Last Place in the NL is Ours!

[halplm]

Well, being worst in the NL is just as good as worst in the league. AL teams had a much harder schedule no matter how you look at it.

 

I have every confidence the Cubs can lose enough to be the worst team in baseball, but they really already are... and it's really not even close...

[goonys evil twin]

The low point of the season is up for debate in my opinion. The Cubs are the furthest away from .500 they have been all year, and the lowest in the standings. However, their winning percentage, at .399, is nowhere near the low point, which came toward the end of the first half, when it dipped to .361, on pace for a 58 win season. In order to beat that mark, the Cubs would have to lose all but 3 of their remaining games. Tough task.

[cubfan1955]

The low point of the season is up for debate in my opinion. The Cubs are the furthest away from .500 they have been all year, and the lowest in the standings. However, their winning percentage, at .399, is nowhere near the low point, which came toward the end of the first half, when it dipped to .361, on pace for a 58 win season. In order to beat that mark, the Cubs would have to lose all but 3 of their remaining games. Tough task.

I have the utmost confidence they can pull it off.

[halplm]

every win surprises me at this point.

[coldsteel]

Last thing I remember, we were chugging cold delicious beers on a golden friday spring afternoon in the Wrigley bleachers... Greg Maddux and everyone around us were enjoying a commanding lead in the game, and Maddog was cruising toward yet another amazing, dominating win... The Cubs were about to finish the day with a 13-8 record... everyone was expressing astonishment there wasn't much to complain about with Baker this year...

[BigbadB]

I am so embarrassed that I picked this team to finish 3rd in the Central. :oops:

[YearofDaCubs]

I remember a couple of years ago someone said that people off the streets can manage the cubs better than our current GM and people laid into him. I think this proves that those people were wrong. A monkey with one leg from the circus can manage this team better than Hendry.

[FergieJ31]

Here's a screencap of the bleachers that I took:

 

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/314/image09052216tv78qc2.jpg

 

Ah yes, those are the bleachers of my youth ... and how appropriate to put up a screencap of Bay's bomb.

 

Curious to get opinions on the following:

 

If the White Sox make the playoffs, will they outdraw the Cubs next year? Will they outdraw the Cubs even if they miss?

[Andy]

Last thing I remember, we were chugging cold delicious beers on a golden friday spring afternoon in the Wrigley bleachers... Greg Maddux and everyone around us were enjoying a commanding lead in the game, and Maddog was cruising toward yet another amazing, dominating win... The Cubs were about to finish the day with a 13-8 record... everyone was expressing astonishment there wasn't much to complain about with Baker this year...

The Lee/Eyre injury (the obvious turning point of the season) happened in LA if that is what you are referring to.

[coldsteel]

unbeknownst to us, disaster would follow close on the heels of that final day that the sun shone on the cubs and their fans in 2006...

[imb]

http://www.plundered.net/saig/kickinrad.gif

 

its time to paaarty, paaarty

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Don't worry, they'll find a way to screw this up too.

 

Told ya so.