College of Idiots: The Curse of the Cubs Calendar

No Manny, this post will not be about you. Not everything is about you.

After a couple bad weeks, it looks like the Cubs have started to turn it around. I knew once I put up the poll about whether or not our 3 readers were freaking out yet that the Cubs would start winning, making my poll obsolete. So you’re welcome, I single-handedly turned around the Cubs.

But with the Cubs winning, I now have nothing to rant about. I know you all loved my mini burger post, but I usually like to keep it about the Cubs, or baseball or Chicago. So what to blog about? Manny is too easy, although he has been anointed our new COI Idiot of the Moment.

Sooo...hmm. I look at my calendar. That’s it!

The Curse of the Cubs Calendar!

So I have mentioned my calendar before. I got it as a gift for xmas from my Mom and it hangs in my “office” at work. After McDreamy was traded, I noticed that 1/4 of the players featured were no longer playing for the Cubs: January - Mark DeRosa., March - Rich Hill and November - Felix Pie.

So I posted about how the rest of the players would no longer be playing for the Cubs by the end of the season. Well, now it’s May and I’ve noticed a new trend. The calendar can predict which player will be injured for that month. “The calendar can’t predict that, everyone has been injured,” you say? Well, let’s look.

Ryan Theriot lucked out by getting February. No baseball, but I did hear he was dumped by his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day. So we move to April and Aramis Ramirez. E-Ramis started in only 12 games before getting injured. Now it’s May and Carlos Zambrano. With all the injuries this year, Carlos has been the first to land on the DL and will miss half the month. This is not looking good. Unfortunately 2 players that haven’t been hit by the injury bug are next up for June and July with Soriano and Ted Lilly respectively.

So should I burn the calendar? What evil power does it really? Is it just coincidence? Who knows. It is made by a company from Wisconsin. Maybe they have something to do with it. My mom is a Sox fan, maybe she cursed it.

One more note about the calendar, it includes random “On this Date” facts, but they don’t have anything to do with the Cubs. Like today, did you know that in 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Glenn Wright turns an unassisted triple play against the St. Louis Cardinals. The play involves two future members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Jim Bottomley hits a line drive that is caught by Wright, who steps on second base for the second out. He then completes the play by tagging Roger Hornsby.

Pretty interesting huh?

Well, until Angry Mike starts to post again, or J Dot maybe guest posts again (hint, hint) or maybe even a rarer Lazy Steve post, you have to put up with this shit.

Go Cubs!