So now that its no longer early maybe we can address the myriad problems that the THE WORLD SERIES CHAMPS have. This season has been borderline unwatchable. All I see are a bunch of self-satisfied " everything is fine here" chumps who believe their own hype, who certainly thought they'd be able just to throw the mitts out there and win 90 games with nothing but a bunch of built in excuses . I think almost to a man, they didn't work hard at all in the off season and the Lovie Smith country club spring training to bring them along slowly obviously hasn't worked, The way this team is currently constructed they won't go on a long run of winning games , theyre just not capable of doing that this year. Theyre more likely to lose 6 in a row than win 6 thats for sure. Second half isn't going to be any better unless people actually fucking believe Arrieta , Lackey, etc are going to get better as the season progresses which is highly doubtful. All in all, they couldn't follow up a WS winning year any worse to this point yet somehow the arrow still points down. Just fucking brutal all around.

Did.not.happen.

It's more fun to be a victim

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

Hmmmm...
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/page/Se ... redictions

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

It's more fun to be a victim

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

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

It's more fun to be a victim

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

Of course nobody said those exact words.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

It's more fun to be a victim

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

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

I'm a big dumb shitlib baby

I'm a big dumb shitlib baby

And Mike is a beta whiny crybaby bitch.

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the majority of publications and writers will predict the previous seasons WS Champs to win their division and contend for the pennant the following year .

mad or spanky?

I'm a big dumb shitlib baby

Good God, Frank is dumb.

It's more fun to be a victim

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

Neither. But - regarding Frank- how long do we allow this dipshit to arrogantly masquerade as though he's clever or making good points and not someone who would be better suited for a message board about play-doh?

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

mad or spanky?

mad or spanky?

All the energy seems used up from last year. Having said that, let's hope they don't make any desperate trades this year and give up pieces crucial to their long term success. They may sneak into the playoffs, but look like a 1 and done team for sure. The real work is rebuilding a starting rotation behind Lester, Hendricks and Montgomery who looks like a solid #4 starter.

I have heard from several media sources this cock and bull story about Cubbie administration knowing before the season that they would not be competitive for a world series and therefore chose not to overly participate in the FA market.

Normally, I would say these are justifications after the fact by apologists but it was said by guys like Bernstein, Rozner and Jesse who all have Cubbie sources.

If this story is true, how are not fans incensed? You had a social contract with the team that you would accept the worst period of losing in cubbie history in exchange for the team having sustained success and doing everything it could to "go for it" when with necessary FA parts when the minor league players were finally ready.

I have heard from several media sources this cock and bull story about Cubbie administration knowing before the season that they would not be competitive for a world series and therefore chose not to overly participate in the FA market.

Normally, I would say these are justifications after the fact by apologists but it was said by guys like Bernstein, Rozner and Jesse who all have Cubbie sources.

If this story is true, how are not fans incensed? You had a social contract with the team that you would accept the worst period of losing in cubbie history in exchange for the team having sustained success and doing everything it could to "go for it" when with necessary FA parts when the minor league players were finally ready.

This is a Rozner story. I was listening when it unfolded. It came from a source that Rozner initially disregarded as not connected. This is clearly fake news. Bernsie asked the "what if" question but did not report the Cubs actually did that.

It's all about bites at the apple. If the Cubs choose to not contend in this division this season, they should rightly face some blowback, even taking the WS into consideration. Their aim was to be a better Braves.

They are a better Braves...by half a game right now.

It was my understanding that Bernstein WAS reporting it as some kind of genius, front office move influenced by advanced statistical analysis.

This is another opportunity for a bite of the apple. On the one hand, EVERYONE I hear asked still believes the Cubbies will win the division. Those same people also espouse the "playoffs are a crapshoot" theory. However, those same people are also saying the Cubs shouldn't make any trades now because the team will not make noise in the playoffs. Pick a lane (not you).

I think the greatest gift bigfan did for Cubs fans was deleting the huge amount of posts mocking the 2006 White Sox and the inherent idea that 2005 was somehow tainted because they failed to deliver a quality followup to that season.

In the words of former poster, rogers park bryan, Kenny rolled the dice and they all came up aces!

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.