Oh how cute, ESPN decides to detail our futility

[UMFan83]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=cubs/0919&sportCat=mlb

 

Each of the last 99 years of Cub futility detailed fully. Yay!

[JimSorgi]

Wow, how original. :roll: I also love this part of their season preview of the Cubs:

There's one No. 1 and four No. 4s. After ace Carlos Zambrano, the rotation doesn't scare anyone.

Rich Hill and Ted Lilly are No. 4 starters? Are you joking?

[razzzorsharp]

I would consider Lilly/Hill to be a solid number 2 and 3. The guy just doesn't understand that even if you don't throw 95, you can still be effective.

[Post Count Padder]

They whole "article" pisses me off. It's just another shot at the Cubs. The "guys they missed on drafting" part is BS. Any other team could have taken those guys too.

[17 Seconds]

Not to mention the writer doesn't even know what he's talking about.

 

Five outs to go. Bartman. Mark Prior still in the game. Wild pitch. Prior still in the game. Ball through Alex Gonzalez's legs

 

Ball through Agon's legs? Apparently he was watching a different game 6.

[ISUCubsFan]

Not to mention the writer doesn't even know what he's talking about.

 

Five outs to go. Bartman. Mark Prior still in the game. Wild pitch. Prior still in the game. Ball through Alex Gonzalez's legs

 

Ball through Agon's legs? Apparently he was watching a different game 6.

 

At least he got 2005 right.

 

Corey Patterson spends much of the season hitting first or second; he hits .215 with a .254 on-base percentage. Neifi Perez spends much of the season hitting first or second; he has a .298 on-base percentage and draws 18 walks in 154 games. Folks, your 2005 Chicago Cubs, managed by the incomparable Dusty Baker!

[imb]

guys, this is a page2 article. This is what they do. Why do you keep falling for this stuff? I mean, you're getting trolled by espn for god's sake.

[cubs121]

guys, this is a page2 article. This is what they do. Why do you keep falling for this stuff? I mean, you're getting trolled by espn for god's sake.

Agreed!

[cubsfan5150]

If you want to relive your many years of misery of being a Cubs fan, take a peak at this.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=cubs/0919&sportCat=mlb

[Andy]

IBL

[cubsfan5150]

IBL

 

 

 

IBL???????????????????

 

I Blow Lions?

[javy knows my name]

Acronyms are fun!

In before lock, as in someone has probably already posted this in another thread

[Vanilla Ice]

IBL

[Post Count Padder]

PPTMCTFG

 

Post Prior To Mod Closing Thread For GOOD

[Sammy Sofa]

STFUYDMF.

[GoCubsGo1679625768]

I really wish we could abort fans like this from our base

 

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9886/cubfansdumbir4.jpg

 

Seriously, why can't idiots like that be Reds fans, or something.

[BleedCubbieBlue81]

I really wish we could abort fans like this from our base

 

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9886/cubfansdumbir4.jpg

 

Seriously, why can't idiots like that be Reds fans, or something.

Eh, with a nationwide fanbase, you're bound to get some straight from the bottom of the barrel.

[Guest]

I really wish we could abort fans like this from our base

 

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9886/cubfansdumbir4.jpg

 

Seriously, why can't idiots like that be Reds fans, or something.

 

I'm sure there are idiot Reds fans who dress like that. Thing is, nobody gives enough of a crap about the Reds to take pictures of those idiots and put them on the internet or show them on TV.

[TheDude]

There's one No. 1 and four No. 4s. After ace Carlos Zambrano, the rotation doesn't scare anyone.

 

It should also be noted that three ESPN baseball "analysts" (Ravich, Kruk, Olney) have all picked the Cubs to go the World Series this year, based on primarily pitching and just enough hitting. Those are the only three analysts I caught, it's possible Gammons, Kur..., etc are on that wagon as well.

 

It's probably best not to believe any of them, but I'll take the face analysts over the fringe contributers.

[Soul]

guys, this is a page2 article. This is what they do. Why do you keep falling for this stuff? I mean, you're getting trolled by espn for god's sake.

Agreed!

 

It's actually an informative article that goes year by year, giving details of each season -- something you won't find many other places.

 

Are we angry because someone wrote a truthful article about a team that doesn't care enough about its fans to put a winner on the field for an entire century? Or should be angry at the team instead?

 

Just something to think about.

[Derwood]

th onus is on the Cubs organization to win a World Series and stop all of this lazy, easy, uninformed "journalism" to continue

[TheDude]

th onus is on the Cubs organization to win a World Series and stop all of this lazy, easy, uninformed "journalism" to continue

 

The article isn't uninformed. The research department did a solid job on many of the facts. The issue is that they chose to publish it for "Page 2", which then allows them to insert opinion and bias, and it's here where they are generally wrong (compared to popular opinion), or simply pot-stirring fr the sake of pot-stirring.

[CyHawk_Cub]

I can barely remember when I still liked ESPN...so long ago...