I dont want to hear any crap about "it was a fun ride

[Little Slide Rooter]

I guarantee we'll be hearing a lot about it was a fun ride, and we went from worst to first.

 

This team wasnt built for a fun ride. It was built to go all the way, not collapse when it counts.

 

As for worst to first, that arguement might hold up had this been the same team as last year, but again, $300,000,000 later, the expectations were a bit higher.

 

This team shouldnt be proud of themselves. They gave one of the worst post season performances in recent memory. They didnt come to play ball. Bottom line.

 

Time to figure out the ownership situation so Hendry can squander his money on more garbage.

[Bote McBoteface]

The Cubs are a mediocre team. They lost to a team that was much better than them.

 

And stop with that ridiculous $300 million dollar BS.

[Little Slide Rooter]

The Cubs are a mediocre team. They lost to a team that was much better than them.

 

And stop with that ridiculous $300 million dollar BS.

 

I dont understand why people keep saying this. The Cubs have one of the better offenses in the NL. They have one of the better rotations in the NL. They have one of the better bullpens in the NL. So why cant they come together as a cohesive unit? If you cant come together and form Voltron all you have is a bunch of goofs riding around in robot lions.

[Chocolate Milk]

They lost to a team that was much better than them.

 

The Diamondbacks weren't "much better" than the Cubs.

[rocket]

The Cubs are a mediocre team. They lost to a team that was much better than them.

 

And stop with that ridiculous $300 million dollar BS.

 

I dont understand why people keep saying this. The Cubs have one of the better offenses in the NL. They have one of the better rotations in the NL. They have one of the better bullpens in the NL. So why cant they come together as a cohesive unit? If you cant come together and form Voltron all you have is a bunch of goofs riding around in robot lions.

 

best offenses in the nl? the cubs were 8th in runs scored, 8th in slg, 9th in obp, 11th in home runs, and 8th in ops. we were mediocre at best on offense.

 

the cubs probably had the 2nd best pitching overall, but they also gave up the 4th most walks, so it's not like the pitching was lights out.

 

it's disappointing the cubs lost and played like they did, but i don't think anyone should be shocked.

[Garwilly]

Well, at least it was a fun ride.

[VanceJergins]

Well, at least it was a fun ride.

 

IN YOUR FACE!!!

[inari]

I don't want to hear anymore of your cookie cutter negative posts that you recycle and regurgitate every three days, but you don't hear me crying about it.

[CUBZ99]

I agree with the tone of the post. There are winners and losers, and after all is said and done this year, the 2007 Cubs were losers. They looked terrible at the time of year when it mattered most.

[Flames24Rulz]

The Cubs are a mediocre team. They lost to a team that was much better than them.

 

And stop with that ridiculous $300 million dollar BS.

 

I dont understand why people keep saying this. The Cubs have one of the better offenses in the NL. They have one of the better rotations in the NL. They have one of the better bullpens in the NL. So why cant they come together as a cohesive unit? If you cant come together and form Voltron all you have is a bunch of goofs riding around in robot lions.

 

best offenses in the nl? the cubs were 8th in runs scored, 8th in slg, 9th in obp, 11th in home runs, and 8th in ops. we were mediocre at best on offense.

 

the cubs probably had the 2nd best pitching overall, but they also gave up the 4th most walks, so it's not like the pitching was lights out.

 

it's disappointing the cubs lost and played like they did, but i don't think anyone should be shocked.

 

Exactly. Everyone who has followed this team this year knows how bad this offense underachieved. There were many stretches in the season when the offense would just flame out completely. Unfortunately, it flamed out in the playoffs as well.

 

The pitching was good, but as indicated, it was also a little bit erratic. It's painful to know that the Cubs are eliminated (especially in the way they were eliminated, but I just felt like they had too many flaws to make a serious run at it this year.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I don't want to hear anymore of your cookie cutter negative posts that you recycle and regurgitate every three days, but you don't hear me crying about it.

 

I dont hear you dissagreeing with it either.

[Omar]

Just because they spent $300 mil. doesn't mean they spent it wisely.

[anabiono]

yeesh...and i thought the marlins series was bad

[Tomarken]

Just because they spent $300 mil. doesn't mean they spent it wisely.

 

400 million after big Z, right? or am I wrong?

[Handlebar McSkullet]

yeah but really it was a good ride.

[circlecitycub]

They lost to a team that was much better than them.

 

The Diamondbacks weren't "much better" than the Cubs.

 

They sure looked like it during the past three games.

[sethuel1]

Well, at least it was a fun ride.

yuo disappeared when i shoed up at sluggers

[erik316wttn]

Hey, Game 4 oughta be fun tonight with Z fully rested.

 

Oh....

[HoopsCubs]

Playing meaningful games in September, and playing post-season baseball in October - for me, that was a fun ride except it was shorter than anticipated.

 

They'll be back in 2008!

[ChiCubsFan]

Playing meaningful games in September, and playing post-season baseball in October - for me, that was a fun ride except it was shorter than anticipated.

 

They'll be back in 2008!

Exactly. I'm disappointed with the results in the playoffs, but who's to say the effort wasn't there. They tried their best, and it wasn't good enough.

 

I enjoyed caring about baseball for the entire summer. I haven't been able to say that in a few years. I love wanting to watch the Cubs play in September and October, and I got that this year. Hopefully we can work get a few more players to improve our team. At worse, we're an 85-90 win team next year. I'm excited for the future and thankful for a fun year. Hopefully the ending is better next year.

[Soul]

Meh, they were an 85 win ballclub in the worst division in baseball. That says they weren't all that great a baseball team.

 

I don't see how this was such a great surprise. The Cubs bats were prone to shut down like this all year long. What we just saw was a microcosm of what was happening at times in the previous 6 months.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Playing meaningful games in September, and playing post-season baseball in October - for me, that was a fun ride except it was shorter than anticipated.

Maybe it's the fact that I was out of town and watching the games by myself late at night, but I never truly got the feel that we were even involved in post-season baseball. Every game just had a sense of inevitibility to it and it really never felt like the Cubs were in the series.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Trying to put perspective on it where I flew all the way to Chicago to watch the Cubs crap the bed is hard. On the other hand, considering where I thought this season was going in April and May and even mid-June after dropping 2 of 3 to the Rangers, it's was an acceptable ending.

 

This team has been up and down all year. They weren't a bad team, but they weren't a particularly good team. Teams like that rarely go far in the postseason unless they get extremely lucky. In fact, those teams rarely make the postseason unless they are lucky. We were lucky that there were no good teams in our division.

[hardcorecubfan]

Trying to put perspective on it where I flew all the way to Chicago to watch the Cubs crap the bed is hard. On the other hand, considering where I thought this season was going in April and May and even mid-June after dropping 2 of 3 to the Rangers, it's was an acceptable ending.

 

This team has been up and down all year. They weren't a bad team, but they weren't a particularly good team. Teams like that rarely go far in the postseason unless they get extremely lucky. In fact, those teams rarely make the postseason unless they are lucky. We were lucky that there were no good teams in our division.

 

Well said, and what were we doing the first part of Oct. ast year?? I was putting up a fence instead of watchiing any playoffs

[Fred Hornkohl]

The Cubs are a mediocre team. They lost to a team that was much better than them.

 

And stop with that ridiculous $300 million dollar BS.

 

I dont understand why people keep saying this. The Cubs have one of the better offenses in the NL. They have one of the better rotations in the NL. They have one of the better bullpens in the NL. So why cant they come together as a cohesive unit? If you cant come together and form Voltron all you have is a bunch of goofs riding around in robot lions.

 

best offenses in the nl? the cubs were 8th in runs scored, 8th in slg, 9th in obp, 11th in home runs, and 8th in ops. we were mediocre at best on offense.

 

the cubs probably had the 2nd best pitching overall, but they also gave up the 4th most walks, so it's not like the pitching was lights out.

 

it's disappointing the cubs lost and played like they did, but i don't think anyone should be shocked.

 

Just to back up what Rocket Sauce said.........

 

CUBS offense compared to the rest of the league..........

 

09/30           AB   R    H  2B  3B  HR   TB RBI  BB   SO  SB  CS     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Philadelphia  5688 892 1558 326  41 213 2605 850 641 1205 138  19  0.274  0.354  0.458  0.812
Colorado      5691 860 1591 313  36 171 2489 823 622 1152 100  31  0.280  0.354  0.437  0.791
Milwaukee     5554 801 1455 310  37 231 2532 774 501 1137  96  32  0.262  0.329  0.456  0.785
Florida       5627 790 1504 340  38 201 2523 749 521 1332 105  34  0.267  0.336  0.448  0.784
NY Mets       5605 804 1543 294  27 177 2422 761 549  981 200  46  0.275  0.342  0.432  0.775
Atlanta       5689 810 1562 328  27 176 2472 781 534 1149  64  30  0.275  0.339  0.435  0.774
Cincinnati    5607 783 1496 293  23 204 2447 747 536 1113  97  31  0.267  0.335  0.436  0.772
CUBS          5643 752 1530 340  28 151 2379 711 500 1054  86  33  0.271  0.333  0.422  0.754
LA Dodgers    5614 735 1544 276  35 129 2277 706 511  864 137  50  0.275  0.337  0.406  0.743
St. Louis     5529 725 1513 279  13 141 2241 690 506  909  56  33  0.274  0.337  0.405  0.743
Houston       5605 723 1457 293  30 167 2311 700 547 1043  65  33  0.260  0.330  0.412  0.742
Pittsburgh    5569 724 1463 322  31 148 2291 694 463 1135  68  30  0.263  0.325  0.411  0.736
Arizona       5398 712 1350 286  40 171 2229 687 532 1111 109  24  0.250  0.321  0.413  0.734
San Diego     5612 741 1408 322  31 171 2305 704 557 1229  55  24  0.251  0.322  0.411  0.732
Washington    5520 673 1415 309  31 123 2155 646 524 1128  69  23  0.256  0.325  0.390  0.715
San Francisco 5538 683 1407 267  37 131 2141 641 532  907 119  33  0.254  0.322  0.387  0.708

Average       5593 763 1487 306  32 169 2364 729 536 1091  98  32  0.266  0.334  0.422  0.756
Maximum       5691 892 1591 340  41 231 2605 850 641 1332 200  50  0.280  0.354  0.458  0.812
Minimum       5398 673 1350 267  13 123 2141 641 463  864  55  19  0.250  0.321  0.387  0.708

 

 

                                             - current -    - - 2006 - -   - - 2005 - -
09/30     Avg    Max    Min  St Dev   CUBS   Rank  Zscore   Rank  Zscore   Rank  Zscore
AB       5593   5691   5398   73.04   5643      4    0.68      4    0.90      1    1.55
R         763    892    673   58.93    752      8   -0.19     16   -1.43      9   -0.34
H        1487   1591   1350   66.08   1530      6    0.65      5    0.79      1    1.53
2B        306    340    267   22.10    340      1    1.53     16   -1.68      3    1.38
3B         32     41     13    6.93     28     12   -0.51      4    0.63     13   -0.91
HR        169    231    123   30.48    151     11   -0.59     12   -0.64      2    1.17
TB       2364   2605   2141  135.85   2379      8    0.11     10   -0.35      2    1.64
RBI       729    850    641   56.69    711      8   -0.32     16   -1.46      8   -0.26
BB        536    641    463   42.52    500     15   -0.85     16   -2.39     16   -1.71
SO       1091   1332    864  121.91   1054      6   -0.30      3   -1.36      3   -1.34
SB         98    200     55   36.99     86     10   -0.32      6    0.82     13   -0.74
CS         32     50     19    7.56     33     10    0.18     14    0.96     12    0.63
BA      0.266  0.280  0.250    0.01  0.271      7    0.55      5    0.62      2    1.29
OBP     0.334  0.354  0.321    0.01  0.333      9   -0.08     16   -2.11     11   -0.78
SLG     0.422  0.458  0.387    0.02  0.422      8   -0.02     12   -0.72      2    1.51
OPS     0.756  0.812  0.708    0.03  0.754      8   -0.08     15   -1.32      4    1.85

 

This is a very very average offense. And, of course, another word for average is mediocre.