Sim Dodgers 1, Sim Cubs 1

Being the obsessive, neurotic Cubs fan that I am (is there any other kind?), I decided to do an R.B.I. Baseball simulation of the Cubs and Dodgers to find out who would win Game 1 yesterday. I let the computer play a full game, and the outcome was Cubs 12, Dodgers 8. Well, as you can clearly gather, my simulation meant nothing, as the Cubs belly-flopped, losing 7-2. That is unless you hear the part of the story I’m leaving out… the gruesome part… the scary part… the almost unbearable to hear part… and if it weren’t for the results of the Game 2 simulation I just ran, I probably wouldn’t tell you. It would just be too much.

The truth is that I played two games of R.B.I. Baseball yesterday between the Cubs and Dodgers with ME controlling the Cubs before I got around to letting the computer play itself. Why? We’ll get to that.

I originally believed the Cubs would have a better chance of coming out on top if I played myself, and since this was just a silly, superstitious tempting of fate, I figured it was better that they won than it was that I be fair— as if there are any rules governing R.B.I. Baseball simulations anyway, right? I thought a Cubs sim-win might leave me with a better feeling about the upcoming game, and perhaps relieve some of the butterflies in my stomach. Well, it turns out there was nothing silly about my simulations. Why? Because I lost. Twice.

That isn’t even the scary part, though. The scary part is that the first time I played, the Dodgers hit a grand slam, and both times I played they ended up winning with a total of 7 runs. If it weren’t for the Cubs’ century-long drought, the Billy Goat curse, Ruth calling his shot, and all the other eerie and seemingly supernatural “things” surrounding this team, I wouldn’t even give it a second thought. But COME ON. Isn’t that just a little too weird?!

So, if you believe in R.B.I. Baseball simulations the way I do, and you’re a Cubs fan, have no fear. I simulated Game 2 today, and the Cubs came out on top, 5-0.