It’s Time to Play Cubs Cliché Bingo

Brace yourself, sports fans. National publications will this week surely be trotting out previews of the Cubs long-awaited playoff run, and I can’t help but expect these write-ups to seem a little, well, familiar.

Haven’t won a World Series since 1908 … check. The Curse of the Billy Goat … check. Steve Bartman … check.

We’ve heard it all before. So for those of you scoring at home, here’s a bingo card of Cubs clichés and well-trod milestones to keep handy as you take in this month’s media barrage. (Yes, I realize that the bingo card is itself a cliché.) See below for how some recent stories have scored, and feel free to rate the various Fox Sports broadcasters whose inanities we’ll be enduring over the next few weeks.