Posts tagged ‘magic number’

Until Sheps and I recorded today’s episode, it never crossed my mind that the Cubs might actually be able to clinch the division before the final series of the season in Milwaukee. Even thought I usually consider myself an optimist, it just wasn’t something that seemed doable. However, it is doable and the Cubs Magic Number (dare I post it) is only 31 after the Brewers lost yesterday and the Cubs won.

After naming this week’s Thread of the Week on the message board, Sheps brought up the idea of the Cubs having a large enough lead to be able to actually throw games at the end of the season depending on who Lou Piniella and others wanted to face in the first round of the playoffs. I can’t see the Cubs doing that no matter who they preferred to face, but I suppose stranger things have happened.

In the aforementioned Thread of the Week, the topic of when the Cubs will clinch is being discussed in fine form. CubsOptimist is staying true to form and currently has the earliest prediction — September 17.

When do you think the Cubs will clinch, and would you throw a game or two to face a certain team? Let us know in the comments or in the thread on the message board. Also, keep a lookout for the Cubs Magic Number to appear soon on our homepage. I originally decided that September 1st would be a tactful date to post it, but if it’s under 25 by the end of the weekend, it’s going up.

Go Cubs!

Congratulations to the 2007 NL Central Division Champion Chicago Cubs on winning the division tonight in Cincinnati! Stay tuned for a special ‘division clinching’ episode of Cubscast, which will be released early Saturday morning.

Send us an e-mail at hosts@cubscast.com or give us a call at 312-239-0179 and let us know what winning the division means to you!

Go Cubs! 11 more wins to go!