I’ve always been somewhat sympathetic towards Wood, mainly because I believe that the toothpick chomping idiot played a key role in his deterioration….but also because he seems like a good guy with a big heart… baaaah baaaaah baaaaah baaaaaah
Our good friend chucky just posted this in an open thread, I think it deserves the spotlight:
“My question is, isn’t time to finally cut this guy loose once and for all? I’m so fucking sick of “he’s a real Cub”, or “we need his leadership in the clubhouse” bullshit I could goddamn scream! Enough is enough! Ricketts needs to be taken to the woodshed for this shit. This asshole is taking a fucking roster spot from someone who is far more deserving, or someone to possibly showcase for a trade. Instead, we get more sentimental horseshit from an owner who, as far as I’m concerned, still doesn’t know his fucking ass from a hole in the ground. This whole damn thing is completely on Fanboy. Wood NEVER should have been brought back.”
Unless there is a clause in the contract that allows the Cubs to sever ties with a buyout (based on number of days on the disabled list), I’d tend to agree, at least from a competitive standpoint.
Here’s an idea for IDIOT fanboy Ricketts to ponder: Base all future hiring decisions on THE FACT that the Cubs haven’t won a World Series since 1908 (!!!)…and that long-time fans have had enough with “the losing”. Now there’s something to get emotional and sentimental about!
TRULY PATHETIC.
Fire Ryan Poles | Fire Matt Eberflus 
April 20, 2012 at 6:19 pm
chucky, I hope you don’t mind me borrowing your comments from the previous thread.
April 20, 2012 at 6:57 pm
Not at all genre. I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels this way too. Feel free to borrow my stuff any time you see fit.
I know that a lot of people said that this would be bad for some time. But nobody can give me a logical explanation for sending Wood out there. His career is over. I wish he and Fanboy would get that through their cement heads.
April 21, 2012 at 10:42 am
I feel bad for Wood because, as Scott put it, he seems like a nice guy, but as we all know sentiment has no place in this organization. Wood was nothing more than Fanboy’s “mascot”, as Boers and Bernstein put it so well. Al Yellon should have his pathetic ass kicked hard for his lobbying Fanboy to re-sign Wood. Just more “friendly confines, holy cow, hey hey, go Cubs go, wait til next year, this is the year, keep the troughs, more statues, no advertising, the goat, 7th inning stretch, sheeple” FUCKING BULLSHIT! Enough is fucking ENOUGH!
April 21, 2012 at 10:43 am
Wow, I feel better after that!
April 21, 2012 at 10:59 am
http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/7837168/winning-concern-chicago-cubs-2012
Jon Greenberg makes some good points, including this one:
“But I think something is wrong with an organization when Wood is on the DL, The Noodle is the hottest thing at any corner, and a real-life major leaguer like Marshall was traded for next to nothing. It should make Cubs fans mad. (The good news in that department is a Cubs game has never been cheaper. The secondary ticket market is more flea market right now.)”
April 21, 2012 at 12:05 pm
Just heard Rosenbloom on the Score say Marlon Byrd has been traded to the Red Sox. Anybody else hear about it? I’ve found nothing else so far.
April 21, 2012 at 1:18 pm
http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/eye-on-baseball/18734355/report-red-sox-closing-in-on-trade-for-marlon-byrd
If true, Boston is even more clueless than I thought.
April 22, 2012 at 10:03 am
The real bad thing about the Wood signing: EVERYBODY knew the Cubs would be fortunate to finish above that other dumpster fire on Houston in ’12. But nooo…instead of getting some cheap minor leaugers with potential who could be key players on a contending Cubs team in a couple of years, the Cubs re-signed Wood. Oh, look, he’s already hurt and the season’s barely three weeks old. Sorry, Kerry…but the sooner the Cubs send you packing, the better.
I see dumbass moves like this, and I wish I was in the Chicago Fire’s PR department sending out hot chicks in Hooter’s like outfits to Wrigley and the Cell (or at least as close as legally possible) to pass out flyers and free tickets to Fire games.
Fro and genre, you guys are gonna ban me mentioning the soccer team, but I am just as frustrated as everybody else with the way Major Leauge (?) Baseball is run in this town. The Cubs were owned by TribuneCo, who can’t even program their “superstation” to put on decent TV programming. The White Sox won a World Series, then completely forgot how to put a winning team together ever since. The Cubs and the Sox have completely killed my desire for baseball anymore…why should any reasonable fan devote time and money to teams who don’t love them back? Especially in Chicago, with this economy?
Wrigley Field and The Cell need to be empty-ass ghost towns until the Ricketts and Reisendork pull their collective heads out of their asses and start trying to build actual contenders. And if those Cubs and Sox fans spend a Cubs or Sox gameday (and the $$$) at Toyota Park, maybe the knuckleheads in charge will start paying attention.
Oh…and the Bulls and Black Hawks both won last night…so did the Fire. Ummm…hip-hip-hooray?
//off soccer soapbox
April 22, 2012 at 11:09 am
DVX,
You have nothing to worry about. We won’t ban you. Rant on about whatever it is that is bothering you.
April 22, 2012 at 11:37 am
DVXPrime, I wouldn’t ban you for mentioning soccer, just don’t let it get out of hand (hehehe)
Your point re: empty-ass ghost towns is a good one and if there aren’t real signs of positive movement by the end of the year, I’m all for it.
The ONLY reason I’m still watching the Cubs–that said, from a distance and not on a daily basis–is out of some hope that Theo Epstein has a better chance of turning this garbage barge around than any of his predecessors. Mostly a gut reaction based on the Red Sox winning twice under his watch, after an 86 year drought… (baaaaaah baaaaaaaah baaaaaaaaah baaaaaaaah).
Feel free to disparage!
April 22, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Great rant DVX.
My compliments sir.
April 23, 2012 at 8:42 pm
Thank you chucky, fro dog, and genrebuster…and a special shout out to MadCityMac:
“Just more “friendly confines, holy cow, hey hey, go Cubs go, wait til next year, this is the year, keep the troughs, more statues, no advertising, the goat, 7th inning stretch, sheeple” FUCKING BULLSHIT! Enough is fucking ENOUGH!”
Ummm…fuck, yeah?
But as long as the Bulls and Hawks keep winning, I’ll keep the soccer to a minimum.
April 24, 2012 at 5:03 pm
DVX…..Just the Bulls.
Unfortunately.
April 24, 2012 at 9:54 pm
Please, PLEASE, PRETTY FUCKING PLEASE!!! Can we END the fucking MARMOL experiment??? PLEASE???
April 24, 2012 at 10:51 pm
…why not trade Marmol and keep Marshall? Ooops, too late!
April 24, 2012 at 10:58 pm
Why not trade Marmol and keep Marshall?
What are you? An idiot?
Did you forget that a genius owns this team? Trust him…
April 25, 2012 at 6:57 am
Carlos Marmol is a very serviceable closer. I can’t believe you guys don’t want a guy like him on our team! He’s just as serviceable as Kevin Gregg.
April 25, 2012 at 10:28 am
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm………
April 25, 2012 at 11:28 am
What are the odds that Marmol is gone next year?
April 25, 2012 at 11:43 am
The longer Epstein/Hoyer wait to trade him, the less he becomes worth a damn. Teams will be desperate for bullpen help come June/July so look for him to be gone by then. If they can get a pitcher and an outfield prospect in return, I’d make that trade right now.
April 25, 2012 at 12:58 pm
STOP TALKING HOCKEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 25, 2012 at 1:52 pm
I’M TALKING HOCKEY HERE DAMNIT. LIKE IT OR LEAVE!
April 25, 2012 at 4:37 pm
OK. I’ll like it.