The Cubs cannot score runs. Last month they traded the player with the second highest batting average on the team. Theriot also led the team in steals -- he had more than the rest of the team combined.
Derrek Lee has batted .313 with six home runs and a .939 OPS since the all-star break. The Cubs traded him to Atlanta yesterday. The Cubs also threw in some cash. They got three minor league pitchers, the best one is still in Single A ball in return. In a nutshell, the Cubs paid Atlanta to take one of their better players.
The Cubs cannot score a friggin' run for anything so they trade one of their best hitters (again) for three pitchers. Three pitchers who will possibly contribute in a few YEARS. Maybe.
It looks to this fan that the Ricketts are just like the Tribune -- cut costs, do not worry about the product. The Cubs fans will fill the seats anyway.
After all, they are used to losing.
I feel like an abused wife. The Cubbies keep smacking me around and I keep coming back out of a sense of devotion or love or dependency. For crapsake I am wearing a Cubs hat as I write this! It is a replica of the cap the Chicago Cubs wore the last time they won the World Series -- in 1908. Nineteen fucking eight.
How many times can a fan's heart be broken?
Cute story: Allie brought Li'l Nick over in a Cubs t-shirt recently. T-man looked at him, and then looked at Allie and said: "You DO know you're just setting him up for a major disappointment don'tcha?"
ReplyDeletehow true.
ReplyDeleteJesus Christ. They traded Derrek Lee? Fuck 'em then.
ReplyDelete(The Ricketts. Not the Cubs.)
You might want to consider cheering for a team from a less leftist, failure-loving, corruption-hugging town...
ReplyDeleteLike the "Jew Yahk Spankees"!
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The Rangers actually look decent this year, but hey, fuck them. They still suck in my book.
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I love Wrigley Field but OTOH long suffering Cubs fans include a Brother In Law and potential Son In Law. So there you have it. Americas favorite losers, but worth it's weight in potential aggrevation of family.
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