A quick non-Clemens, MLB thought.

Ryan Dempster is dumb. Going out and saying that your team will end their 100-year World Series drought is ballsy, but quite dumb. There are forces beyond his power at work behind the scenes at Wrigley Field that will keep the Cubs from winning. It's called a curse. Besides that, the Cubs are by no streak the best team in baseball. In fact, I'd take the Yankees to beat the Cubs and they have hardly any starting pitching. After the Yanks, the Red Sox, Tigers, Mets and even the Dodgers have a better shot in my mind than the Cubs.