September 25, 2014: The Hate Files IX

It’s been too long… too long since I’ve let out a little hate.  With the start of football season, I’ve been primarily focused on the Bears.  As I take a second and look at another baseball season coming to an end, it makes me think… it makes me think of the past Cubs’ failures… and that makes me mad.

I’ve already addressed Steve Garvey and the Padres back in 1984 teaching me what heartbreak was all about.  I’ve talked about my hate for the Dodgers who helped ruin the Cubs MLB best regular season record by sweeping them out of the playoffs in 2008.  I don’t really hate the Giants for ’89, the Braves for ’98, or the Dbacks for ’07… I just don’t get as riled up about those years, although I’m sure I can build a case, and may at some point.  But, that leaves one year left… that leaves one team left… that leaves my most painful Cubs memory.  It’s time to open an old wound.

5 outs away… 5 outs away from reaching a World Series for the first time since 1945… the first time in my lifetime.  I can’t remember ever being so excited, as we began to take celebratory shots.  5 outs away from the World Series with our ace on the mound.  We all know the rest, and for that, I hate you Florida Marlins.

The F’ing Florida Marlins.  Here is a franchise who has only been around since 1993, and has as many World Series victories as the Cubs do in their 100+ year history.  Here’s a team who plays in front of some of the smallest crowds regularly.  Here’s a team with 6 total winning seasons with 2 of those leading to World Series victories.  Talk about making the most of your chances… bastards! 

We had this team beat.  Up 3-1… 3-1!!!!!! with Zambrano, Prior, and Wood lined up.  I hate that whole team, including Josh Beckett, Pudge Rodriguez, Juan Pierre, and Derrek Lee.  That’s probably why we lost in 07-08 with Pierre and Lee; those guys were just bad luck period.  I even hate Luis Castillo, Miguel Cabrera, and Mike Lowell… all guys who contributed to our loss.  I have to hate Josh Beckett and Pudge Rodriguez the most though, with Beckett leading the way on the mound and Pudge getting the NLCS MVP.  F them.  I can’t even stand to look at a Marlins hat or uniform to this day.  They make me absolutely sick to my stomach.  A team like theirs does not deserve a World Series title, let alone two.  What pain and suffering have they been through?  What kind of fan base do they have?  Why do they and their 1000 fans get rewarded?  It’s just not fair.
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Yeah, I’m still bitter over it, and yeah, I hate a lot of people from that series.  I would have killed Steve Bartman that night.  I would have killed Alex Gonzalez that night, who had the NL highest fielding percentage before booting a ball that would have been an inning ending double play.  Watching stuff about that night, brings all the feelings back.  It makes me want to kill Dusty for not coming out to the mound and settling things down.  And why the hell did Alou make just a big deal about that play anyways?  It threw everybody off.  And when I heard that Alou and Aram booked their flights home after the Game 6 loss, before Game 7, I can kill them too.  There is so much hate surrounding that series, but the main object of my hatred are the Marlins.

Florida Marlins… now Miami Marlins…  who gives a shit?  How about their old manager Jack McKeon?  Screw him too.  And what about their 3rd base coach… Ozzie Guillen?  I didn’t like him before he became manager of the White Sox and led them to something I’ve yet to see.  I’d love to take a shot at him too.  I could go on and on about this series, and how I was devastated for months after it.  That Cubs team never recovered from that.  They were good in the couple years after, but didn’t get back to the playoffs until 2007.  Our window was opened and closed that quickly.

To be honest, after the Game 6 loss, I sort of felt like it was over.  We still had Game 7 with Wood on the mound, but it was like the writing was on the wall.  I wanted to believe we could win Game 7, but after that punch in the gut, it was hard.  Blowing a 3-1 lead… coming within 5 outs of going to the World Series…  all at the hands of a major league team that was only in existence 10 years at that time… sickening.

OK, I’m done.  I had to let this out before baseball season is officially over.  I wanted to get this out of the way before I write my positive next year is really the year blog.  I want to put this Hate File behind me, although I will never, ever really, truly be able to do that until the Cubs win it all.  This is THE most devastating defeat in my life as a sports fan, and we owe it all to the Florida Marlins.  I hate them… always will.  I hope they sleep with the fishes.