Cubs-Sox Week

[rok]

<!--quoteo(post=47057:date=Jun 29 2009, 02:47 PM:name=The Dude)-->QUOTE (The Dude @ Jun 29 2009, 02:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=47053:date=Jun 29 2009, 02:10 PM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Jun 29 2009, 02:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=47050:date=Jun 29 2009, 01:43 PM:name=The Dude)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Dude @ Jun 29 2009, 01:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=47049:date=Jun 29 2009, 01:27 PM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Jun 29 2009, 01:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I just hope that makeup game never happens late in the season. I think I'd prefer AIDS to another crosstown game, especially if it is meaningful in any way.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I couldn't disagree more. I would love to be playing a meaningful game late this season- regardless of the opponent.
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Why does it have to be a meanigful one game against the Sox though? We could be 4-5 games up in the division and the game wouldn't have to be played. Or in a worst case scenario, it could be a meaningful game only for the Sox and not for us. I don't want either team to be responsible for deciding whether the other makes the playoffs or not. It would be absolute hell either way. What am I missing?
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If it matters to the Sox but not us, I don't consider it meaningful.

If it's meaningful, that means the Cubs are least in a position to make the playoffs. As of today, I'm not opimistic about that, so I would take that scenario in a heartbeat.

And if the Cubs are playing better by then, I would like our chances against the Sox at home.
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And as I said, we could be playing great by then, running away with the division and the game would then be meaningless. If it's meaningless for them and not us, I won't like that either.

I'm still rooting for it to be a meaningless game.