow and moves with all the intensity of a congressional filibuster.
But game 7?
Well it was something special.
I think game 7 will be talked about when people ruminate over great moments in sports for ions to come.
Game 7 had drama and anxiety and two teams that both deserved to win.
The game had some star power, like Bill Murray and Eddie Vedder, but you get more glimpses of celebrities in the men’s room at Dodger Stadium.
No, this game was not about who was in the stands, it was special because of the drama on the field.
The Cubs hadn’t hoisted the championship trophy in 108 years. The Indians have been world series-less for almost 70.
The Indians had a 3-1 series lead.
All they needed to do was win one game in the remaining 3, 2 of which were at home.
They couldn’t and they didn’t.
And then it came down to game 7.
Any game 7 is good. This one was great.
It was like going to the circus with rawhide.
It was the world’s fair with grass.
It was mardi gras with balls and strikes.
The cubs opened up a big lead only to piss it away.
Was the curse of the goat for real?
Then the Indians tie it up in the 8th on a dramatic home run that practically skulls a Fox camera man in the left field stands.
Then the rains come and the grounds crew roll out the tarp.
There’s a brief weathercast and conjecture about when the game might resume.
The Cubs use the 17 minute rain delay to hold a players only meeting in the club house and say “Come on boys suck it the hell up. Screw that goat”
The 10th inning sees the Cubs score 2. It sees the Indians score 1.
almost 5 hours and 108 years after it all began, it was over.
Cubs win. Cubs Win. Cubs Win.
Somewhere Harry Caray is tipping back a Budweiser.
Now America can enjoy the real pastime.
College Football.
Life’s Crazy™