Sammy Sofa

Defense looks wretched today.

Cutler is so [expletive] great.

You're a trooper and a saint, Fred.

I'm not saying 2006 was the worst season. Lord knows I've witnessed plenty of them that were much worse in my own lifetime.

*Sigh*

2006 season: THAT was the season from hell. 2009 season: Frustrated as hell. Pretty much, hence my "nobody remembers anything before 2007" comment. It's not like we have to look back too far for a truly horrendous and classically bad Cubs' season.

If it's symbolic of the season, they won't have one. The season from Hell is almost over! I swear, it's like some people have completely forgotten anything pre-2007. Yea.....remember that World Series title? That was awesome....... I guess as a Cubs fan I should be content with a division title. Way to completely make up something nobody said. I was just pointing out that personally I don't think in the grand history of all things Cubdom this was anywhere near "the season from Hell."

If it's symbolic of the season, they won't have one. The season from Hell is almost over! I swear, it's like some people have completely forgotten anything pre-2007.

http://cndls.georgetown.edu/lumen/faculty/oconnor/dollmaker/images/taps_vietnam69.jpg Well, this season amounted to a resounding "meh"...but I'm already picturing counting the days until pitchers and catchers report. Even though you were often playing to an empty house towards the end, thanks for all the epic stat work and game tracking, Fred.

That is one hurt Dick.

Why you didn't go with a title like "Dick Pole Gets the Shaft" I'll never know.

Zambrano is the best...when did he start that little bow thing with Fukudome? I think he chucked the rosin bag at Soto, too.

I really like what we've seen out of Caridad.

Go, Fred, go!

we would've made a really dumb trade We'd probably be where we are right now.

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We all know what you meant. We accept you.

Hmmm, so he's a chubby-chaser. Play on, player.

That's understandable, what with the time you're investing in the trannies and all.

I know what I'd rather see, but there will be plenty of hot trannies for you, too.

Not unless he could be had for dirt cheap. Like, $40 and a bus pass.

That doesn't make much sense. The sale is all but over. That was an excuse the last two years, but no longer. Jim Hendry has been in this organization for well over a decade, a very influential personel man for nearly a decade and in complete control for 7+ seasons. He's been a disappointment. The fear of a worse GM is pointless. Most GMs don't get the financial benefit that Hendry has had. As long as they don't go out and sign Jim Bowden or some retread bum, they should be able to improve. This is a disappointing organization that hasn't won nearly as many games as they should have given their competitive advantages. I don't "fear" a worse GM: I simply recognize the odds of getting one that's actually good are tremendously slim. That doesn't mean I'm opposed to getting rid of Hendry. And I'm not making the limited payroll excuse. The language coming from the organization seems to be making it abundantly clear that money is going to be very tight for the forseeable future. If that's not actually the case, and I hope it isn't, fantastic, but as of right now they're indicating that it is.

If the new guy doesn't have any money to work with, how does Hendry have any money to work with? If it effectively comes down to that the only significant moves the Cubs can make are trades until the payroll can be expanded or contracts come off the table I'd rather just keep Hendry since trades have been the one thing he's largely tolerable to really good at getting done. Once the money situation is more workable go ahead and fire him, but until then it seems largely redundant. It just doesn't seem likely that ownership is going to allow him to make trades and not sign people. This offseason he's going to trade milton Bradley to get money back. Harden is also gonna walk. So he's going to have money to spend. Odds are he won't spend it wisely. Chone Figgins comes to mind. Unless he's told not to sign anyone long term another year of Hendry can do even more damage and push our team even further away. Odds are a new GM wouldn't spend it wisely. Again, I'm not saying that that's a reason to hold onto Hendry: I just don't realistically expect a new GM to be significantly better since most GM's, like managers, tend to be barely tolerable at best and horrendous at worst. We also don't know what the new owners are telling Hendry what he can spend and how he can spend it. For all we know they are placing specific limitations on how much he can spend and for how long. I'm also not sure how trading Milton is likely to get significant "money back" since it would take a miracle to not still be paying most of his salary. At the end of the day I don't care if Hendry is fired. I'm not arguing for the Cubs to keep him like they need to. I just don't think that the time is opportune to do so because of the sale because it ties up the next guy from making any significant changes.

If the new guy doesn't have any money to work with, how does Hendry have any money to work with? If it effectively comes down to that the only significant moves the Cubs can make are trades until the payroll can be expanded or contracts come off the table I'd rather just keep Hendry since trades have been the one thing he's largely tolerable to really good at getting done. Once the money situation is more workable go ahead and fire him, but until then it seems largely redundant.

He seemed defeated at press conferences. Every question was given the answer "What do you want me to do?" with this faux outrage. The last two years he was very candid and humble, qualities I really enjoyed about him. Not so much this year. Am I seeing things? Again, there seemed to be little difference in how he actually managed the games from years past outside of not flipping out as much.