Re: Irrational Exuberance

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mark Anderson wrote:
> I'm happy that the Cubs beat Atlanta but was a bit disturbed at the 
> celebrations going on.  This was only a divisional playoff, the real 
> playoffs start Tuesday.  Although the Cub players (especially Kerry Wood 
> and Mark Prior) should be happy and deserve congratulations, they 
> shouldn't be drinking champaign, the real games start Tuesday.


Yep. The goat hex still has time. 
 
> If anyone remembers 1984, the first time the Cubs won their division 
> since 1945, the city went totally nuts, as it should have.  I have it all 
> on tape if anyone's interested.  Back then there was still a lot of time 
> for Cub players to get over their hangovers before the playoffs and if 
> anyone remembers, the hungover Cubs lost the next regular season game to 
> Pittsburgh that year.  In 1984 there weren't two levels of playoffs 
> before you go to the World Series.  Winning the division put the Cubs in 
> a 5 game pennant series, the winner representing the National League in 
> the World Series.  The Cubs were up 2-0 and ultimately lost 3 heart 
> wrenching games in a row to San Diego in which they should have won any 
> one of those 3.

And that made them one of something like 2 teams ever to blow a 2-0 lead ;)