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

What the hell, I would. Post op is OK right? Right?!?!?!

They're on the upswing. I have a hard time believing Hammel can keep it up. Plus if you have to keep winning in your last at bat, then you are winning by a thread. But the team has shown a lot of moxy to keep fighting in games and being able to find a way.

The good news is there is a reason to watch the Cubs. As a guy who loves baseball, it is pure joy to see winning (competitive) baseball in Chicago. Rizzo is a thing.

I am not worried. This isn't a one year project. This is (hopefully) the beginning of the Plan. That means solid drafting, player development, selected free agents acquisitions, monetization of Wrigley, better management of player contracts, etc. I view this as the start of the franchise being competitive year in and year out because of good long term planning.

I love what I'm seeing from this team. They do have some holes that I'm worried about, but for now, I'm enjoying this greatly. I agree with Chris, they need another top starter. I'm not giving up lots of prospects though, unless the pitcher is locked in for the following season. I would love a upgrade in LF. I do worry about the kids getting tired come September.

For the first time in my life, I think the Cubs are legit, I think they are going to be good, and be good for a long time. I don't think they will win the World Series this year, I still believe in the age old crusty baseball man bullshit that teams have to learn to win, but I think the Cubs are close, and I think after all those terrible years of the Cubs being terrible and tanking, I think its going to pay off.

And its going to pay off big.

What don't they have? Other than another frontline starting pitcher, (Hello Cole Hamels?), I think they Cubs, for the first time ever and I go back to Rick Reuschel, Mike Krukow, funny story about Mike Krukow, I went to a Cubs game in my youth and the back door to the warning track was open and a couple Cubs players, I think it was Mike Tyson and Dick Tidrow were playing catch and throwing balls to fans brave enough to step on the track, I went and Tidrow, I vividly remember that moustache, threw me a ball and smiled and Mike Krukow was doing laps on the track, came up to what was a bunch of kids and told us to get the hell out of there before he tells someone, fucking prick, and Ivan Dejesus, I know bad Cubs teams.

We are going to be good, convince me otherwise beyond the garbage "its the Cubs" excuses.



Been there done that
Jimmy Thick- Old Wrigley Field, it was such a dump...

For the first time in my life, I think the Cubs are legit, I think they are going to be good, and be good for a long time. I don't think they will win the World Series this year, I still believe in the age old crusty baseball man bullshit that teams have to learn to win, but I think the Cubs are close, and I think after all those terrible years of the Cubs being terrible and tanking, I think its going to pay off.

And its going to pay off big.

What don't they have? Other than another frontline starting pitcher, (Hello Cole Hamels?), I think they Cubs, for the first time ever and I go back to Rick Reuschel, Mike Krukow, funny story about Mike Krukow, I went to a Cubs game in my youth and the back door to the warning track was open and a couple Cubs players, I think it was Mike Tyson and Dick Tidrow were playing catch and throwing balls to fans brave enough to step on the track, I went and Tidrow, I vividly remember that moustache, threw me a ball and smiled and Mike Krukow was doing laps on the track, came up to what was a bunch of kids and told us to get the hell out of there before he tells someone, fucking prick, and Ivan Dejesus, I know bad Cubs teams.

We are going to be good, convince me otherwise beyond the garbage "its the Cubs" excuses.

JOR for sure


Jimmy Thick- Old Wrigley Field, it was such a dump...

The monetization end of Wrigley has been managed poorly. Poor management has cost them tens of millions of dollars.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

I am not worried. This isn't a one year project. This is (hopefully) the beginning of the Plan. That means solid drafting, player development, selected free agents acquisitions, monetization of Wrigley, better management of player contracts, etc. I view this as the start of the franchise being competitive year in and year out because of good long term planning.