The inevitable has happened: the Chicago Cubs are now out of the playoffs, losing their series to the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-0.
For plenty of diehard Cubs fans, the insightful words "Wait until next year" seem to be a bit much to stomach, even now. And why is that? Those same fans felt that this year would be the year for Chicago to put their postseason futility to a screeching halt by winning the World Series. But unfortunately, it just wasn't meant to be.
"Wait until next year..."
Even for fans of the Indianapolis Colts, those words were rather hard to take, each season they were denied an opportunity to do some great things (e.g. win the Super Bowl). Pittsburgh's defeat of the Colts in the 2006 AFC playoffs could have been the perfect impetus Tony Dungy & his team needed to prove his critics wrong. And last season, did they ever prove doubters wrong left & right; the words "Wait until next year..." indeed sound like a distant memory now that they've finally won a Super Bowl (& paid plenty of dues to make this possible).
Maybe next season could be the season when Chicago wins it all in the World Series; maybe no. I haven't really lost faith in the Cubbies although they got the rug swept from under them by a bunch of young bucks called the Arizona Diamondbacks. Even now, how can I?
"Wait until next year..." For plenty of Cubs fans such as myself, we're still waiting. And hoping. And believing. But for how much longer?
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