I really dont see how you guys are blind to this. I dont understand why you dont want to win now. I think today was a horrible day in Cub baseball when Santo died and to make things even worse he didnt see them win 1 WS. I think every Cub fan deserves to see the Cubs win WS now. Trying to see if you get lucky on specs might work but percetage says it wont. How many times do you see teams that have to rebuild on top of rebuilds. Took TEX and SFG 50 something years. NYY dont go a decade without winning. I would rather take my philosphy from the best. I just want a WS now. Dont want these old vets just coming here to retire.
If you want to win a World Series now..
Build a new stadium. That's the first thing they HAVE to do.
There are so many players that we've offered contracts to that simply refuse to play at Wrigley 82 games a year.
There's your starting point.
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The problem is with throwing money now is if we go and get.. Cliff Lee.. that's fine and dandy.. That'll be what 15-18 mill for this year and the next 4+ years..
Who else are we gonna get? We've gotta fill 1B.. 2nd base is not a strength.. 3rd base is so-so.. The OF is fairly solid.
With or without Cliff Lee.. Our starting rotation isn't half bad.. We need some middle/long relief help.. Marmol as closer is just fine..
There's a ton of holes.. Which if we just went out and spend a crap load of money now and something goes wrong.. We're stuck with it for awhile.. Kinda what we're running into now..
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I'm just letting you know.. I don't like the noodle also.. but I'm not gonna whine and complain about it the whole time.. It's there.. It's bringing in some sort of profit to the Cubs.. Just deal with it.. (quietly please).
