I looked high and low and shockingly this team from Chicago has never had it's own Crap/Not Crap. In anticipation of this weekends game, I think it's time they did.

About the Cubs:

Horrible Defense year in/year out
Terrible record of free agent pick ups almost rivaling Pittsburgh (Todd Hundly, Jeff Blauser, Jacque Jones, etc etc etc)
Neifi Perez
Holding on to the notion that one day Kerry Wood will dominate.
Corporate ownership that doesn't even give a shit.
Firing a broadcaster who had the gall to criticize players who gave no effort.

Tree said something that really struck me, the Cubs will always be losers because they don't have to win, people will still come, no matter how godawful (and the Cubs can be godawful) the team is, so in the end, it doesn't matter.

CRAP.

-Jeremy

The Cubs are a horrible baseball team.

At this very moment, they are having their asses handed to them by the Chicago White Sox, who are a very good baseball team.

I don't hate the Cubs. But they fucking stink at professional baseball.

Go Brewers!

BREW CREW! YEAH!

Excuse me, but isn't this the team that was one overly-enthusiastic fan away from the World Series a couple years ago?

The Cubs are an underachieving big-market team, but come on, they're not the Royals or the Devil Rays.

And why is that a bad thing if fans actually support the team no matter what. The Marlins have won two World Series in 10 years and nobody gives a shit. I appreciate Cubs much more.

NOT CRAP

Possum Hiss wrote:Excuse me, but isn't this the team that was one overly-enthusiastic fan away from the World Series a couple years ago?

No, this is the team whose shortstop boobled the inning ending double play ball, after that foul ball in the stands.

This is also the team that blew 3 leads in the Game 7 after that game.

Ahhhhh....selective memory

-Jeremy

Over all: Not Crap, high waffle factor.

But let's break it down:

In principle: NOT CRAP, no waffle. I live in Dallas, and started watchin the Cubs almost everytime they're on WGN since the HR race in 98. Something about it, or somethings about it draw me in: No DH, day baseball, great ballpark, great fans, Steve Stone was a riot, etc. I suppose I could just say that it beats watching my home AL team meltdown. At least the Cubs have been good the last few years. I can't wait until the day, I can throw enough cash together to just go to Chicago and take in a game.

The 2006 Cubs: CRAPOLA, no waffle. Aramis Ramirez can't hit his way out of a paperbag (if anyone knows what's up, I'd love some input as he's killing my favorite fantasy team); Derek Lee is the loanly brightspot and he's got a dangerous injury for a slugger (remember: Nomar's wrist a few years ago?), and Dusty Baker more or less fucked Prior and Wood in the '03 season by abusing them in some late inning situations where he was going to his bullpen anyway. Management had me until they tried to sell Burnitz as a desirable alternative to Moises Alou.

Regarding the whole Bartman Ball/Gonzalez bobble at shortstop problem: Did anyone notice that whole series of events--I forget who was on the mound; was it Wood?--happened over the course of about 4 pitches. It seemed to me then and even more so now that it's be the responsiblity of the manager (Dusty Fuckin' Baker) to go out there and slow things down, or alternately understood, take some momentum out of the Marlins' rally and reassure his players that they can still get outs whether or not they think a fan robbed them of an out.

I'll give this to the Michael Barrett: that was a solid left to the chin. A.J. was caught the fuck out on that one.

The 2006 Cubs are worse than the Rays, for certain.

vockins wrote:I'll give this to the Michael Barrett: that was a solid left to the chin. A.J. was caught the fuck out on that one.

The 2006 Cubs are worse than the Rays, for certain.

Yes, being sucker punched usually "catches you the fuck out", whatever that means.

Solid left, yes. There was a solid right that followed minutes later, a more decisive blow, though.