Comments on: Who would have thought?

By: genrebuster

genrebuster — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:16:45 +0000

I don’t think it’s drugs…

By: erniesarmy

erniesarmy — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 05:05:10 +0000

Ah, it’s nice to see Yeti is still on drugs. Hey, dude, there is help you know.

Just to let everyone know why guys like Chucky and I always have a healthy does of skepticism when it comes to the Cubs and the, “Hey, we’re on the right track now”, garbage is because we’ve seen this movie before.

I remember when they got Leo “This is not an eighth place club” Durocher to manage in 66. Yeah, they weren’t an eighth place club, they were a last place club! And then there was the “Cubs will shine in 69″ total collapse.

And need I mention 84, 89, 03, 07, 08, and all the great things Jim Lefebvre, Don Zimmer, Dusty Baker, Lou Piniella, and our all time favorite Jim “Hey, I got Aramis Ramirez” Hendry was going to do. They too were all going to turn this franchise around and make the Cubs into a “winner”.

I’m willing to give Epstein some time, but I won’t have my fingers crossed. He is just one of a long line of “successful” elsewhere “bums” in Chicago managers and GM’s this team has had for well over 60 years.

Right now this team is a freakin mess! But, we’ll see what happens next year.

By: Matt Stairs Superfan

Matt Stairs Superfan — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:30:03 +0000

Sveum is a dumbass just like the rest before him. With him continuing to put in the shit that is the bullpen, they have lost at least 10 games for this team. If they were at best, decent, their record is easily, .500. Instead of bringing up more pitchers to see what they can do, they continue to throw out the same garbage.

By: JF

JF — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:37:06 +0000

Retroactive to 7/31 the Cubs should win about 15 more games before this 2012 disaster ends; 58 wins for the season. That’s my back of the envelop estimate. So far they’ve played 5 games and have won 0.

I just wanted to put a guess together and see how close it comes.

Sveum will be back next season unless he dies. Seriously, nobody is going to be held accountable for this as long as Ricketts can still sell the tickets.

By: chucky

chucky — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:56:04 +0000

Genre….what those ingrates don’t understand is that Kevin Gregg is quite serviceable. Stats tell the story here. Just check the stats. He’s not that bad.

By: genrebuster

genrebuster — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:57:22 +0000

hehehe http://www.talk-sports.net/mlb/sucks.aspx/Kevin_Gregg

By: genrebuster

genrebuster — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 03:49:22 +0000

Regardless of how bad things are now, we’re much better off now than we were at the end of last season.

By: Pie In The Sky

Pie In The Sky — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 01:40:44 +0000

Soriano might be traded this month if they can complete a waiver trade.

Brett Jackson looked solid in his debut. Anthony Rizzo is a stud. Jim Hendry couldn’t find a quality left-handed power bat for nearly 10 years… Theo Epstein might have found one in like a month.

By: Matt Stairs Superfan

Matt Stairs Superfan — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:29:08 +0000

With all of these trades going on, one would think that Garza and Soriano will be traded in the offseason. The kids are being called up now. A smart franchise would have started this process of bringing up minor league talent 10 years ago rather than now. I forgot though that non-baseball minded people were running this team beforehand…

Next year is going to be just like this. The starters won’t get run support often and when they actually do, the bullpen will blow it. If this team actually gets to be a contender in the next 3 or 4 years, Sveum will not be here. I think they know he’s just there to fill up space until they get someone who’s not an idiot…

By: Pie In The Sky

Pie In The Sky — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 23:07:49 +0000

No doubt Sveum is back next yr. Unless he loses the entire team within the next two months.