The Chicago Cubs showed this past week that they are not ready for prime time, falling to the New York Mets in the National League Championship Series, 4 games to 0.
From ESPN: The New York Mets are headed to the World Series for the fifth time in franchise history.
Slumping Lucas Duda erupted with five RBIs -- matching the most in a postseason game in franchise history -- and the Amazin's completed a sweep of the Chicago Cubs with an 8-3 win in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series on Wednesday at Wrigley Field.
The pennant-clinching victory capped the first four-game postseason sweep in the franchise's 54-year history. The Mets became only the sixth team in major league history to never trail while sweeping a best-of-seven series, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
And how about this for history? Daniel Murphy's two-run homer in the eighth gave him a long ball in six straight games. That's a new postseason record. Murphy entered the night tied with Carlos Beltran, who homered in five straight postseason games with the Houston Astros in 2004. Beltran signed for seven years, $119 million with the Mets that winter....
The Cubs remain in search of their first World Series title since 1908. http://espn.go.com/blog/newyork/mets/post/_/id/112441/mets-headed-to-world-series-after-sweeping-cubs-with-8-3-win
Just like the city of Chicago, the Chicago Bears and the liberals that run Chicago, the Chicago Cubs show they really suck.
4-0. Sheez, that's bad.
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