It’s only been one day, and I’m already restless. I’m ready for the Cubs to play again. I’m ready to get back on our winning ways. I keep thinking about Game 3.
Why do I feel guilty about still having a lot of confidence in this series? It’s not a normal place to be for us Cubs fans, especially come postseason time. A loss in the postseason is supposed to equal freak out time. Why am I not freaking out? Should I be?
It’s a weird place for us Cubs fans. With the Cubs the best team in baseball and favorite to win the World Series conflicting against our history of 108 years without a World Series title. It’s always cautious optimism; it’s hard to even describe it as confidence no matter how good we look on the field, and how good we feel watching the games. It’s far away from cockiness… what is that?
I feel like screaming my head off, and celebrating, yet, it’s not time. All of this has been pent up for how long? 40 years for myself, more, much more for others. We want to collect on our dues. All those years of “paying up” with our emotions, all the scars left from the heartbreaks which started for me in 84. This Cubs team has checked every box on the eye test, and every box in the standings and NLDS thus far. This team looks like it could be THE team… it has to be, right?
My mother made a good point the other day, the morning after the Montero slam; hey, that sounds like a pretty good breakfast meal at a local establishment. She said we’re so used to seeing other teams do that type of stuff, you know, the stuff the Cubs did in Game 4 of the NLDS & Game 1 of the NLCS. We see other teams do this; this type of stuff happens TO us, not FOR us. I 100% agree. Like I said, it’s a weird place to be.
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And now I sit… on the off day, counting the minutes to Tuesday night’s Game 3. If Sunday was a “must-win” for LA, what does that make Tuesday for us with Jake on the mound against ex-Cub Rich Hill? Yeah, it’s a pretty important game. I find myself thinking about lineup changes.
Heyward can’t start against another lefty can he? Almora in right field doesn’t cost us that much defense, plus gets some new blood in the Cubs lineup. Rizzo can’t be benched… he has to come around. Someone else told me what about moving Baez to SS and benching Russell? Is it time to do that? Would that serve us and Addy well? That would be Bryant, Baez, Zobrist, Rizzo in the infield. Assuming Montero is catching Jake… (is that a good assumption?), the OF could be Contreras, Fowler, and Almora. How does that sound?
It’s not easy being the one making the decisions, but this is what Joe gets paid the big bucks for. We’ve second guessed him at least 2 times this postseason already, if not more. We have to trust in Joe at this point, right? It has all worked out so far, but we’re not there yet… We need something to work out to the tune of 7 more victories. One loss to Kershaw should NOT make us alter our lineups, however, the performance of an individual over multiple games, or in Heyward’s case, an entire season should. Yes, I know he got a triple, and yes, I know his D is tremendous. We need bats, or do we? Will Jake show more love to California and shut that lineup down?
Ahhh… yes, I am certainly restless. I need to get back to work. I should enjoy this day off, giving that ticker a breather. Let me sit back and “worry” about my fantasy football outcome with Palmer, Floyd, and the Arizona D playing tonight; that will be a LOT less stressful. Let me stop thinking about this series just for a day; yeah, right. That is impossible. Not when you get this close… only about 28 hours until game time. That seems like an eternity right now, but will be here before we know it. Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick…
MK
Wow…lineup changes never occurred to me. Yes, rizzo and russell are struggling as is heyward for the whole year. Benching heyward is not a big deal…rizzo or russell would be. They have to work themselves out of it. I believe this is the 3rd or 4th time this year that rizzo has had a streak like this, so it is only a matter of time before he gets it going. Russell has been making contact…only 3 k’s this postseason so some of his are bound to fall, too. Instead of benching these guys, maybe shuffling the lineup a bit. Fowler, bryant, baez, rizzo, zobrilla, contreras, russell, miggy, and jake. Bryant and Baez are having good postseasons…get them as many at bats as possible, plus baez might get bryant a bit more protection based on how he has been swinging it. Drop rizzo one spot and russell one spot…they are both due and will snap out of it…keep the faith. Make these moves or not, my confidence is in jake on the mound and this Cubs team being talented, hungry, and ready to deal expectations and pressure. This is a series now, and the Cubs will answer the bell in la! Tick tock tick tock is right…game 3 cant start soon enough for the Cubs or us die hards!
GO CUBS GO!!!