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Thursday, Sept. 30, 2004 - 8:06 p.m. (Rant about professional sports next. Skip it to the end, and read about the debate drinking game, if sports turn you off�) The Cubs are finished. Not officially- they still have three games to play, and will only be 1 game behind in the wild card race after tonight. But� This group of highly paid crybaby baseball players has gotten on my last nerve. They had everything set for them to at least make the playoffs as the wild card team (after getting smoked in the National League central division race by something like 18 � games by the hated Cardinals). They were up by a game or s about a week ago. Their remaining games were against 2 teams with near-last place records (bad, in other words), and the Braves, who had already sewed up their race about that time. The other teams left in the race had to either beat up on each other (Giants and Padges), or come from several games down to catch the Cubs (the Astros, 3 /12 games out at that time.) Fuck if they didn�t. After blowing another game in extra innings about an hour ago, the Cubs are a full game behind the Astros (who have last place Milwaukee for the weekend�s 3 games), and � behind the Giants (who will , of course, beat the Padres again tonight). Am I angry? Only at a few select �poison� players on this ballclub. And one in particular: The man (Latroy Hawkins) , who when informed he would be the team�s closer (the guy who pitches to the last few batters when his team is ahead late in the game) held a press conference to tell the reporters he wouldn�t be �talkin� to y�all anymore this year�, then got up and left said conference. He has three blown saves in the last 6 games, all Cubs losses. All three came with 0-2 counts on the batter, when he tried to sneak another strike across the plate (two home runs, one triple , three losses). Take those three �defeats grabbed from the jaws of victories� away, and the Cubs are 1 game up with 3 to go. So many other scapegoats, none of the 4 legged variety. Enough on that sorry subject� I read an article yesterday that outlined a �drinking game� to make tonight�s presidential �debate� more interesting. Before you rip me for making fun of this event, let me tell you one thing- this �debate� resembles a real debate about as much as the �Cubs� resemble a winning baseball team. Everything tonight is scripted- the questions, the candidates answers, their hairstyles�everything. And no real �debate� takes place. All they do is try their best to look competent without totally trashing their opponents, which would hurt their chances in November. Anyway� The jist of the game was simple- whenever either of the candidates (or your favorite of the two, if that is possible and you don�t wanna get too trashed) says a certain catch phrase that they are known for, you have to take a drink (either a shot glass of beer, or if you are more hardcore, of hard liquor). Bush utters the phrase, �Compassionate conservative�? One drink. Kerry says, �UN�? One drink. Bush, �Safer America�? One drink. Kerry, �W is for Wrong�? One drink. And on and on. The write of this article stated that � �after the debates are over, you might not have a clearer idea who stands for what or who would be the better president. But you should have a good enough buzz going that you don�t care.� Where did I read about this drinking game? �Spin� magazine? Maybe �People�? Nope. The editorial page of the Chicago Tribune! As feed up as I am about this election, drinking might be the right way to face this debate�.
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