Do you really not understand the concept of building a team to fit a park? Why do you think there have been so few successful left-handed pitchers that have played for the Red Sox? Why do you think there have been so many more power-hitting lefties than power-hitting righties wearing Yankee pinstripes? Why do you think Mauer and Morneau have seen a sudden decrease in their power numbers that coincides with their team's move to a new park? Now take a park that plays radically differently about half of the time. You find it absurd to think that might play a part in the difficulty many smart baseball men have had in putting together a championship team that plays there?

No, I was eye-rolling the suggestion that Theo was the first person to ever think about that with respect to the friendly (and oddly windy) confines .... which therefore is not hard to extrapolate that I think it's bleeding obvious, important, and therefore generally assumed that such factors are taken into account.

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

Wouldn't a strong pitching staff negate any issues with the wind?

Wouldn't a strong pitching staff negate any issues with the wind?

It nearly did in 1969.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

I never suggested that Epstein was the first guy who ever thought of such a thing. You stated such a thought was stupid and then tried to drag Candlestick Park and its long history of World Series champions into the conversation.

Bring out the leaches. The bloodletting from the Hendry era is on...

Cubs Baseball Information Manager Chuck Wasserstrom fired
Longtime Hendry assistant Oneri Fleita fired
Cubs stats analyzer Ari Kaplan fired but still a "consultant"

Asst GM Randy Bush is in 'good standing'...

Shockingly, I agree with JORR
the park
Day games and the bi polar nature of how the ballpark plays DOES make it more difficult

But every team has unique challenges

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

That's kind of dumb that Ricketts signed the guy to a 4 year deal.

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

Agree day games are a substantial hurdle..but the park plays the same every year....Wind blows in most of april and may..little less in june/july and august and a lil more in september...overall a pitchers park probably 55% of the time.

Right but the mere fact that its 55/45 and not mostly one way or the other, like most parks, is a hurdle in iteself.

The day games are a problem because players are often hungover for them but both teams are playing the same field so I don't really think how Wrigley plays matters.

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

Im getting real tired of SCORE hosts (Finfer the latest) telling me the Cubs are on a 5 year plan and wont be good til at least 2016.

Are you insane? Have you followed MLB, or really ANY sport in the last 20 years?

There are no 5 year plans to win.

You idiots are confused. Let me walk you thru it.


It may take 5 years (or longer) to completely overhaul the minor league system and the way things are down thru the organization.

Here's the important part: YOU DONT HAVE TO TANK 4 STRAIGHT SEASONS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
Next year, they'll be better. Hopefully either Rizzo or Jackson will do well. You'll have Garza/Samarzija or the prospects from a Garza trade and some money to play with (Not talking BIG FA, but a couple here and there guys)

The team should approach .500 next year.

By 2014, there's no reason they shouldnt be making a run at the NL Central. 3 years is enough time to move some things around and get a team you like on the field. I also expect them to spend money going into 14

Yes it is.

When this is all over, which is not going to be for a while, Trump will be re-elected President.

Bump

I'm not attacking Cub fans when I say this. I'm defending them. How could anyone not be offended by organization mouthpiece Len Kasper cheerleading another last place finish for a draft pick? It's ridiculous. Anyone who espouses such a philosophy doesn't really understand how baseball works. You won't be drafting LeBron James.

And thus is year 3, btw

I'm not attacking Cub fans when I say this. I'm defending them. How could anyone not be offended by organization mouthpiece Len Kasper cheerleading another last place finish for a draft pick? It's ridiculous.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.