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A New Curse for Cubs and Red Sox Fans to Gripe About

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by Oh No Romo

Once again, the Chicago Cubs lose another game on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball. This of course is nothing new to the Cubs, as they have also lost another SNB game, a couple of months ago.

But here's a disturbing trend that I have noticed. In 2007, the Cubs are 2-5 when their games are shown on ESPN.

I find this trend to be disturbing, it seems like everytime the Cubs are on ESPN, they are always losing. They lost their fair share last year as well.

But they're not the only ones struggling on ESPN. The Boston Red Sox, yeah the team who broke their 'Bambino Curse' a couple years ago now have a new curse to worry about. Even though they're 2-1 on SNB, overall they are 5-8 when featured on ESPN.

One team who has fared well on ESPN has to be the Yankees. Even though they are struggling to stay with the Red Sox in the AL East, they are kicking ass on ESPN. They lead all teams with an 11-5 record on ESPN.

I'm not saying that if all three teams played on ESPN every game, that the Yankees would run away with the division and the Red Sox and Cubs would falter. Alll I am suggesting is to think about it.

Maybe it's just me, but the Cubs always struggle when they're on ESPN. Maybe you agree, maybe you don't.


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HappyskinnyAll-American
831 days ago
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Maybe they always struggle on ESPN, but I highly doubt having different cameras at the stadium is the reason.
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Confessions Of A FanaticDiv-I Stud
831 days ago
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I really don't think that a 2-5 record is any cause for alarm. If the team was 0-7, or later on this year was 2-9, then maybe I could find a reason to call it a trend. Seven games is not sufficient enough to make this a worthwhile study yet.
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Oh No RomoDraft Pick
831 days ago
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We'll know in two weeks when they play the Cardinals
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InsanMajor Leaguer
831 days ago
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Exactly, 2-5 and 5-8 are not really plausible statistics. If they were 1-11 and 2-15 or something like that, then that's fine.
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IbeargRed-Shirting
831 days ago
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first, the amount of games you're talking about is quite a small sample size. Second, ESPN tends to put "good matchups" on. The Cubs aren't playing the Pirates on espn they are playing the Mets, etc. Of course they're going to lose some games to good teams.
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CoreyisarealboyMajor Leaguer
831 days ago
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Maybe the Cubs just lose because they're not that good...
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NejoshiDiv-I Stud
831 days ago
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Spoken like a true Brewers fan... i love it
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JuTMSY4Legend
831 days ago
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Jesus Christ, Kerry Wood pitched...
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MegECass110AAA-er
831 days ago
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They can't stand listening to Joe Morgan, so they just roll over and cry uncle. Please, someone tell me they heard Morgan say the following words about Jose Reyes: "Now that's what you call great arm strength." I nominate Morgan to be the first inductee into the No Shit, Sherlock Hall of Fame.
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Oh No RomoDraft Pick
831 days ago
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I second that nod
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AngeHammJV Squad
831 days ago
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For the record, the Yankees are not "struggling to stay with the Red Sox in the AL East." They are struggling to keep the Red Sox's tail lights in view. Snap.
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