Red Ivy

This is a tad late but some very cool comments came from this article by Jayson Stark about Cubs baseball in the post season.

"Now, we can always tell the players that follow us down the road that we played red-ivy baseball," said Cubs outfielder Doug Glanville, following the second-most lopsided postseason victory in Cubs history. "We can say, 'You know nothing about the playoffs, because you haven't played in front of red ivy.' "

Hehe, very catchy comment by Doug.

Once word gets out about the power of that red ivy, there's no telling what might happen next. Paul wears a red ivy leaf in his cap, and the Cubs score 12 runs in a postseason baseball game. Paul wears a red ivy leaf in his cap, and Sosa hits a home run that almost lands on the El tracks. Coincidence? We think not.

This is a franchise, remember, that went 95 years without winning a postseason series, had to battle a curse cast by some long-dead goat, and wasn't even allowed to turn on a light bulb in the ballpark until 15 years ago.

So now, if it turns out that the antidote to all those obstacles was a few red ivy leafs, who knows how the populace might react?

"I guess they'll probably have to keep more security around the park," Paul chuckled, "to keep out goats and ivy stealers."

To the power of the Red Ivy!