St. Louis Cardinals: Indians in Six!

As we move deep into October baseball without the St. Louis Cardinals as a participant, I look at who is still involved and I have just one prevailing thought and motivation; Go Indians!

My plan over the next 24 hours is to learn as much as possible about the 2016 Cleveland Indians. If my St. Louis Cardinals can’t be working on winning their 12th World Championship, then neither shall the Chicago Cubs win their first since 1908.

I plan to study the baseball careers of Coco Crisp, Andrew Miller, Carlos Santana, Mike Napoli, Jason Kipnis and the rest of the Cleveland Indians that begin their quest for their first title since 1948.

Most would say this is a great match up of two franchises starving for the coveted prize that comes at the end of a 162-game regular season and an exhausting playoff schedule. Not this guy. I’m still not able to be at-ease with the thought that the Chicago Cubs could end a losing stretch rivaled by none other. The last time the Chicago Cubs played in a World Series was 71 years ago in 1945.

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The “North Siders” need to, in my opinion, remain longing for the drought to end. St. Louis Cardinals fans are enjoying the plight of the Cubbies, with the hallowed history of the Billy Goat and the Bartman fiasco. One simply has to wonder what might be the next excuse the Cubs use for why they still can’t claim a World Series title since the Harry S. Truman administration.

Two teams with histories that seem to be more noticeable in movies than their on-field success are going to begin the 2016 World Series on Tuesday, October 25. One will hoist the coveted World Series trophy. The other, hopefully the Chicago Cubs, will begin the talk of “wait ’til next year”.

I have noticed a number of St. Louis Cardinals fans expressing their desire to see the Chicago Cubs’ drought come to a close so that that excuse can be put to rest. I can’t ride this bandwagon; I say let’s continue to place the “Boys in Blue” where they belong. Rivalries are designed to create true disgust in one another. I see no reason to upset that apple cart.

I’m picking the Cleveland Indians in six games, as I see the Indians pitching staff as just too much for the Cubs to handle, especially as the temperatures drop in Cleveland and Chicago. Let’s go Indians!