On the eve of destiny or disaster the Cubbies, baseball's lovable losers, jinxed by billey-goat and Bartman, home on Chicago's Northside, comfortable confines of Wrigley Field. Even with the great Ernie Banks, they played just good enough to lose, haven't won a World Series in over a century. A fan even wrote a play to their futility, the way off Broadway "Bleacher Bums." But with the best record in the majors expectations have been elevated. But be careful what you wish for, win and you are just another team, like when the Red Sox finally beat the course of the Bambino and Beantown Boston, lost its underdog role to the dreaded Yankees.
So what will it be? Another disaster or destiny?
Will the Cubs become bears?
Nathaniel Robert (Bob) Winters