Cubs World Serieseseses

Since Ryan Dempster says the cubs are going to the World Series, we here at Killing for Sports ought to honor such a bold, not to say stupid, prediction. To celebrate the unjustified…er unprecedented optimism on the part of the cubs Canadian hurler here are

THE TOP THREE MOST IMPORTANT CUB WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES (as determined by me so I’m probably fucking wrong)

We’re counting down here from #3 to #1. Ready? I don’t give a crap. Here we go:

#3 – THE 1908 WORLD SERIES capping off one of the craziest pennant chases in Chicago baseball history and baseball history in general. The cubs were able to overtake the Giants thanks in part to the Merkle Boner and also they edged out that bitter fuck John McGraw in a one game playoff. For many reasons this might be the biggest World Series in Chicago baseball history in general. I am biased and would argue for the 2005 Series…especially because the city had waited so long for the World Series to come back. But the cubs are the #1 franchise in town currently, and usually in contention with the Bears for being Chicago’s main sports love affair whatever…and only a fool denies that. The cubs win in the 08 series marked the first time any team won back to back World Series and I feel safe in saying this will probably be the only time a Chicago team ever does that. By the way, fans were angry at the cubs during this fall classic and claimed that the team was scalping their own tickets. The cubs would never do that would they?

#2 – THE 1932 WORLD SERIES because the cubs were swept by the greatest franchise in all team sports, it is the only time in history that a Chicago team was seriously in contention with the great Yankees for anything (maybe the SOX battled the Yanks in the 50’s sort of but the WhiteSOX should not be in the same sentence as the Yankees of the 1950’s) and – BACK TO THE CUBS HERE it was the World Series when Babe Ruth called the shot. Babe Ruth has a greater role in World Series history than all Chicago baseball players (both sides) put together. For the cubs to be a part of what the Babe did puts this Series at #2 in my book.

#1 – THE 1918 WORLD SERIES saw the cubs face the second or third greatest franchise in baseball history. Incidentally here is a ranking within a ranking...edP’s Top Three Baseball Squadrons counting down from #3 to #1…. 3.) BoSOX – 2.) Cardinals – 1.) Yankees. Who is going to argue that there is a team with more history than these three franchises? An argument could be made to substitute the Giants or the Dodgers in there somewhere but I am an American League guy so my lists are always going to be slanted in that direction. Oh, the 1918 Series was historic because it was the last World Series winner for the BoSOX until 2004 and we know the rest there. The Babe won the first game - - a 1-0 shut out over Hippo Vaughn (I think he was the original drummer for the Kurl Band, or was it the Hurl Band?) It was the only World Series played entirely in Septemebr….something to do with World War I. You can wiki this shit. Anytime the WS is affected by a war, Babe Ruth is pitching and the Red Sox clinch the victory on September 11^th that’s some historic stuff and it deserves to be in the top #3 and it is my #1. And believe me since the advent of Big Mouth Schilling using the Red Sox as his preachifying pulpit, I am no Red Sox fan.

Well that’s it honeys. My Top Three cubs World Series appearances. Give it to my dumb ass.