in what has been the most disappointing season in recent memory, the chicago cubs have about an inch of space left on a window of opportunity that was wide open just two years ago.
following a 'mail it in' weekend against the cardinals, the cubs find themselves 3 1/2 games behind the redbirds at the all-star break and trailing FIVE other teams for the 2009 wild card slot. this team has been a first half disaster, rivaling only the mets and indians for biggest disappointments of 2009. a quick review of the team:
two un-coachable players in soriano & bradley, with no trade contracts that extend for 2 and 5 more years, respectively. nice job, jim hendry.
they have the dumbest manager in the major leagues. mark my word.....if the cubs hire bob brenly as the manager, they will be in the world series within three years.
a substance abusing catcher in geovany soto who only leads the league in calorie intake.
a shortstop named ryan theriot who has no range and is better suited for second base.
a third baseman named aramis ramirez who will struggle the rest of the year and his average will drop like the stock market as the season continues.
to the best of my knowledge, there has never been a sucessful team without a solid second baseman and if you think mike fontenot (.230) aaron miles (.203) or andres blanco (.222) can lead you to the promised land, then i have swamp land in florida for sale. anyone missing mark derosa?
an outfielder from the pacific rim whose average has dropped 80 points in six weeks. at least this year, the league wasn't embarrassed by him being named an all-star.
and a bunch of journeymen reserves who will be out of baseball in five years.
one class guy in derek lee.
the pitching is abysmal other than ted lilly and pleasant surprise randy wells. carlos zambrano has been exposed like a pervert in the park and carlos marmol is yesterday's news. kevin gregg is the cubs' answer to billy koch.
the good news for cub fans? summer camp for the chicago bears opens in two weeks and then you can put away the turtleneck dickeys and "W" flags & t-shirts and start cheering for the orange & blue. at least you'll have some chance for success with the monsters of the midway but there is no chance of that on the north side.
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