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...myths of yesterday haunt every baseball game today. The Cubs, we all knew, never really had a shot at the pennant this year--not because Clark or Kevin Mitchell overwhelmed the young team. No, Don Zimmer was simply leading his team to its tragic, but, alas, inevitable fate. And in 1986, the Red Sox were just fulfilling their destiny. Bill Buckner isn't to blame; he fell victim to Boston's most powerful force--THE JINX...
...didn't celebrate the Cubs' pennant until the season was over. Just wanted to be real sure...
This was my first crisis. Winning teams burden their fans with emotionally taxing tasks like check- ing the out-of-town scoreboard. But I was afull-fledged teenager now, and I was ready for thepsychological strain of a pennant race. In 1984and 1985, the Mets came tantalizingly close, yettheir second-place finishes were acceptable. Afterall, they weren't supposed to be any good. Theyplayed well. They tried hard...
...want losers, the Cubs are the team," he continued. "We haven't won the pennant since World War II. We haven't won the World Series since before World War I. No other team has waited that long. Poor Ernie Banks played his whole career for the Cubs. No ring...
...Cubs will be the Cubs," the Chicago fan sighed. "Leon Durham couldn't get that grounder. Steve Garvey hit that homer. We lost three straight in San Diego. No pennant. No World Series. Nothing...