The Chicago Cubs are going to win the World Series this year, 100 years after they last won a World Series.
How do I know this? It’s a simple twist of fate. All of the signs say so.
Consider:
• In 1908, when the Cubs beat the Tigers in the World Series, the Democratic National Convention was held in Denver. Where’s the DNC this year? That’s right, the Mile High City? Coincidence? I think not.
• This is the 100-year anniversary of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” What ballpark celebrates that famous song in the most heartfelt and celebrated fashion? Why, Chicago’s Wrigley Field. Spooky stuff, I know.
• Ten years ago, Harry Caray, Mr. Bud Man/Cubs fan, the Pied Piper of Wrigley Field, and the most famous crooner of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” passed away.
• Five years ago, Steve Bartman’s ill-advised attempt to catch a foul ball at Wrigley cost the Cubs a chance to advance to the World Series for the first time since 1945. The Cubs were five outs from victory. (There is some kind of Nostradamus numerology thing going on here. . . . I’m getting goose bumps.)
• Way back in spring training, pitcher Ryan Dempster predicted the Cubs were going to win the World Series, saying, “We don’t think we’re going to win. We know we are.”
Dempster beat the Cardinals in his last start, improving to 13-5 with a 2.92 ERA. What more tangible evidence do you need?
• On June 1, the Cubs completed a four-game sweep of the Rockies to improve to 36-21 and capture the best record in the majors. The last time the Cubs had the best record in baseball that late in a season? That’s right, 1908.
• Finally, Chicago’s Sydney Friedman, touted on his website as a world famous “mentalist” and “expert of intuition,” predicted on Jan. 31, 2007 that the Cubs would win the World Series.
Then again, he predicts that the Cubs will win every year. And in 2005, the “mentalist” predicted that “there will be actual proof of life on a moon of Saturn.”
And this year, Friedman predicted that “Paris Hilton will actually change her image and earn some respect from the media.”
Hmm, Paris Hilton? Respect? I might have to change my mind.
