And that bad money has brought them 20 straight winning seasons and 6 World Series Championships.
Whoops.
And in a whole different environment then the Cubs? Trying to compare the Cubs to the Yankees is hilarious. Two different franchises from opposite sides of the spectrum with one of those franchises actually doing the right thing and start over. See, your problem is that you are just bitterly jealous, and if not, you read like you are. Its not your team, nor your money, and you, basically, have been reduced to wishful thinking on a message board. I get it. You want to see the Cubs win a WS before you keel over from obsessive compulsive disorder in reguards to where Ricketts money
should be, iyo, going instead of admitting that, for the last century things just didn't go as planned even with Sammy Sosa and Kerry Wood. You have that losers mentality that when in doubt, spend money and hope it goes away when the Cubs have a history of just chosing the wrong types of players. News flash- It didn't work. Now, there are plenty of other teams out there that you could root for and I will go out on a limb and say with a certain confidence that nobody here or in that most dedicated Cub fanbase will miss you if even for a bit. But the sad truth to your breakfown here can be summed up in one word;
Cope.
Yeah, I am super thankful for 100 loss seasons and some of the worst baseball in the history of the franchise.
Lucky me.
Its not about you, so give your complete self- depreciation drivel a nap,sleepy. Your only voice is on a message board (chuckles). That obviously doesn't go too far, nor is Theo or Ricketts losing any sleep when they have a plan in mind and have so far stuck to it with the exception of wasting money on Jackson. You are just one of millions, and carry that huge definition of sheep with the whole vapid argument you try to walk out there that had its legs amputated decades ago. You are going thru the "I really am a powerless fan whose opinion doesn't really matter" phase. Theres a few more steps you will burden yourself thru and by the time you actually come to grips with the fact its not your money, the Cubs will start winning again and the evil cycle will start once more.
Bullshit.
That is just flat out ignorant talk right there.
Hendry's "failures"??
You mean the "failures" that brought about the most successful stretch for the franchise in the last century?
Wow, you really are just dumb.
What success? Where are the WS trophies? Wait, you mean baseless division titles? Really? Right there your ignorance is showing by being content with trivial finishes when the goal is to win a
World Series. Jim Hendry gutted this team and put the waste right in the lap of Theo. That team on the field, the horrible farm system, the purest definition of spending money for the sake of spending, that's Hendry and the mentality that you have been programmed into accepting. Hendrys drafting put this franchise back a decade, then Wilkens put it back five more years. If I recall, Hendry used his system to make excellent trades for A-Ram and Clements, yet, Theo needs to spend money? Sorry, aint buying it or any of the blather you are trying to posture here. This team is in full rectal examination mode and paying for more shit just defeats the purpose of the colonic cleanse.
LOL at division titles......
Yes, elite. Baez is regarded as one of the top ten talents in all of baseball, Soler would have been a top five pick in last years draft, Almora was a top ten pick last year, three elite talents in the span of
one year. Which is refreshing considering Baez surely would have been rushed if Hendry was still at the helm, just like CP,Pie,Wood,Choi,etc,etc. Throw in a top two pick this year and
another high pick next year in the hands of evaluators who know how to draft, this redo isn't gonna take that long. I have patience. If you don't, try another team? Its not like the Red Sox, you know, the team Theo used to run, don't have a top five farm system with so many highly regarded prospects that they could trim the fat on bloated contracts and fill in the gaps with FA filler until those same kids work themselves into the majors, amirite?
Brainwashed by praising Theo for being aggressive in getting a totally unproven prospect while out of the other side of your ass calling Hendry a failure for signing Soriano who only brought the Cubs three division titles.
Nah, no hypocrisy here at all.
Division titles mean nothing. And Soriano was nothing but a complimentary player, and an over priced one at that, on those teams that went that far on account of their pitching. Don't kid yourself into thinking otherwise.
Fucking Rizzo?? Really?
The guy who can't hit his weight? Who has put up less than average numbers since the All Star Game last year?
The same guy who is leading this team in HR's and RBI's? Who is also has a better OPS then say...Soriano?
The guy they got for giving away Cashner who has quietly been put into San Diego's rotation and pitching very well??
Two starts? Who also has a history of being injured?
Check the standings. There's regression.
How can anyone be so stupid as to think that Baseball America's top 10 prospect rankings means more than the number of wins the major league team got??
You are an idiot.
When a teams in a rebuild, its better to look at those same futures then the actual team. Cant deal with it, then apologize to yourself for putting yourself thru it.
Thanks for trying, no really.
Creme
