WaPo: Boswell: Reverse Psychology (RR)

Can the Cubs “beat, beat, beat on the Dodgers”? Add a few Jared Falk’s Bass Drum Secrets of Reformed Punk Druggies rolls and Boswell might have something there!

Will the Dodgers close out the best Cubs team of my lifetime, deflate this entire postseason, erase the chance of a Cubs-Red Sox, a Cubs-White Sox or even a Cubs-Rays matchup in the World Series? Yes, probably.

But the Cubs need to remember that their task—three sudden-death wins in a row in October—has been done by teams far less talented. Once momentum changes dugouts, it tends to stay there for days. The Cubs don’t have to match the four-in-a-row the Red Sox pulled off. That was the best series in baseball history. The Cubs just have to muster the best playoff series in their history.

Now the Cubs need to sacrifice a goat, slap a few pundits and wake their fans, who at this moment stand at the edge of the cliff, pondering the familiar view.

If the North Siders want to win the Series this year, not just reach one for the first time since ‘45, then lose with dignity to the better league, they need something special. They need a magic cloak, a powerful mojo, an event of their own creation that makes them feel calm, invincible and chosen. They need to beat, beat, beat on the Dodgers.