What? The Cubs Made the Playoffs?!?

The Chicago Cubs made the playoffs. Not only did they make the playoffs, but they also won their division! As a Cubs fan, I cannot even start to explain how relieved I was to see that the Cubs were in. It was strange, though, as it was the top of the eighth inning and the Cubs were beating the Cincinnati Reds by a score of 4-0, and all of a sudden there was a huge uproar in the crowd. Red’s rookie center fielder, Norris Hopper, began looking around nervously, as if there were about to be a riot of some sort. Cub’s first baseman Derrek Lee, who was in the middle of an at bat, most have wondered why all the sudden noise. Then, it all fell into place, quite obviously, according to ESPN reporters. Just left of the 379 foot marker on the outfield wall, the score of the Milwaukee Brewers vs. the San Diego Padres score was updated, showing: Padres 3, Brewers 2. It didn’t matter that the score was only that of the fourth inning, because to the pro Cubs fans of Wrigley Field, it was another piece of the welcome magic number news. It wasn’t until another hour and forty nine minutes had passed that it was official: the Chicago Cubs were the National League Central division winners!! There is no more joy in anything to a diehard Cubs fan, which unfortunately isn’t me as I like the Boston Red Sox as well, than to see their beloved Cubbies win a division title. Now that the playoffs are here, anything can happen. For example, the 2004 Boston Red Sox were down three games to none, a mere one game from elimination, and then they did the unbelievable, the unknown, and won four straight games against the New York Yankees to make it to the World Series, where they absolutely dominated. So don’t count the Cubbies out, anything can happen!!