Talking of my Cubbies, expect a lot more of this sort of thing over the next couple of weeks....

Here's Doug Glanville's quote to ESPN, on being asked about the team's historic World Series "drought":

"If you parallel that into environmental terms," Glanville philosophized, "it's sort of like we've been in the Sahara and the Gobi Deserts. It's like we've been living in the Sahara and vacationing in the Gobi. That's a lot of time in the desert. So our thirst level is off the charts. We're tired of seeing the mirages. We need to make it into some sort of reality. But there's still a lot of desert to traverse -- and the camels don't move too quickly."

I dont know about you, but the moment a utility outfielder starts a quote with : "If you parallel that into environmental terms....," all sorts of warning bells go off.

Beautiful!