Last week, I roused myself briefly from my sports apathy to support the White Sox in the World Series. I confessed at the time that my only motivation was Laurence Simon, die-hard and long-suffering Astros fan. The way I saw it, either my long-standing ability to pick losers would prevail and Lair's team would win, or he'd get disappointed and his writing would benefit (happy Lair is boring Lair).
Well, the Cubs (as everyone in the world except for three Mongols in a yurt knows by now) swept the Astros. And did it have my hoped-for effect on Lair's blog?
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Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.</... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Karl Rove | October 28, 2005 11:04 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
1. Posted by Karl Rove | October 28, 2005 11:04 AM |
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Posted on October 28, 2005 11:04
2. Posted by ed | October 28, 2005 11:07 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hmmm.
White Sox? Cubs?
I had no idea they were the same baseball team.
2. Posted by ed | October 28, 2005 11:07 AM |
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Posted on October 28, 2005 11:07
3. Posted by Matthew | October 28, 2005 11:08 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Cubs????? Watch out for the South Sider anger when they see that you mistakenly called their team the Cubs.
3. Posted by Matthew | October 28, 2005 11:08 AM |
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Posted on October 28, 2005 11:08
4. Posted by Gmac | October 28, 2005 11:53 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Feh, it doesn't matter if he called them the Cubs, by the next time Halley's Comet rolls through again neither team will have one another World's Series.
4. Posted by Gmac | October 28, 2005 11:53 AM |
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Posted on October 28, 2005 11:53
5. Posted by Adam | October 28, 2005 11:55 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Jay Tea, re-read your posts dammit :) The Cubbies are horrible.
5. Posted by Adam | October 28, 2005 11:55 AM |
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Posted on October 28, 2005 11:55
6. Posted by Gmac | October 28, 2005 11:57 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
My splng is a tad off, "won", but the prediction stands. Neither has a snowball's chance in a very warm place of gaining another World Series championship.
6. Posted by Gmac | October 28, 2005 11:57 AM |
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Posted on October 28, 2005 11:57
7. Posted by Laurence Simon | October 28, 2005 12:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
If I mistakenly call myself Karl Rove, then Jay can call the Sox the Cubs.
7. Posted by Laurence Simon | October 28, 2005 12:03 PM |
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Posted on October 28, 2005 12:03
8. Posted by libertyxix | October 28, 2005 1:54 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"the Cubs (as everyone in the world except for three Mongols in a yurt knows by now) swept the Astros."
I thought I was the only one living in that particular happy place!
I am happy for the Sox and all... but as a Cubs fan it is a bit of a bitter pill to swallow.
8. Posted by libertyxix | October 28, 2005 1:54 PM |
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Posted on October 28, 2005 13:54
9. Posted by eLarson | October 28, 2005 5:38 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Perhaps the Cubs will ace out the Cardinals and the Astros next year.
(I point to Jay Tea's admitted sports apathy for his inability to distinguish between Cubs and White Sox.)
9. Posted by eLarson | October 28, 2005 5:38 PM |
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Posted on October 28, 2005 17:38
10. Posted by Mr. Right | October 28, 2005 7:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Jay Tea,
As a lifelong Chicago White Sox fan, I DEMAND an immediate and full correction. Calling the White Sox the Cubs is akin to calling Ronald Reagan Bill Clinton!
Don't make me hurt you!
10. Posted by Mr. Right | October 28, 2005 7:31 PM |
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Posted on October 28, 2005 19:31
11. Posted by Taz | October 28, 2005 9:24 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
White sox, please change it for me just like last week.
thanks
11. Posted by Taz | October 28, 2005 9:24 PM |
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Posted on October 28, 2005 21:24
12. Posted by Kevin Baker | October 30, 2005 1:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I believe the Cubs winning the World Series is one of the Seven Signs of the Apocalypse.
Or is it winning the pennant? I can never remember.
12. Posted by Kevin Baker | October 30, 2005 1:31 PM |
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Posted on October 30, 2005 13:31