Nick Piccone
The Cubs are two losses away from being eliminated from the MLB postseason – to the Mets of all teams. The Miracle Mets are on an improbable run after Chase Utley killed their shortstop, and without Henry Rowengartner to turn to, the Cubs are in a must-win position for tonight’s Game 3 in Chicago. Who’d they turn to for inspiration since Roobengoober wasn’t available?
Rocky Balboa, of course. Manager Joe Maddon explains:
One of my concepts is to win hard for 30 minutes or lose hard for 30 minutes regardless of the time of the year. And of course, Rocky did set a great example in 1976 for all of us.
So when you get behind the eight ball a little bit, sometimes you just go pound on some big slabs of beef in the cooler and obviously you come back and you’re fine. So, listen, man, it’s a game, and I’m really impressed with our players. I love the way they’ve handled everything to this moment. I anticipate that we’ll continue to handle it well. We are talented. We’ll show up tomorrow, and I expect our guys to be ready to play, and was that just the message. Let’s just move it along.
It was just about the effort. The effort that he [Balboa] made, that’s all. He came back.
Good job, Cubbies. Good effort.
We’re ending this post with the Rocky theme, because it’s awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5VHYP1jZho
Take that, Steve Weatherford. You chump.