Hmmm...so much to comment on. First off, the Cubs added Soriano, arguably the biggest name FA last season as well as Floyd, DeRo and Lilly and look what happened. Then you state that the core with "long contracts" will be added to by "big names". Assuming they still want to develop youngsters, where are they gonna fit all those guys? They still get 25 players, right? But I'm not quite sure where the throwing stones at Wisconsin teams comes from. A Wisconsin baseball club has won the WS more recently than the Cubs and a Wisconsin football club has won the Superbowl more recently than da Bears. And unless "streaky" means something different than blowing hot and cold all season, then that describes the 2007 Northsiders too, methinks....