Filed under: Bulls | Tags: Ben Wallace, Bulls, championship, Derrick Rose, Larry Hughes, Michael Beasley, Michael Jordan, NBA Draft, playoffs
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Last season, many experts picked the Bulls to represent the East in the championship. For whatever reason, not only did they not make the championship, they didn’t even make the playoffs. Their coach got fired, our big free-agent bust, Ben Wallace, got traded for somebody else’s scraps and at 33-49, the Bulls didn’t seem to have enough ping-pong balls for the lottery to acquire an all-star in the draft. There were only 2 prizes to be had in the draft, Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley, and the Bulls only had a 1.9% chance of winning the draft lottery. Imagine if that happened!?
Filed under: Cubs | Tags: 100 years, Carlos Zambrano, Cubs, curse, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, error, grand slam, Mark DeRosa, next year, playoffs, Ryan Dempster, sweep
The post season started off promising. The fans were believers. The Cubs knew what not to do after flopping last year in the post season in a first round sweep to the Diamondbacks. Heck, even though most personnel within the organization don’t believe in curses, they had Rev. Father James L. Greanias spread holy water in the Cubs dugout anyways several hours before Game 1. No curse, no lack of playoff experience and no lack of faith from Cub faithful. Then the game actually started.
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I almost lost my voice after our second baseman, Mark DeRosa, hit a 2-run blast early in the second inning. But then I really lost my voice yelling and cursing after I watched our starting pitcher, Ryan Dempster, walk 7 guys and give up a grand slam before exiting in the 5th inning. It didn’t take long before this game was out of reach and over with a final score of 7-2. As upset as I was, TBS was kind enough to inform me that 85 percent of the teams that win Game 1 of the NLDS have gone on to win the series. It’s not like we didn’t have 100 years of losing as another number to squash. So thanks.
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Enter Game 2. Our ace, Carlos Zambrano, looked passionate and it appeared his energy was rubbing off on the fans and the team. Everyone seemed to be louder and more encouraging for this game. However, this was before I learned that the entire Cubs infield was playing with gloves with holes in them. I don’t even care to tell you about the details of the errors committed because I refuse to type a post in all capital letters to display how angry I am. Plus when I was little I got terms of service violation upsetting my parents from AOL for using caps in a chat room. Apparently I was coming off as yelling at someone. Go figure. Anyways, all you need to know is our first baseman, our second baseman, our shortstop and our third baseman all committed costly errors on plays that even I could make. If you read my about me page, I do not have large hands, so now put that last statement in perspective. The Cubs ended up losing game 2 by a final score of 10-3 and I still have a migraine from getting so upset. The Cubs need to win the next 3 games to advance on in this best of five series. Let’s just say I’m dreading using the words “next year.”
