Anyone else cringing at the upcoming schedule?

[champaignchris]

After we're done with Milwaukee, there are 17 straight games against the top 5 teams in the league.

 

Anyone want to predict the record over that span? With the way they've been playing, is 5-12 too pessimistic?

[Sammy Sofa]

Eh, they'll probably pull their usual gimmick this season of inexplicably doing well against the better teams they face.

[jyoung55]

Cringing would imply that it matters right?

 

Isn't it actually a good thing with the improved draft status and all?

[jersey cubs fan]

Just when they were getting back into contention.

 

Only the Cubs.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

11-6

[SouthSideRyan]

Just when they were getting back into contention.

 

Only the Cubs.

 

We're gonna give up at least 4 walk-off cycles

[imb]

i hope we go 0-17

[Guest]

I don't want anything quite that bad...but a nice 4-13 record would be acceptable progress towards a top 3 pick.

[kujay]

Cringing would imply that it matters right?

[J.R.]

Beat the [expletive] out of Cincinnati, that's all I ask.

[erik316wttn]

Beat the [expletive] out of Cincinnati, that's all I ask.

 

Joey Votto goes 0-12 then will whine some more about how much he thinks Wrigley sucks.

[Keener98]

At this point I cringe everytime the Cubs have a game doesnt really matter vs who.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Meh, losing to good teams is less embarassing than losing to bad teams, and we could use a top 5 pick in next years draft. I have a feeling we could be seeing a lot of top 10ers in the next few years..

[TruffleShuffle]

i hope we go 0-17

 

agreed, but unfortunately i don't think we're quite bad enough to do it. still, i will be pulling for them to lose each and every game.

[Careless]

Cringing would imply that it matters right?

 

Isn't it actually a good thing with the improved draft status and all?

My JV basketball team sucked. I still cringed when I heard we lost 108-12

[davell]

Starlin Castro continuing to look like a future all star. Some good pitching performances from Cashner, Diamond, and Coleman. Colvin taking walks and hitting for power.

 

That's all I care about at this point. Maybe Gorz and/or Wells pitching well enough to make them a solid trade piece over the offseason. And Geo continuing to hit.

 

If that can be accomplished with an 0-55 record for the rest of the season, I really don't care.

[Cubfanintheknow]

Totally given up on cringing.

 

This has probably been addressed in another thread, but I wonder how much Piniella's departure played a role in this debacle. Not the actual announcement a couple weeks ago, but whether the players picked up on anything earlier this seaons. I'd like to give them credit for playing hard regardless of circumstances surrounding their manager. But the way they've played like crap--not just this current losing streak but all season--makes one wonder. The way the roster was built, it wasn't like they were going to make a strong run at the division title. But the way they've crapped their pants since April 5th has been tough to watch.

 

This sucks.

[davell]

With everyone knowing Lou is leaving, the youngsters are the only ones that will be out there fighting.(and Marlon Byrd)

 

He should have waited to announce until after the season or we should be holding interviews and announcing the successor ASAP.(Which won't happen, since Hendry is going to want to interview Girardi and Torre)

[Banedon]

Wait what?

 

Is baseball STILL going on?

[radarluv1]

Beat the [expletive] out of Cincinnati, that's all I ask.

i fear for your sanity.

[loukycub]

Beat the [expletive] out of Cincinnati, that's all I ask.

=D> :good:

 

my hate of saint louis is rivaled by my hate of cincinnati.

 

barely.

[Soul]

Starlin Castro continuing to look like a future all star. Some good pitching performances from Cashner, Diamond, and Coleman. Colvin taking walks and hitting for power.

 

That's all I care about at this point. Maybe Gorz and/or Wells pitching well enough to make them a solid trade piece over the offseason. And Geo continuing to hit.

 

If that can be accomplished with an 0-55 record for the rest of the season, I really don't care.

 

Yep.

[SouthSideRyan]

Beat the [expletive] out of Cincinnati, that's all I ask.

=D> :good:

 

my hate of saint louis is rivaled by my hate of cincinnati.

 

barely.

 

I hate St. Louis way more, but my loathing of Dusty Baker trumps all

[hardcorecubfan]

Beat the [expletive] out of Cincinnati, that's all I ask.

=D> :good:

 

my hate of saint louis is rivaled by my hate of cincinnati.

 

barely.

 

Full agreement on this matter, I do not want to see anything to do with Dusty Baker win anything.

 

It is easy, we sweep the Cinci. to move three games up and puts St. Louis in the lead after a series win against SF we sweep the first place St. Louis to move another three games up, by then we are only 7 games back and that is before we play Cinci again. No problem here, we should be thinking about World Series tickets.

[Flames24Rulz]

Anyone else cringing at the upcoming schedule?

 

No, not really.