why can th e chicago cubs seem to win any games?
600080
LOL - I love the cubs!\n\nAnd I think if they could get their game together they would lose some popularity after awhile. Chicago has two teams which represent the general psychology of Chicagoans...\n\nHalf of us love to root for the underdog.
342590
White Sox are better and were better\nThe memory I have of the cubs is that they are probably the most pitiful baseball team of the past 100 years.  They can't win anything, they can't even win their division.  The last time they won a world series (1908) hardly anyone was alive to remember it.  The cubs owner knows that the cubs suck, therefore continues to let them lose.  The cubs will never win a championship, they should maybe be demoted to a AAA team and then maybe they could beat somebody.  The cubs suck so bad.  Thats what they get for disrespecting the goat.  There is no need to build a new stadium in chi town, because it will go another 100 years without seeing a winner come through there.  The cubs should go away, and all of chicago should cheer for the White Sox, or if they are really smart, The CARDINALS.  Now thats a baseball team.  The cardinals are the most successful NL team in history and the cubs choke on all their championship banners.
1032385
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!
1088064
White Sox are a half-game behind the Tigers.  Cubs are 35,000 games behind the Cardinals.  Bears training camp starts in about a month, Bulls prepare to pick second in next week's NBA draft, and the Blackhawks are trying to figure out what to do with those funny looking sticks and all of that ice.\n\nOh, and Dailey's still a crook, and they're still ripping up the Dan Ryan.\n\nThat's about it.
1140980
Their big problem is is that so far this season, they have not played well against the Big Boys in the AL (Chicago, Boston, New York).  They're 1-5 against the White Sox, 1-2 vs. the Red Sux, and 1-3 vs. the Yankees, which is 40% of their losses.  Since they lost the last series to the White Sox in Chicago, they've teed off on Toronto, Tampa, the Cubs, Milwaukee, St. Louis, and Houston, and go to Pittsburgh before interleague play ends.\n\nThey still have 13 games left with Chicago, 3 each with Boston and New York, and 10 with resurgent Minnesota.  Those are going to be crucial games to see whether the Tigers can hold off the White Sox.
1117613
well i cant help you there becuz the fact of the matter is, there is NO team more unlucky than the cubs.\n\n     But this year, evn luck has to take a back seat to the lack of talent this team has, to put in another way, this teams suckiness has finally caught up to its unluckiness and combined to form some type of UBER-DISASTROUS-SUCKY-UNLUCKY team.\n\nso sorry pal. \n\nbut be sure to give me holler when you want the reasons they suck. ive got billions.
290049
They've had solid starting pitching for most of the last decade, but that doesn't mean much in the playoffs. They need guys who can put it together for a few games in a row during a short series. You can have the best pitching in the world during the regular season, and that by itself doesn't guarantee a championship. I think they can win their division again, but the playoffs are a total crapshoot.
721945
I would say that they would. Even during the horrible 17 game streak that they have just been through, they still won 3 out of the 17. Baseball is a game where it is possible for even uncompetitive teams to win games during the season when they have a very good day and the opposition has a shocker.\n\nEven the worst teams of all time such as the Cleveland Spiders of 1899 (20-134) or the 1962 Mets (40-120) managed to win some games. Given that the season will last for several months yet, the Mets will win some games.\n\nReasons for Cubs fans to retain some confidence are that they play the Washington Nationals who are playing worse than they are. They started the recent horror streak at 12-8 so they can win games if they play well. Whether they can overcome the big lead they have given rivals over this streak is another matter but take heart.
926636
I'm not a Cubs fan but just once I'd like to see them at the very least win a NL pennant.  You Cubs fans have suffered like no other franchise.  If the day ever comes that they look like they have a real shot at winning a pennant I for one will be rooting for them.  As a matter of fact the only time I wouldn't be rooting for them is if by chance they played the Yankees in the world series.  Other than that I'm okay with the Cubs winning.
691012
Hey Cubs Fan, Are the Cubs in heat? Do the Cubs need to get out of the kitchen?\n\nSeriously, if you're talking about the Bulls, Sequille will make them kneel. ((Neal)
536093
first of all, dbacks and cubs are in different divisions.  second, even if the dbacks win the west (which is conceiveable) the cubs have to go through the cards and the astros, who will, more than likely, have clemmons for the home stretch, not to mention the brewers who look like dark horses this year.  look, i love the cubs, but if they want to win anything, the trib has to relinquish ownership so they can get baseball people in charge and worry about history and fans rather than profits.
577325
Yes. Even if we lose tonight, we still maintain 1st place and THE BEST RECORD IN BASEBALL!\n\n\n\nNow, over the course of the season, is another matter.\n\nI seriously doubt The Tigers will maintain this all season. Chicago is just too strong for us to even think about over taking.\n\nBeing a Tiger Fan For Life, I am enjoying this as much as possible.\n\nI would very happy if they won 81 games (considering they have NOT seen .500 in 12 years).\n\nJim Leyland has worked wonders with this team, so who knows?\n\nOnly Time Will Tell.
198215
I hope not. I'm a CUBS fan.\n\ndont get me wrong, im glad if any Chicago team wins, but i prefer it be the CUBS.
33555
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.
331207
They don't always start slow, but have only for the past two seasons.\nI think it's just team chemistry, and some lineup/bullpen issues that need a little time to get worked out.
305964
I think it's highly possible.  Not only Cubs are playing well this season, Marlins is also the one of worst teams in MLB right now.
1094575
Unfortunatly the Chicago Cubs will not come out of their slump once again this year. As always we will continue to be Cubs fans reguardless of weather or not they are winning or losing because thats the kind of fans that we are.