I felt like Fred Sanford having a token heart attack when I watched the Yankees defeat the Red Sox. That palpable sink in the chest region. It felt good knowing that the Cubs blew it too. I'm also thankful that there was no Cubs vs. Red Sox World Series. This seems like cheating the respective curses. After all, barring apocalypse, one team has to win. It's a can't lose situation regarding curses in general. It's much more poetic if the curses are broken against fortunate teams such as the Marlins or the Yankees.

But poetry has no business in baseball anyways.