Ted Lilly is quite dismissive of the premise of this Paul Sullivan story on 101 years of titleless baseball:

Veteran Cubs fans seemingly are inured to pain, having watched year after year of World Series-free baseball. But this year was harder to swallow than most, with great expectations and the third-highest payroll in baseball. Now another layer has been added to the losing streak, which moves into its second century.

"I think it would be kind of silly to take that perspective," pitcher Ted Lilly said. "The only thing that matters is today's game, when you get down to it: What happened -- what the clubs did before us and what has gone on -- that's really out of our control. Nothing we can do about it at this point."

Uh-oh, Ted. You have now mocked Paul publicly, Does bad press loom?