Absolutely Garner, the Cubs have a great team, a great record and had a huge win over the braves, which is a great thing in my book any day. They have great players: Sosa (goes without saying), Alou (former 97 Marlin
, Gonzalez (fellow Miamian!), and Wood and Prior just to name a few. Add Dusty Baker to the mix, and it's definitely a team to be proud of. When the fish were facing elimination, I was pissed like any fan would be, but had we lost, in hindsight, I would have rooted for the cubs to take on the yanks or the sox all the way.
I also agree with 4wiccanluv, Pudge is the man! I was at a sports bar down here watching the game, and when he stepped up to bat at the clutch, you could feel the energy of everyone getting excited, cuz you just knew he would make something happen. Sad part is, the Marlins have built this team on a rag-tag group of nobodys and youngins (Pudge being the richest Marlin at $10 million, less than the yanks would pay for a bat boy
, so few of the players are under contract. Payroll is going to skyrocket next year, and I know we probably wont be able to keep the whole team together.
I hope we can at least keep pudge, cabrera and Beckett, because the marlins have had a very shaky foundation since our former evil owner dismantled our champion team and lost the hearts of all the fans they had just made (Marlins were a mere 5 years old). But anyway, that's all post season talk. The Marlins have taken me on an amazing ride this year and win or lose, I'm glad the ride isnt over yet.