Keeping us humble.

To heck with positive thinking. When it comes to baseball and the Chicago Cubs. I always approach the Cubs with low expectations. That’s the safe way. Think about it. If Cub fans have high expectations. And the Cubs let them down. By blowing games they should have won. It’s a real downer. But if fans psychologically brace for the Cubs following tradition. By finding new and novel ways to lose – well, that was expected all along. True Cub fans always try imagining the worst of all possible scenarios. As being a near-certainty. Keeps fans like me from being totally chagrined and disappointed. Yes, the mean-spirited  baseball gods know how to keep us humble. --Jim Broede