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[jmajew]

I just thought it was interesting that the Cubs were ranked as the 3rd biggest disappointment. I also thought it was good to hear some more national media criticize the cubs.

 

The strategy to build around the injury-prone Wood and Prior finally will have to stop. What's more, they need to move out of the dark ages and buy a stat book or two. No team disregards on-base percentages like the Cubs -- their .319 mark is a league low -- which might explain why they surrendered a haul for Juan Pierre and still thought Neifi Perez was a star.

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/jon_heyman/08/25/scoop.friday/1.html

[Soriano12]

The Cubs are by far the biggest dissapointment in baseball.

 

Show me a team with a 95 million dollar payroll that is a bottom 5 team in baseball.

 

The Cubs and Jim Hendry are failures.

[NCCubFan]

What's more, they need to move out of the dark ages and buy a stat book or two.

I'd be happy to pitch in a little money to help buy a stat book for Hendry if he can't afford one. :D

[UMFan83]

The Cubs are by far the biggest dissapointment in baseball.

 

Show me a team with a 95 million dollar payroll that is a bottom 5 team in baseball.

 

The Cubs and Jim Hendry are failures.

 

But dude we didnt have our horses all year

[Soriano12]

The Cubs are by far the biggest dissapointment in baseball.

 

Show me a team with a 95 million dollar payroll that is a bottom 5 team in baseball.

 

The Cubs and Jim Hendry are failures.

 

But dude we didnt have our horses all year

 

good point..I mean, if we had Angal Pagan for the entire season, thats a whole new ballgame.

[UMFan83]

Can't believe that you didn't catch this tidbit in that column:

 

When Neifi Perez replaced injured Tigers second baseman Placido Polanco, he took the spot of a boyhood friend from Santo Domingo. Oddly, Polanco names Rubby Perez, Neifi's brother, as his favorite singer.

[Soriano12]

I have the greatest hits of Ruby Perez on my IPOD.

[NCCubFan]

good point..I mean, if we had Angal Pagan for the entire season, thats a whole new ballgame.

Pagan by himself wouldn't have been enough. Now if we also include Bynum, that's a horse of a different color. :D

[NorthsideAvenger]

The Cubs are by far the biggest dissapointment in baseball.

 

Show me a team with a 95 million dollar payroll that is a bottom 5 team in baseball.

 

The Cubs and Jim Hendry are failures.

 

While, I can't argue with the Cubs being the biggest disappointment in baseball, I have to go with Cleveland as baseball's biggest disappointment, and here's why:

 

Their talent level, is much higher then the Cubs (eveyrbody knew before the season, Hendry buiilt a 4th/5th place team), at a lower cost. They were predicted by most pundits to be the serious threat to the White Sox, not the Tigers or the Twins, and the Indians failed miserably. So, I will say the Indians have been a bigger disappointment.

[RynoRules]

good point..I mean, if we had Angal Pagan for the entire season, thats a whole new ballgame.

Pagan by himself wouldn't have been enough. Now if we also include Bynum, that's a horse of a different color. :D

 

Horse **excrement** of a different color, you mean.

[soccer10k]

The Cubs are by far the biggest dissapointment in baseball.

 

Show me a team with a 95 million dollar payroll that is a bottom 5 team in baseball.

 

The Cubs and Jim Hendry are failures.

 

While, I can't argue with the Cubs being the biggest disappointment in baseball, I have to go with Cleveland as baseball's biggest disappointment, and here's why:

 

Their talent level, is much higher then the Cubs (eveyrbody knew before the season, Hendry buiilt a 4th/5th place team), at a lower cost. They were predicted by most pundits to be the serious threat to the White Sox, not the Tigers or the Twins, and the Indians failed miserably. So, I will say the Indians have been a bigger disappointment.

 

Agreed for the same reasons you stated. I would put the Indians first and the Cubs second on the list of biggest disappointments.

[stitchface]

The Cubs are by far the biggest dissapointment in baseball.

 

Show me a team with a 95 million dollar payroll that is a bottom 5 team in baseball.

 

The Cubs and Jim Hendry are failures.

 

While, I can't argue with the Cubs being the biggest disappointment in baseball, I have to go with Cleveland as baseball's biggest disappointment, and here's why:

 

Their talent level, is much higher then the Cubs (eveyrbody knew before the season, Hendry buiilt a 4th/5th place team), at a lower cost. They were predicted by most pundits to be the serious threat to the White Sox, not the Tigers or the Twins, and the Indians failed miserably. So, I will say the Indians have been a bigger disappointment.

 

Agreed for the same reasons you stated. I would put the Indians first and the Cubs second on the list of biggest disappointments.

 

angels, red sox, braves, phillies - all bigger disappointments than the cubs I think. probably the astros too and in some sense the cardinals. the brewers were quite a flop too though they seemed more like a trendy pick.

[Roast]

The cardinals are in first place. I dont care. They can suck it.

 

We are one of the bottom 5 teams in baseball and our payroll is almost a hundred million.