"In 1969 the Chicago Cubs until mid September spent the season in first place, until they really hit a losing streak, that included a series at then Shea Stadium, in which a black cat got on the field, and ran past Ron Santo as he was in the on deck circle, and then that is really that hit a losing streak, that included losing 8 out of 10 on the west coast, that also the Miracle New York Mets get hot, and ended up winning 23 out of their last 28 games, and they went on to win the World Series to beat the Baltimore Orioles 4 games to 1.
In 2003 the Chicago Cubs won the diversion, and then won their first post season series in team history, And then went on on to play the then Florida Marlins in the 2003 NLCS, in game #6, they were winning the game until the Florida Marlins staged their comeback, really starting with a foul ball that then Cubs left fielder Moisés Alou was trying to catch, that went off on the hands of Steve Bartman who was also trying to catch the ball, also unaware of what is going on and even unaware of Moisés Alou, and you see him get mad, and the Marlins scored enough wins to take the game, and then went on win game #7, and the series. And also would go on to win the World Series over the New York Yankees 4 games to 2.
So which Chicago Cubs collapse was worse, and why?"
My response:
Don't normally answer MLB historical trivia questions, but I'll give this one a go...mainly because this one has stayed with me and taught me a lesson about the consequences of over working pitchers. It was well known that Leo Durocher's mishandling of his pitching staff in 1969 caused their end of the season collapse. Since it could have been avoided, I think this is the greater travesty of the two seasons in question.
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