After the Chicago Cubs lost the first two games of the NLCS against the New York Mets at Citi Field over the weekend, Joe Maddon used the theme music from the film Rocky to inspire his players.

"One of my concepts is to win hard for 30 minutes or lose hard for 30 minutes, regardless of the time of the year," Maddon said. "And of course, Rocky did set a great example in 1976 for all of us."

The Cubs have a difficult task ahead. Of the 25 teams that have fallen down 0-2 in a best-of-seven Championship Series, 22 have been eliminated.

"When you get behind the eight ball a little bit, sometimes you just go pound on some big slabs of beef in the cooler, and obviously you come back and you're fine," Maddon said. "So it's a game, and I'm really impressed with our players. I love the way they've handled everything to this moment. I anticipate that we'll continue to handle it well. We are talented. We'll show up tomorrow, and I expect our guys to be ready to play, and that was just the message. Let's just move it along."