CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! Bring on the Goat !!

CHICAGO — The bar-laden North Side neighborhood around Wrigley Field isn't what you'd call docile even when the Chicago Cubs aren't in town.
Long-suffering Cubs fans poured into the streets around the stadium on Friday after the Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds and the Milwaukee Brewers lost, giving the team the NL Central title.

It's the first trip to the playoffs for Chicago since 2003, the fateful year they came so close - five outs - from the World Series.

"I'm so excited, oh my God, I've been a Cubs fan my entire life," said Rachael Shore, standing near a lighted Wrigley Field sign that blared "Chicago Cubs 2007 National League Central Division Champions." (By Karen Hawkins, Associated Press Writer)
CINCINNATI -- On Fox, the so-called network of October, they're already showing Bartman replays and billy goat drawings. This is what's coming, of course, another bombardment of the national consciouness about Cubdom's endless agony and a looming 100-year anniversary without World Series glory. You'd think it's the last piece of dreck that Lou Piniella and his players want to deal with EV-ER-Y DAY.

But a refreshing study of reverse psychology is taking place as they shake the Korbel bubbly out of their hair. The Cubs, for now, are ignoring the dark story line. In fact, they're daring to talk openly about killing the curse and winning it all, which can be construed not only as dissing the farm animal, black cat and hooded left-field intruder but laughing and spitting in their faces. (BY JAY MARIOTTI Chicago Sun-Times Columnist)
Most of the 38,936 fans in Cincinnati for the final series for the season wore blue and rooted for the visiting CUBS, who received a standing ovation when they took the field for the first time. You know what they say: This is "next year". (All posters shown above can be purchased at All Posters.com -- Click on the link below:)