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[Ace]

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I'd like to think that we can't string together another unbroken chain of bad luck, shit-headedness and suckitude like last season. But as far as I'm concerned, we can not go to the post-season and it still <i>could</i> be good enough.
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I won't accept anything other than a title when it's been over 100 years. 08 was every bit as much of a failure as 09.
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If you told me right now that my choices for 2010 were:

(1) Guaranteed World Series appearance and loss, or

(2) Take your chances with whatever is going to happen for this team

I'd take number 1 without hesitation. Is that bad?
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For me it would be the worst possible and most heartbreaking scenario. I never talk about 1945. I always talk about 1908.
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There are 65 year olds who've never even seen the Cubs in a World Series. That's fucked up. I'll take the World Series.