Payback Time
After the Cubs did us all a favor and saved us all a good deal of stress by wrapping up the division on Saturday afternoon, I was a bit conflicted as to how I wanted this last week of the season to unfold. With the Cubs facing the Mets and then the Brewers, two teams battling for the NL Wild Card, Lou’s boys are going to have a big say on which team will make the playoffs. At first, I didn’t know which team I wanted to see make the playoffs. I’m not worried about the Cubs having trouble with either team in October. They can and should beat either team. If the Brewers make it, and both they and the Cubs advance to the NLCS, I might actually have a chance to get tickets to a playoff game at Wrigley North. Not to mention the fact that the Cubs manhandled the Brewers the last time they traveled to Milwaukee in a four-game set. Plus, watching Dale Sveum manage in the playoffs would be almost as hilarious as watching Ned Yost manage in the playoffs would have been. On the other hand, outside of Johan Santana, the Met starting pitching is comical, and the Cubs probably match up better against New York.
And then I remembered 2004. And Craig Brazell. And that good old-fashioned rage came bubbling back up to the surface.
It’s payback time, Mets.
I’m not suggesting that the Cubs tank their games against the Brewers. I’m not suggesting that I want the Cubs to do anything less than go 7-0 against the Mets and the Brewers to finish the season. No, no. I’m just saying that I want the Cubs to plunge their hands deep into the chest of the New York Mets, feel around for their still-beating heart, and tear it out. Then, I want them to hold that heart up to the surprised eyes of the Mets and show it to them before taking a giant bite out of it.
I want Mets fans to feel the pain I felt at the end of the 2004 season. Sure, they just felt that pain LAST season, but it wasn’t the Cubs who ruined it for them. It’s funny to think that the team that is going to finish the year with the best record in the National League has the opportunity to play “spoiler,” but they can, and they should.
Not to mention the fact that each win the Cubs have over the Mets has a great chain reaction effect. It warms the heart of Ron Santo, which in turn irrationally infuriates Mike D. And there’s no rant party quite as good as a Mike D. rant party.
Go ruin someone’s season, guys.
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Poon I just want the Cubs to get a good look at Mets pitching this week so they have a good idea of what they might face. The last thing I want is that game in Houston to end up being necessary and then get stuck hearing about the poor L’Astros and how unfair the entire world is to them with them playing the phillies in the first round.
Bad Kermit @Poon - I couldn’t agree more about the Astros. I’m going to be pissed off if they have to make up that game.
Poon A friend in Houston is still whining about this shit and is positive they are going to play that make up game. I reminded him that he’s going to have to root for the Cubs to beat up on the two teams ahead of his and then try and beat them in a one off. Just doesn’t make any sense wanting a team to stay really hot for the chance of getting whooped on by a that really hot team.
Andy The makeup game, if played, would almost certainly be to get the Astros into a tie with the Mets and/or Brewers. So I hope it’s played, and I hope the Cubs send down Sunday’s lineup with Randy Wells pitching and I hope the NL Wildcard has to be decided between three teams on Monday and Tuesday next week. Fuck the wildcard teams.
Jon Not to mention the fact that each win the Cubs have over the Mets has a great chain reaction effect. It warms the heart of Ron Santo, which in turn irrationally infuriates Mike D. And there’s no rant party quite as good as a Mike D. rant party.
So very true.
Oh, and: I love this team.
BigFlax I’m so torn. I really want Milwaukee and Houston to miss the playoffs, but I also want the Cubs to win every game, and the more the Cubs beat the Mets, the less likely it becomes that Milwaukee and Houston will both miss the playoffs. Of course the Cubs could just beat the Mets and Milwaukee, although then Houston needs to lose games to the Reds and Braves. It’s tough.
djwoody On this we all agree:
Fuck the Mets.
Fuck the Brewers.
Fuck the whiny ass Astros.
Someday we’ll go all the way…hey, someday we’ll go all the way.
BigFlax By the way: Craig Brazell, that sucked. It was his 17th career game. But it was the eighth career game for Victor Diaz, who hit the tying 3-run shot in the ninth. The Cubs basically got beaten by the Norfolk Tides that day. And by having LaTroy Hawkins as a closer. (Question, though - if Hawkins is your closer, why is he not out there to start that inning with a 3-0 lead? Instead, Baker lets Dempster walk two guys before pulling him for Hawkins. Baker really was the worst, wasn’t he?)
TK Bring on the Brew Crew. Seriously, think about a 7 game series with those ass clowns with the pennant at stake. I couldn’t be happier in that scenario.
Drunk Cubs Fan I was at that fucking game. My life’s been in a downhill slide ever since. I was at tonight’s game, too. I need to stop going to Shea Stadium. Fuck the Mets.
Erik Originally Posted By Poon@Bad Kermit -
A friend in Houston is still whining about this shit and is positive they are going to play that make up game. I reminded him that he’s going to have to root for the Cubs to beat up on the two teams ahead of his and then try and beat them in a one off. Just doesn’t make any sense wanting a team to stay really hot for the chance of getting whooped on by a that really hot team.
Let the Disastros whine all they want. Let’s start a collection drive for a box of kleenex and a bib for those babies.
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I don’t blame the Mets for that 2004 nightmare. I blame Dempster, Hawkins and “Who the Fuck is” Kent Mercker, who actuay served up the homer to that banjo-hitting schlub. I also bame Kerry WoAlou od for coughing up the next day’s game and Moises for failing to check-swing on a full-count pitch 9 feet out of the strike zone with the bases loaded.
I do, however, blame the Mets for spitting the bit in ‘06 and allowing an 83-win Cardinals team to win the pennant.
Either way, though, I’m with you. Fuck the Mets.