Cubs Wed Aug 27 2008

Are We There Yet?

No matter what happens today the Cubs will have won their ninth series in a row. Here's a little perspective for you: they haven't done that since 1907. That year the team won ten in a row. Remember though we are still cautiously optimistic. Having had the best record in baseball for a good part of the year, a fan asked Carrie Muskrat (scroll down a bit) how teams with the highest win percentage did in the playoffs. In short, only OK. They made the fall classic a shade better than half the time but have a losing record in the big series. Then again the conventional wisdom is it's all about pitching in October and at least one analyst thinks the Cubs have the best playoff rotation. We'll just have to wait and see. Stupid linear time!

— Vince Jose Cancasci / Comments (1)

Ken Green / August 27, 2008 4:55 PM

Tsk Tsk, you're sounding like one of us poor Sox fans, looking for that grey cloud among the silver linings... Winning percentage, schminning percentage: the cubs are making the playoffs and are poised to make it to the Series, no matter who they meet. Only a monumental collapse of 1969 proportions could derail this... uh oh..