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At least we still have Heyward. :banghead: After losing so much talent the last five years without getting much of anything, I'm surprised I'm still a fan of this team. Also we ARE a big market team.. how can people still not think that?!??! https://www.statista.com/statistics/193637/franchise-value-of-major-league-baseball-teams-in-2010/ Its for 2021, the link is updated. And the Cubs come in fourth just barely behind the Red Sox. Dodgers and Yanks take the top but not that far ahead.

Your core is your core. Its the best you have. If Rizzo, Bryant and Baez aren't good enough (and I am not blind to all there faults) then you better find replacements as good or better. That's what GMs are supposed to do. And the idea that all 3 of these guys were looking for 100s of millions of dollars... theres no evidence... and anyway that's there right to do. Look at it this way, the Cubs as an organization look WORSE then they did pre2012. They look cheap, miserly and spendthrifts. They look unrealistic and in sell mode. More concern was paid to the effing Marquee Network than to the team itself it seems. Lets see how much they spend. Right now as it stands, The White Sox are miles above the Cubs as a team and organization. If I were a player I would NOT want to come to Chicago... unless it was the White Sox. Expect 'rumors' of the Ricketts wanting to sell in a few months. DO IT. SELL, YOU BASTARDS.

I remember just recently Dillon Maples having nasty stuff.

Someone sell me on our farm system and that we can compete by 2023. I just don't see it. They threw out the baby and the bathwater all the way since 2019 and haven't stopped. If this was a legitimate management/ownership then find ways to get rid of Heyward, find replacement level players for guys we lost in our rotation and in OF, but they barely did anything since the end of 2018. WTF!?! Now they expect to play cheap like the Rays? THIS IS A MAJOR MARKET TEAM. THEY SHOULD COMPETE EVERY YEAR. No, its back to losing and wait til next year. At least in the 2000s, as bad as the organization was in the past, they really did want to win. This time I dont see it. I feel the management does not care. After there stupid Marquee network was released at a terrible tine, not our problem. They overspent on everything BUT the team on the field since 2018. Why should i give a horsefeathers for another rebuild? THIS IS A REBUILD. We have no core anymore.

11 of the last 31 games the Cubs have scored a run or less. Did anybody really expect the Cubs to go to the WS this year? Baez trying to pick up the load for the whole team won't work. Yelich did it with some help, Brewers are good (and hot). And the Cubs didn't even get a hit from the ninth to the end of the game... 16k's, could have had at least two or three walks in those 4 innings.., Til Next Year!

"More disappointing: 2004 cubs or 2018 cubs? Let’s say Chili is fired. Who do you want to replace him?" I'm not that dissapointed as in 2004 because we finally have that WS. But I am pisssed we didn't get the NLC pennant. Overall wasn't expecting them to get to the WS this year honestly. There hitting has been so sporadic (except Baez) since All Star Break.

Maddon didn't have 16 K's vs the Rockies. Maddon is not going anywhere.

:flythew: It Happened! :flythew:

Gah, Aardsma = Farnsworth Part II (the bad Farnsworth). etc

Wow, this kid reminds me of Juan Cruz with much better control... or like... hes just good it seems...but then again, I also thought Rich Hill was the next Zito... Anyway, I like watching this Marmol! etc

Thanks Jesus! and Barrett! etc

What's more pathetic is that pre season, on paper, our team looked halfway decent... not terrible... it just makes it feel like a total waste. Cmon Cubs... It's not even July and we're talking next year already... sheesh. Why am I Cubs fan?!?!? gah... etc

What is up with blaming Neifi for this teams woes? He sucks, the team sucks, the management sucks, the fans are starting to ... suck... gah... I mean picking on ONE guy is not just right when most of the players just plain suck. etc

Our offense has been so bad... I'm wondering if Sosa can still play... etc

I'd take a jerk manager with a WORLD SERIES RING than a sleeping manager... God save us. etc