The Cubs not only won the pivotal third game to go up 2-1 and guarantee a return trip to Wrigley, but they won it in extra innings against a team that seemed to have patented dramatic playoff victories so far this October.

I’m too tired, and my nerves are too frayed, to go into all the second-guessing I did throughout the game. Let’s just say Dusty Baker’s lucky the Cubs pulled this one out. Hopefully they’ll do the same tomorrow and Sunday and get this thing over with.

I’m already sick of the Marlins. The magic number for a Cubs-Red Sox World Series is now five.