I have a question about the Chicago Cubs?
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ABSOLUTELY. I don't know if I could necessarily afford a ticket, but I would explore every avenue. I love the Cubs and to be part of that victory would be one of the greatest experiences of my life. A Cubs World Series AT Wrigley Field is something generations of fans only dreamed of, and hell, if it's ever a reality in my lifetime (which it will be), I want to do everything in my power to be there and pour my heart into it.\n\nOf course, if that ain't happening there's always the TV. (But then I'll have to put up with Joe Buck and I'd rather have my intestines pulled out through my nose than listen to him 99% of the time.)
277027
I don't like the white sox, but I really luv the Cubs...Go Cubbies, your time has come!!!!!!!!!!
603931
ME ME ME ME ME\n\nI LOVE THE CUBS\n\ntoo bad lee, wade miller, mark prior, kerry wood are ALL injured
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The last time the Cubs were in the Series [1945], they got a Game 1 shutout by starter Hank Borowy.  They also got a one-hit shutout from Claude Passeau in game 3.  But they failed to close out the Tigers in nine innings of game 6 after leading 7-3 in the eighth inning.  They had to use Borowy for the final 4 innings, and won the game in the bottom of the 12th.  Borowy had also gone into the 6th inning as the game 5 starter.  In game 7 Borowy started on one day rest and was ineffective.  Wasted/mismanaged, whatever you call it, they never recovered from a Tiger 5-run first inning, finally lost 9-3.  This was their 5th Series in about 18 years, so Cubs fans had every right to expect they'd be back in it in the near future.  Right!!
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they dont have much left\n\nhow old is soriano 30 or 31?\n\nthey really signed a person in his 30s to an 8 year contract\n\ni mean he's worth 17 million now, \n\nbut in his late 30s, or even early 40s, with him making 17 million, will not be good\n\nbut to answer your question\n\nthe cubs signed mark derosa to a 3 yr/13 million dolalr contract\nthey signed henry blanco to a 2 yr/5.25 million dollar contract\nthey signed kerry wood to a 1 yr/1.75 million dollar contract\nthey signed aramis ramirez to a 5 yr/ 75 million dollar contract\nand of course will sign soriano to a 8 yr/136 million dollar contract\n\nso in 07 \n\nderosa makes: 4.3 million\nblanco makes: 1.8 million\nwood makes: 1.75 million\nramirez makes: 15 million\nsoriano makes: 17 million\n\nso lets see that is a total of 39.85, or around 40 million\nthe cubs payroll is $94,424,499 or around 94.5 million\n\nso 94.5 - 40= 54.5 million dollars\n\nso they have spent a little less than half their payroll\n\nand guess what, they won't win a world series
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Dusty Baker does not play the games for the Cubs!! The players do. Once again the Cubs fans are looking for a scapegoat for their incompetent team's play. How sad. They can change managers, but that Will not make a difference in their play!!\n\nI have to call them as I see them.
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The Chicago Cubs (nicknamed The Cubbies) are a Major League Baseball team based in the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. They are in the Central Division of the National League.\n\nThe Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team that plays on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. The team is a charter member of the American League
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They have a shot at the Wild Card, but it will not come so easily with the ChiSox and the Tribe in their division.\n\nI don't really think they'll make it, but I will not be surprised if they do because they have the pitching staff; it's just the offense they have that concerns me about them.
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As any die hard Cubs fan knows, the answer to this ? is easily answered with.\n\n\nNext Year!
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Year after year the Cubs pick entertainers rather than talent to fill the rosters. Sosa hurt the Cubs badly but year after year they kept him around as an example. Wrigley's short fences make it hard to attract good pitching and good pitching is what it takes to win.  The Cubs on top of this poor management suffered bad luck when they finally did get good pitching (Woods and Prior) both wind up spending most of their careers on the DL.  Still that's only 2 pitchers. The Cubs to survive the Wrigley effect need 5 good starters. Offense isn't a problem at home. Anybody can hit HRs in Wrigley. \n\nIf I were to build a Cubs team to win a series I would start with putting every penny I could get into developing pitching and grabbing a good #1 starter. Second I would find scrappy players to fill the starting 9. Mark Grace, Craig Counsel, Criag Biggio, Kenny Lofton are some examples of the kinds of players I'd look for but I'd look for them when they were young and will play for cheap. Then I'd let them develop. Foster a team spirit. Give them raises before they demanded them and hopefully keep them out of free agency. \n\nThe manager would be one who knew how to use the hit and run at home. One that handled a pitching staff well. Cox in Atlanta or Torre in NY are examples. On the road it'd be small ball, at home I'd have guys that knew how to use Wrigley to thier advantage. Who knew when the prevailing winds made for an easy homer and who knew when to beat it into the ground instead because the winds were unfavorable. Guys who could and would bunt a runner over or steal a base. Most of all guys who could play defense. The top priority is to keep the pitching strong. The fences are too short. That guy who reaches because of a defensive lapse could easily be crossing home plate a couple pitches later when somebody ripped it out of the park. The Cubs lose a ton of games that way. They also lose a ton of games when the lineup is filled with guys striking out while trying to rip thier own home runs out. Sosa was a human windmill most of his time with the Cubs for example. Strike outs kill rallies. At least put the ball in play and there's a chance for an error. .
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Screw dinosaurs and the Cubs. They're both history's mysteries. Except dinosaurs didn't blame a curse or a fan for them dying out. Good thing the Cubs got Prior and Lee back though. I'd do nothing but talk trash if I was a Cubs fun too. After all, that 29-51 record is something to brag about, right? And I spelled all my words right so keep reading over this trying to find something smart ass to point out.
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I was just going to ask how many cub fans out there think the cubs will have a good year in 2006, and saw your post so....... As far as Dusty goes, I somewhat agree with what you say......he just does not seem to have whatever spark they seem to need to succeed. The bottom line is, though, that success\non the field is the real indicator of how good or bad a manager he is. Based on last year......the jury is out. I feel if the team is not better this year, Dusty will be somewhere else in the future.
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Just enough time for the Cubs to post another losing season, nunber 100 if I'm not mistaken...\n\nBWAHAHAHAHAH!!! LOL\n\nGo White Sox!!!!
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id pick Pujols over Soriano any day...but then again who wouldn't? the Cubs should do better this year new players new superstar coach...i see them doing hella better then they did last year...
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One of the main reasons could be that the Cubs haven't been in the World Series since 1945, and they haven't won a Championship since 1908.  Plus the fact that the Cubs have only won 2 World Series compared to the Cardinals 9.  It's been almost 100 years since the Cubs have even seen a Championship (well 98 years to be exact), while the Cardinals last one was in 1982.  Not to mention the Cards were just in the Series in 2004 and have a lot greater chance of returning than the Cubs.  Does anybody else think this whole "curse" is real, or just some lame ass excuse to be a piss poor team?  I'm thinking it's more the second one than the first.  Every year at least 1, 2, or even 3 of their star players gets hurt, come on they just get scared and don't want to look like fools so they get hurt on purpose to save face.  Our new stadium could be another reason.  They need a new stadium, but who's going to support a losing team and reward them for being a bunch of losers?  Especially now with the White Sox just winning a Championship, the Cubs are going to be in that dump they call Wrigley Field forever.I think they're also jealous of the fact that the Cardinals have the best fans in the WORLD!  Maybe they should go and find a witch doctor to help take away their so called "curse".  Probably still woulcn't help, especially when they have to deal with a Championship caliber team such as the Cards.  I have a great idea: Why don't we set up a petition for the Cubs organization to get sent down to the minor leagues!
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Cubbies!!! We must be masichists to be Cubs fans. Gotta love 'em.  We went to the Sunday game on memorial day weekend and watched them pull 7 runs out of their butts in the 8th inning. Some days they are on, some days they aren't. Stay strong Captain Cubby!
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They absolutely deserved to be in the World Series last year.  They peaked at the just the right time, and they had better pitching than anyone else in the NL....and as we know, pitching wins championships.  They had 3 very quality starters, and (at the time) the hottest closer, and that combination carried them.  Not to mention, Berkman and Ensberg were tearing it up as well.  The only other deserving team would have been St Louis, but they're pitching wasn't 1/5 of Houston's.