i tried writing an informative blog the other day regarding the future of the chicago cubs and i think it was balanced and informative, giving cub fans an oversight which set things in perspective for their bleak future but i forgot who i was dealing with and the complaints began to come via e-mail. now these complainers don't want to comment on the blog for all to see and i respect their right to be anonymous but that's where the respect ends.
today, we drop the gloves and deal honestly with the minor league operation on the north side. now most of you can't take any criticism of the cubs so go back to cubs.com right now and continue shopping for your next turtleneck dickey with a 'c' on it. for the brave at heart, pour another cup and continue.
with all due respect to the very few cub fans who understand baseball, i am so tired of the inability of cub fans to see the forest for the trees by constantly defending this steaming pile of crap that's disguised as a professional baseball team on the north side. this organization is the laughing stock of baseball year in and year out and it will never change in your lifetime because simply put, the entire organization sucks and the fans are idiot savants, knowledgeable about all things cubs but then just the idiot part takes over.
how anyone can be a cub fan is beyond me. their smarmy sense of entitlement ('it's our turn') makes me gag and the dysfunctional operational skills of their management team makes it impossible to win. ever. frustration and disappointment become a way of life from general managers who don't know their ass from a handbasket to sleepwalking and senile managers whose last cogent thought probably had something to do with eating or a biological function, it's no wonder that the cub's clubhouse is known throughout baseball as 'the jungle' where it's survival of the fittest. from a 'unknown' player taking a bat to sosa's boom box to zambrano's yearly bullying of teammates, it would only take ONE administrative person with stones to remedy those situations immediately and it would never happen again. one player being released, traded or sent to the minors sends a clear message to everyone else. but it takes a leader to do that and the cubs have none.
now i know what you're thinking...."what about yesterday? hendry suspended zambrano for his actions!" again, the lack of understanding by cub fans comes into play. hendry had no choice because the world saw zambrano's flame-out but if you think the everyday attitude is going to change with those guys in charge, then simply put, you're an idiot. zambrano simply becomes the fall guy (although well deserved) for another disappointing season by the cubs. last year it was milton bradley's fault. other years have brought about jacque jones, moises alou, steve bartman, kevin gregg, shawn estes, corey patterson, he sop choi and todd hundley as culprits who have SINGLE HANDEDLY ruined a cub season. why, without those players screwing up the season, we would have won it all! (please vomit here). the cubs always pick a fall guy.
try that zambrano crap on the south side and your rear end will be bruised from the door hitting you in the ass as you're given your walking papers. ask nick swisher. you want to pout when you don't start? want to continue jacking your jaws to the media rather than talk to the manager behind closed doors? want to think you're more important than the team concept? bye-bye. one year and done. out the door. eat the remainder of the contract and move on. that's what real baseball teams do. admit their mistakes and hopefully learn from the experience.
i actually had one moron tell me that 'you don't understand the make-up of the cubs.' OH, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE CUBS. gutless and without heart or talent. growing older everyday. the king of underachievers. fat contracts and fatter asses. a 25 man roster with 20 pieces of garbage. (see if you can figure out the 5 to keep....call a sox fan for help) and the least knowledgeable fans in all of baseball which is a HUGE part of the problem.
cub fans accept anything because they constantly drink the kool-aid and the owners understand that and take full advantage. their on-field product is not as important as the wrigley experience and owners also know that. they realize that singing songs and waving W flags are the most important things for cub fans along with the price of drugs along clark street, and the drugs are a necessity when you have to spend an entire day in a stadium that smells like urine and your experience is constantly enhanced by overflowing toilets and falling pieces of mortar.
the team is crap, the stadium is a health hazard and the management/owners aren't going to change anything because three million jerkoffs spin the turnstiles every year, no matter what. and that is so sad but i think cub fans deserve everything they get because they demand nothing.
overheard every day in the stands: "hold my foam finger please, while i answer my cell. the score? oh, i have no idea......hello? a gram is how much? dude, i'll see you at murphys right after but we have a chance to sing the song today so i might be late. save an eight ball for me."
so that's it. i have vented. the cubs and everything about them suck. forever. and whatever you do, don't EVER jump on the white sox bandwagon because we don't want you or need you. stay in wrigleyville and keep waving your flag and singing songs. it fits you.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
REQUIEM FOR AN ORGANIZATION
as the season grows darker and darker on the north side and thousands of fans are disguising themselves as empty seats, i can't help but wonder where the blame should lie for this funeral dirge.
it makes no sense to rag about the players or their manager because it is what it is on the field: a half-crazy senile manager who has lost control of his ball club and openly admits "i don't know what to do."
so if you move away from the participants on the field, you have no choice but to point the finger of blame at general manager jim hendry, who after making a splash early in his eight year tenure, has decimated this once proud franchise with stupefying trades, bizarre free agent signings and contracts that defy logic.
to wit: alfonso soriano, koske fukedome and carlos zambrano are paid a collective 49 million dollars a year and this will continue thru 2011 when fukedome will disappear but the one dimensional soriano will be here THRU 2014 at 18 million per year and zambrano will collect another 54 million thru 2012. those contracts are almost criminal and have financially handcuffed the cubs because no one wants hendry's overpaid garbage. oh yeah, hendry is also signed thru 2012 so he has almost three more years at the helm of the titanic.
hendry has also allowed this team to grow old while winning nothing. fifteen players on the current roster are over 30 and three of the 'stars' are in obvious decline. tom ricketts paid almost a billion dollars for this mess and i guarantee that he will be swallowing hard this off-season when no less than FOURTEEN of the current roster become free agents, including derrek lee, ted lilly, carlos silva, xavier nady, ryan theriot, geovany soto, carlos marmol and on and on. if those names look familiar, it's because most of them are players from the everyday starting lineup. ALL of them will be free agents and aramis ramirez also has the option of cancelling his contract after this year and moving on but that would be a stupid move on his part because hendry guarantees him 15 million a year for two more years.
bottom line: this franchise is heading into the oblivion they lived thru during the 50's, 60's and 70's and they wil be financially strapped with a roster full of minor leaguers and an owner who is a businessman and not about to throw good money after bad.
i've seen more empty seats at wrigley this season than i have in the past five years and a perfect example was a 75 degree night at the end of may, tickets were available at game time against the dodgers, which is unbelievable.
so don't boo lou or the players...save it for jim hendry but be prepared for huge roster changes in 2011and the disappearance of pennant fever for a long time.
it makes no sense to rag about the players or their manager because it is what it is on the field: a half-crazy senile manager who has lost control of his ball club and openly admits "i don't know what to do."
so if you move away from the participants on the field, you have no choice but to point the finger of blame at general manager jim hendry, who after making a splash early in his eight year tenure, has decimated this once proud franchise with stupefying trades, bizarre free agent signings and contracts that defy logic.
to wit: alfonso soriano, koske fukedome and carlos zambrano are paid a collective 49 million dollars a year and this will continue thru 2011 when fukedome will disappear but the one dimensional soriano will be here THRU 2014 at 18 million per year and zambrano will collect another 54 million thru 2012. those contracts are almost criminal and have financially handcuffed the cubs because no one wants hendry's overpaid garbage. oh yeah, hendry is also signed thru 2012 so he has almost three more years at the helm of the titanic.
hendry has also allowed this team to grow old while winning nothing. fifteen players on the current roster are over 30 and three of the 'stars' are in obvious decline. tom ricketts paid almost a billion dollars for this mess and i guarantee that he will be swallowing hard this off-season when no less than FOURTEEN of the current roster become free agents, including derrek lee, ted lilly, carlos silva, xavier nady, ryan theriot, geovany soto, carlos marmol and on and on. if those names look familiar, it's because most of them are players from the everyday starting lineup. ALL of them will be free agents and aramis ramirez also has the option of cancelling his contract after this year and moving on but that would be a stupid move on his part because hendry guarantees him 15 million a year for two more years.
bottom line: this franchise is heading into the oblivion they lived thru during the 50's, 60's and 70's and they wil be financially strapped with a roster full of minor leaguers and an owner who is a businessman and not about to throw good money after bad.
i've seen more empty seats at wrigley this season than i have in the past five years and a perfect example was a 75 degree night at the end of may, tickets were available at game time against the dodgers, which is unbelievable.
so don't boo lou or the players...save it for jim hendry but be prepared for huge roster changes in 2011and the disappearance of pennant fever for a long time.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
thoughts & things for june 17, 2010
twenty billion is a start but BP had better get that leak fixed pronto. you have to believe that no less than 5 of the management team are heading to jail after documents were released this week that clearly indicate supervisorsignoring safety standard problems that arrived via emails. immunity, anyone? start talking.
speaking of jail, rod blagojevich is still bouncing around like the mad hatter and loving every minute of the spotlite, even signing autographs on the steps of the federal court house. a very strange man. i hope he takes the stand because that would be great theater.
i agree with bill gates & warren buffett about donating half of your wealth to charity. exactly who gets my $153.12??
everyone catch the seattle video of the cop punching the "lady" when she tried to interfer with his arrest of her friend? amazingly, the "lady" immediately calmed down and was totally quiet after that while the cop continued to wrestle with his initial arrest. totally justified.
the blackhawk love in this town is incredible even though most of the two million at the parade probably never watched a game until the finals. if you want to have a little fun with a bandwagon member, have them name any ten members of the team with first and last name required and no mistakes. a great way to drink free beer all night.
congratulations to the four sponsors who covered the entire cost of the downtown parade. didn't cost the taxpayers a dime.
the sox & cubs? another blog.
wonder why things are so expensive? my ford expedition has an aluminum hood and i notice a small bubble about the size of a dime. i stop at the body shop and the estimate is $1600 dollars!!! the guy says they can't fix rust on aluminum permanently so they always replace the entire hood. (i got the same story and estimates at two other shops). i hope it hails soon.
this has to be the worst summer for movies in a decade. the theatres are empty and other than 3 films, it's a hollywood disaster. and one of those three is the 'a-team' remake which is pure crap.
everyone ready for a toasty summer? my buddy at the weather service, who has correctly predicted the last three summers (including the miserable 2009), says we will steam this summer thanks to el nina and some other factors. the warm-up starts now. enjoy.
have a safe summer!
speaking of jail, rod blagojevich is still bouncing around like the mad hatter and loving every minute of the spotlite, even signing autographs on the steps of the federal court house. a very strange man. i hope he takes the stand because that would be great theater.
i agree with bill gates & warren buffett about donating half of your wealth to charity. exactly who gets my $153.12??
everyone catch the seattle video of the cop punching the "lady" when she tried to interfer with his arrest of her friend? amazingly, the "lady" immediately calmed down and was totally quiet after that while the cop continued to wrestle with his initial arrest. totally justified.
the blackhawk love in this town is incredible even though most of the two million at the parade probably never watched a game until the finals. if you want to have a little fun with a bandwagon member, have them name any ten members of the team with first and last name required and no mistakes. a great way to drink free beer all night.
congratulations to the four sponsors who covered the entire cost of the downtown parade. didn't cost the taxpayers a dime.
the sox & cubs? another blog.
wonder why things are so expensive? my ford expedition has an aluminum hood and i notice a small bubble about the size of a dime. i stop at the body shop and the estimate is $1600 dollars!!! the guy says they can't fix rust on aluminum permanently so they always replace the entire hood. (i got the same story and estimates at two other shops). i hope it hails soon.
this has to be the worst summer for movies in a decade. the theatres are empty and other than 3 films, it's a hollywood disaster. and one of those three is the 'a-team' remake which is pure crap.
everyone ready for a toasty summer? my buddy at the weather service, who has correctly predicted the last three summers (including the miserable 2009), says we will steam this summer thanks to el nina and some other factors. the warm-up starts now. enjoy.
have a safe summer!
Friday, June 4, 2010
thoughts & things
is there anyone out there who doesn't want the BP officials drawn & quartered in the town square? they've done years of destruction to the gulf coast and affected thousands of lives in the process. there is NO EXCUSE in this age of technology to not have fail-safes in place.
another person who needs jail time is the new trier driver who struck a fellow student at an intersection and then fled the scene and left her sprawled on the street. again, absolutely no excuse.
finally the rod blagojevich trial begins. want a quick guilty plea? threaten him with a crew cut.
did you see where JORAN van der SLOOT was arrested for the murder of a girl in peru? this is the same smirking dirtbag who was the prime suspect in the disappearance of NATALIE HOLLOWAY in aruba. he was arrested EXACTLY five years to the day after natalie disappeared.
"i simply misremembered it wrong." what??? senate candidate MARK KIRK, who was probably going to steamroll ALEXI GIANNOULIAS has now made a race of it by lying to the public by proclaiming himself to be a solo medal winner and fudging the truth about his plane taking fire in iraq. didn't they force SCOTT COHEN to resign after his lies & omissions were exposed?
it's friday night and the finals are now tied 2-2. are the hawks going to gag this away?
if you haven't tried RAVINIA, it's a great place to kick back and watch acts close up in the pavilion. just get there early so you can use the main lot and avoid the shuttle.
baseball season is over on both sides of town.
warm good-byes to RUE McCLANAHAN & DENNIS HOPPER. she cracked me up and he was edgy and not afraid to take chances.
stay cool.
another person who needs jail time is the new trier driver who struck a fellow student at an intersection and then fled the scene and left her sprawled on the street. again, absolutely no excuse.
finally the rod blagojevich trial begins. want a quick guilty plea? threaten him with a crew cut.
did you see where JORAN van der SLOOT was arrested for the murder of a girl in peru? this is the same smirking dirtbag who was the prime suspect in the disappearance of NATALIE HOLLOWAY in aruba. he was arrested EXACTLY five years to the day after natalie disappeared.
"i simply misremembered it wrong." what??? senate candidate MARK KIRK, who was probably going to steamroll ALEXI GIANNOULIAS has now made a race of it by lying to the public by proclaiming himself to be a solo medal winner and fudging the truth about his plane taking fire in iraq. didn't they force SCOTT COHEN to resign after his lies & omissions were exposed?
it's friday night and the finals are now tied 2-2. are the hawks going to gag this away?
if you haven't tried RAVINIA, it's a great place to kick back and watch acts close up in the pavilion. just get there early so you can use the main lot and avoid the shuttle.
baseball season is over on both sides of town.
warm good-byes to RUE McCLANAHAN & DENNIS HOPPER. she cracked me up and he was edgy and not afraid to take chances.
stay cool.
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