10/10/2003 11:07:00 AM by Rob

The waiting is the hardest part

Sorry I am late. Blogger actually ate my last blog, where I described how much of a lowlife Kobe Bryant is, not really so much because he is guilty of rape, which I now believe he is, but because he is guilty of adultery, which he certainly is, which is a crime of morality that I just cannot abide by. I have been afflicted with a couple of the most loveless marriages, and I have never even considered the notion. It fucking sucks.

But who cares, huh? We gotta another huge game tonight, and now we are putting all the chips on 34-Blue, just like we did in the NLDS. I really really worry about the notion of expecting Wood and Prior to go out and win every game they pitch. For if they do, we are in, but if we don't, shouldn't we have a fallback?

I know Dusty isn't planning it that way, but it sure seems like that is the way it is coming together. I just don't understand people, and the majority of the "Cub Fans" I talk to have no problem riding Wood and Prior. I, of course, am running into many, many new riders of the Bandwagon, and they are all giddy about the fact that Wood is on tonight, and that Prior and Wood are due to pitch again in this series. This to me shows a lack of fundamental understanding of sports and competition, namely, you can't win all the time.

The biggest winners in history, the Spahns, Big Trains, Big Units, Cy Youngs, etc. only won 2/3rds of the time. If you send the best of them out there three times, they will win twice and lose once. Well, Prior and Wood have already won twice. In fact, if you count their conduct from the entire last month, they have won more than twice. I daresay, they each are due for a bad outing.

But they are studs, clutch, this is their time of year. OK, where is the ten years of historical data on each of them that tells you this? It isn't there. It isn't there for the moron pitching for the Fish, either. Our matchup on paper tonight is quite favorable. But, there really is nothing I can point at that tells us that Kerry Wood will definitely win the game tonight.

All we can do is wait, then turn on our tellys this evening, and see for ourselves. The waiting, is the hardest part.

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