NEWS FLASH!!!!!!!!!

[Nokona]

Reuters (AP) - Reports from Hell say that temperatures have begun to rise from 42 to 55. Satan recently put his parka and hoodies back into the closet. This was the first time that the Devil had taken them out since 1949 when the Chicago Cubs reached the World Series. Reports also indicate that the Earth's axis is beginning to steady out back to where it had been several months ago.

[HighHeat45]

thats great news

[winninguglyin83]

even the associated press seems stunned:

 

 

 

CHICAGO -- Five outs to go. Wrigley Field crowd on its feet. World Series within their grasp.

 

Then, it was almost as if the baseball gods realized these were the Chicago Cubs.

 

Those lovable losers blew it again thanks in part to -- of all things -- one of their own fans.

 

In a stunning eighth-inning turnaround, the Florida Marlins took advantage of left fielder Moises Alou's run-in with a fan on a foul fly and an error by shortstop Alex Gonzalez to score eight runs in an 8-3 victory Tuesday night, forcing the NL championship series to a Game 7. Mark Prior, Sammy Sosa and the Cubs cruised into the eighth with a 3-0 lead, all set to end their 58-year absence from the World Series.

 

What followed was a stunning collapse that would rival anything in the Cubs' puzzling, painful past.

 

Now, after the Marlins' second straight win in the series, it goes down to Wednesday night. Ace Kerry Wood will pitch for Chicago, while Marlins manager Jack McKeon will go with Mark Redman.

 

The inning began easily enough, with Prior getting the first out. But Juan Pierre doubled, and sheer disaster followed.

 

Luis Castillo lifted a fly down the left-field line and Alou ran toward the brick wall, ready to do anything it took to make the catch. Instead, a man who seemed to be in his 20s, reached up for the ball -- not over the wall, though -- and appeared to deflect the ball away.

 

Left-field umpire Mike Everitt correctly ruled no interference -- unlike 12-year-old Jeffrey Maier in the 1996 ALCS at Yankee Stadium, this fan did not reach into the field of play.

 

Alou slammed his glove in anger, and many fans in the crowd of 39,577 booed and began to pelt the man with debris.

 

Castillo then walked, and the crowd sensed trouble brewing. Ivan Rodriguez hit an RBI single and Miguel Cabrera followed with a grounder in the hole that Gonzalez simply dropped for an error that loaded the bases.

 

Derrek Lee stepped up and hit a drive into the left-field corner, pumping his fist even before he reached first base, and the two-run double tied it.

 

Prior was pulled and Kyle Farnsworth came in and intentionally walked Mike Lowell to load the bases. With the crowd sitting in stunned silence and Prior blankly staring, Jeff Conine hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly.

 

Mike Mordecai broke it open with a three-run double off the wall in left-center, his shot hitting near a splash of red-and-orange ivy, and Pierre added an RBI single.

 

It had to be a haunting reminder for Cubs manager Dusty Baker. Last October, his San Francisco Giants took a big lead into the late innings of Game 6 of the World Series, and wound up losing the game and series to Anaheim.

 

 

 

FEAR THE FREAKIN FISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!