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CHICAGO -- What happens when a lovable loser winds up a winner?If the Chicago Cubs win the World Series for the first time since 1908, what happens to fans who have waited for next year their entire lives, the ones sporting T-shirts that read, Just win before I die? What happens when someday arrives?It will be better than the tradition of losing thats been passed down, said Jim Beaupre, a 66-year-old retired teacher who grew up near Wrigley Field, his eyes welling with tears as he showed the venerable ballpark to his 4-year-old grand-nephew. It will be the curse is broken, the bad old days are gone.Others say victory will be a reward for sticking with a team that was so bad for so long.Theres a sense that we paid our dues, weve watched utterly meaningless games in the dead of August ... we tilted our hats in the right way, worn our lucky shirts, stared at the TV at just the right angle, sat in our lucky chair and done all of that for decades and its finally paying off, said Steve Rhodes, whose Chicago-oriented website, the Beachwood Reporter , once posted a song, Dont Start Believin, to remind fans about the danger of hope.At the same time, there is at least a little worry that winning a World Series means losing something developed for more than a century, bolstered by heartbreak, failure and, yes, resilience.We could totally change our identity in the next week or so, said Kiljoong Kim, 45, of Chicago. We all really want it, but there is no doubt that we are all going to miss what we used to be.Dr. Stephen Schueller, a clinical psychologist at Northwestern University who specializes in happiness and well-being, agrees.I do think there is some concern (that) if they win it, it is going to break this story we tell ourselves as Cubs fans, he said.What that will look like is anyones guess, though it could turn Cubs fans -- the cuddly puppies of fandom -- into something else.Fans could become unbearable, Rhodes lamented.Al Yellon said one need only look eastward to see what could become of Cubs fans, how the friendly confines could become a decidedly different park.I look at the Red Sox fans, and when they suddenly won (in 2004 after 86 years), from the outside it looked like they became kind of insufferable, said Yellon, whose Cubs fan site is called bleedcubbieblue.com .Rhodes and Yellon may be onto something. Scientifically speaking, there may be something different about the brain of a fan who has been subjected to repeated doses of optimism every spring training and the despair of the regular season and the certainty that next year will be THE year, according to one expert who has written extensively about brains in general and the brains of Cubs fans in particular.Such fans turn out to be better decision-makers and deal better with divergent thought, as opposed to unreflective fans of winning teams, wrote Dr. Jordan Grafman, a professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Northwestern and a lifelong Cubs fan.Grafman said Cubs fans shouldnt worry about losing those skills just yet, even if they outlast the Indians in a World Series that Cleveland led 2-1 heading into Saturday nights Game 4.One exposure (to winning) is not going to do the trick, he told The Associated Press.On a recent bike ride over to Wrigley with his 2-year-old son, Matt Monsueto, 39, said he is happy at the prospect of his boy not having to endure the annual heartbreak that has for so long been part of the lives of Cubs fans.And yet he wonders if success might change things for future generations of Cubs fans, make them less patient and more demanding.My two daughters are Blackhawks fans, Monsueto said of the hockey team that went nearly a half century without winning the Stanley Cup before winning three over the past seven years. They expect parades.If the brain of the Cubs is in no danger of changing anytime soon, much of what made the Cubs fandom so lovable to the rest of the country already has. The guys who dragged lawn chairs to the rooftops to watch the games have been replaced by corporate gatherings. The bleacher seats that were a few bucks are now far, far more.All that magical stuff is gone, Rhodes said. Theres a new generation of fans who have invaded my piece of heaven. Stitched Saints Jerseys . -- Adam Snyder returned to the San Francisco 49ers this season because the offensive lineman thought it was his best opportunity to win a championship. Saints Jerseys 2021 . LUCIE, Fla. https://www.saintsjerseyssale.com/ . And when it opened, every player was at his stall. Thats a sure sign that a team is in a slump and is searching for answers. "Its embarrassing to be at home and play the way we did," said defenceman Josh Gorges. Cheap Saints Jerseys . 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Usually, when things like that happen, everything goes numb.Little did anyone -- and Marshall, especially -- believe hed be back in the huddle some 10 minutes later.The doctors didnt say anything to me, Marshall said , regarding the injury which coach Todd Bowles referred to as a sprain. The only thing I cared about was is my ACL all right and am I going to get the feeling back in my leg? Once I got that, I said, `Im going to go out there and run.In improving to 1-1, The Jets avoided a tremendous early season scare during the second quarter of a 37-31 victory over the Buffalo Bills (0-2) on Thursday night.Marshall caught a slant pass and appeared to sustain a serious injury when his left knee twisted beneath him while cornerback Stephon Gilmore brought him down by the facemask. Marshall immediately grabbed his knee and lay on the field for a few minutes before getting up on his own and slowly making his way to the sideline.What no one expected was seeing Marshall return to the huddle three plays into the Jets next possession.I thought he was down for the count for sure, said quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, who tapped Marshall on the shoulder in condolence on the sideline before the receiver left to have his knee tested. I knew something was wrong. But when he stepped back in the huddle later on it was such a surprise, but it was a relief as well.It didnt take long for Fitzpatrick to look for his favorite receiver. A play later, he completed an 18-yard paass to Marshall up the left sideline to help set up a 5-yard touchdown pass to Eric Decker, which put the Jets up 20-7.ddddddddddddrandon is one of the tougher guys youll ever see, Fitzpatrick said. Hes not just a special player, hes a very special person. And we love having him with us.Marshall said he felt good once he returned, but acknowledge hell have his knee re-evaluated once the Jets return home.He finished with six catches for 101 yards, while Decker led the team with six catches for 126 yards.And just like that, the two began re-establishing themselves as one of the NFLs most potent tandems a year after combining for 189 catches, 2,529 yards and 26 touchdowns.The Jets showed resilience, too, in snapping a five-game skid against their AFC East rival and beating Rex Ryan, their former coach, for the first time since he was fired in New York following the 2014 season.The Bills rallied to score 17 consecutive points in a run capped by safety Nickell Robey-Coleman returning Jalin Marshalls fumble 36 yards for a touchdown.New York responded by scoring the next 17 points. Running back Matt Forte scored three times, and sealed the victory with a 12-yard run.Fitzpatrick was impressed by how the Jets didnt let down once they fell behind.There wasnt any hanging heads, there was confidence in the huddle, said Fitzpatrick, who went 24 of 34 for 374 yards. Thats a good feeling as a quarterback, having guys looking at you with confidence in their eyes.It felt much better knowing one of them was Marshall.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '