Question: Which remains the biggest mystery in 2008?
- Roger Clemens alleged steroid use
- U.S. energy policy
- Rubik’s Cube
- Chicago Cub baseball
- It’s all too confusing for me
If the rest of Cubdom is anywhere near the vicinity of my mindset, “It’s all too confusing for me” looks like my best answer. It also goes along way in attempting to explain the 2008 Cubs.
Are they the Cubs who entered tonight’s game with San Diego tied for the best record in the National League? Or are they the team that dropped their sticks and balls on way to losing nine of 13?
Nearing the 40-game mark, this season has had more swings than your average pendulum. Call it perpetual emotion. And Cubdom is standing in the thick of it.
As are the Cubs. Week to week it’s uncertain whether the team we’ll see take the field is standing on soft or solid ground. If records alone tell the story then seven games above .500 would indicate a healthy start with the promise of even better to come.
But that’s when my 30 years as a Cub fan takes effect and reality bites. Chicago’s schedule has been a favorable one in the first seven weeks of the season, having played 22 of their first 39 games within the Friendly Confines.
Wrigley Field has been a happy advantage, which is far more than one can say when the Cubs are forced to pack their bags and catch a plane. They haven’t been exactly road kill, but the opposition hasn’t been exactly sad to see them coming either.
”I don’t have any answers to it,” Cubs manager Lou Piniella said of his club’s road woes and inconsistent play. ”But it’s too early to draw any conclusions.”
I agree with Lou on both counts. Drawing conclusions is one step away from casting assumptions and that’s one road no Cub fan would want to venture down.
If nothing else, history has taught Cubdom well. There’s no easy answers to Chicago Cub baseball, but guessing is half the fun.
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