Cub-fortably Numb

Hello, hello, hello,
are there any cub fans out there,
just nod if you can hear me,
are there any cub fans home.

Come on, now,
I hear you're feeling, down.
Well I can ease your pain,
get you on your feet again.

Relax, relax, relax.
I need some information, first.
Just the basic facts.
Can you show me where it hurts?

The
facts are that the Cubs lost again. Nine straight postseason losses. 0
for 9. I have to admit there is a little sting. My lips are shut tight
and I find myself staring blankly into the abyss. One more year. One
more year.

1984 was the first time that I can remember the Cubs
having any kind of an affect upon my mood. Lee Smith gave up a homer to
Steve Garvey. Then it was Will Clark hitting over .600 to beat the Cubs
in 1989. The Braves in '98 I think. Then Bartman in '03.
The D-Backs '07 and today the Dodgers in '08.

It has been quite a ride. An entire season of hope washed away in a three
game sweep. This '08 team was the best team the Cubs have put on the
field since I started caring back in '84. Yet, it was not meant to be.
Little did I know that the Manny deal would directly impact the
brilliant run by the Cubs.

The
Prior game was the low point for me as a Cub fan. I can remember that
dark cloud following me for weeks. As for last year, well, last year
did not hurt that bad at all. As for now, right now there is a dull
feeling in my chest. The fact that theCubbies played so poorly feeds this numbness that I feel or don't feel. Numb.

As a life long Saint fan I have developed the ability to not allow myself to get to
emotionally
involved. Not the I am impervious to the pain of a lost season, it's
just that my skin is a little thicker than before, when I was younger
and more prone to suffering.


So here I am Cub fans, not feeling "Cubby blue". No, no. I am feeling a little Pink, as in Pink Floyd, hiding behind that wall. That wall that gets a little
higher with each year of failure by the Cubs to win the Series. Feeling
a little Cub-fortably Numb. Like The Who says, "we won't get fooled again." But we still do. That is what makes Cubs fans so great. Or not great, maybe it makes us stupid. Maybe we are all suckers.

The one thing we got going for us is that we are loyal and sooner or later that loyalty is going to pay off.