Uh boy. Now that the Smelly, Red Sox have two world championships this century, is there a whinier bunch than Cubs fans?

I don't hate the Cubs and I don't hate Cubs fans. In fact, there's simply no better place to watch a baseball game than Wrigley Field. But when things are going bad for the Cubs in a year when they are having success, uh boy. The turncoats come out in droves like the past couple of days. On the brink of a second straight 3-and-out when they play at the Dodgers tonight, fingers are pointing in every direction. Said one Cubs blogger on the Chicago Sun-Times site: "I think the Cubs may have peaked too early . . . around 1908."

Cubs fans across the blogosphere ain't taking prisoners. 

On Soriano: "I say we wrap Soriano in heating pads, send him to the plate and tell him it's July."

On Dempster: ". . . a choker at heart. Proved it during his lackluster stint as a closer."

On Lee: "The aging Derrick Lee for many years only gets hits and RBIs when they don't count."

On Soriano batting leadoff: "Why the hell is Soriano leading off? He strikes out way too much, has a bad OBP, and can't steal bases anymore."

On Piniella: "I thought this manager is supposed to know how to win in the playoffs."

Does any of this sound familiar? Of course it does. Almost word for word. Soriano=Patterson and Griffey. Lee=Dunn. Dempster=Dempster. Piniella=Baker. Now, I don't know of any blogs dedicated solely to hating the Reds (I have suspected John Fay's blog disguised as such), but I did a search with the words Why Cubs Fans Suck and Google rolled out 1.06 million relations. Check out cubssuckclub.com and cubs-suck.com. It's hilarious and makes many Cub posters look . . . well . . . like Reds fans. Or vice-versa.

Anyway, I'd rather see the Cubs in the NLCS than the Dodgers. A Phillies-Cubs match-up would be terrific with each team's fans going bonkers. It would be great drama and TV, along with setting a stage for one of the two to continue being called chokers by their fans. It's a can't miss! Said another Cubs blogger: "We are lousy fans who feel entitled to win."

Sounds just like Red, Smelly Sox fans, pre-2004.

Hey everybody!  I've been sidelined with sick kids, but still trying to pay a little bit of attention to the post-season.  I hope *somebody* puts up a fight--how flippin' dull to have everything decided in three games.  But then that puts me in the odd predicament of having to root for Cubs and Brewers.  Yikes.