Full Circle

WE SHALL PREVAIL!

It's been about 24 hours since Game 1 started, and my emotions have really come full circle. It's just short of three hours until gametime, and I've decided I have to put last night behind me in the same way the players do. Everyone seems to be really positive today in CubbieLand, including the most important man of the night, Carlos Zambrano. He said he's feeling great, Soto says he looks great, and I believe them. Last time Carlos came into a game with this much rest, he ended up throwing a no-hitter.

I went back and read what I wrote last night, and I still agree with everything I said. Even though, when I said it, I didn't believe it at all. Last night, and most of today, I was inconsolable. But the more I read the Cubs blogs, and the articles, and the fanzines, and all that other stuff, the more I find myself agreeing with people who are saying, "it's only game 1." There's a reason they play these things out over a best of 5, so that the best team is most likely to come out on top. Only Cubs fans would sit here and beat themselves up for losing one game, like it's the end of the world. There's no reason we don't go out there tonight, and absolutely murder this Dodgers team. Again, I can't stress the importance of the crowd tonight. They have to be more lively this evening. If we have the regular Cubs crowd, the way they're supposed to be, and Z is throwing strikes, the Cubs will be fine. I'll be able to tell you from the first pitch how this game is going to turn out.

Just wanted to get all that off my chest. I hope to God this isn't the last meaningful game of the season, because it's really been too special a year to go down like that. Must keep the faith, this team is different, and tonight we prove it.