Magnetic Curses

And that's what happens when you don't protect. and major league hitters can't be afraid to strikw out on 3-2 pitches. You don't just take take take and expect to draw a lot of walks. ML pitchers can throw strikes. well, that's what seems to be happening against us. strike outs are better than 1-2 pitch ground outs to second.

derrick lee has no power left.

And that's what happens when you don't protect. and major league hitters can't be afraid to strikw out on 3-2 pitches.

and then he comes back and throws three straight strikes. that would never happen if the situations were reversed. never in a million years. at least it was a 6 pitch AB.

don't swing theriot, at anything!

Its soo painfully obvious Sulley, look crap like Castro is taking picthes, its the Reds approach vs the Cubs, take, take, take, take... yep. this has been the book on the cubs since the end of 2003. it's why prior and wood are always hurt now.

hill hasn't walked a hitter all spring and then he walks a bunch of reds? damn those patient bats! griffey not swinging on a full count. wish we'd learn from that. apparently, we're only allowed to take pitches until ball 3, after that, it's an obvious hitter's count, so we have to swing.

i'll change my stance, i don't see any cub hitting another home run this year except maybe zambrano. i keep waiting but it never comes.

I'm thinking successful bunt by Hill + single by Theriot. I see Rich Hill cranking a home run. i also don't see soriano hitting a home run in april.

i don't see any way of scoring against arroyo.

freel never swings when facing our pitchers, just throw it down the middle. Would you? i just hate seeing other players do what i want our players to do. we'd never want a player like freel, a true table setter.

freel never swings when facing our pitchers, just throw it down the middle.

who have both won multiple titles since 1917. The Cubs, White Sox, and Red Sox make it 3 teams who have had ridiculously long droughts. 3 is a pretty significant number, especially when over the majority of those years there were far fewer teams in the majors. While the Cubs' drought seems almost too absurd, it hasn't been a fluke occurrence in MLB. okay, since 1945, the red sox have appeared in 5 world series, the white sox, 2. "strange things continue to happen at wrigley field." i don't know why it's so hard to at least admit that there's something strange about all of it, even if you don't believe in curses. And if the Cubs win in the next 10 years, does that mean that there was no curse or that the curse was broken? WS appearances are great and all, but the only thing that counts is the championship. And there were three teams that went through droughts that you would think would be of impossible length. The only strange thing going on at Wrigley is the long, long history of incompetent management. But that's what happens when you've only had a handful of people running the team over the past 90 years. reminds me of a simpson's line for some reason: "there's no mystery about willie. why, he simply disappeared." you seriously haven't noticed anything weird concerning this run of bad luck? as i said, bad management or not, they should have been able to back into the world series since 1945 at some point. hell, the brewers have been to a WS since then. what do the simpsons have to do w/ anything? just an interesting way of illuminating my point. perhaps if the simspons were political figures i'd feel the need to take unnecessary shots at them, but they aren't, not really.

who have both won multiple titles since 1917. The Cubs, White Sox, and Red Sox make it 3 teams who have had ridiculously long droughts. 3 is a pretty significant number, especially when over the majority of those years there were far fewer teams in the majors. While the Cubs' drought seems almost too absurd, it hasn't been a fluke occurrence in MLB. okay, since 1945, the red sox have appeared in 5 world series, the white sox, 2. "strange things continue to happen at wrigley field." i don't know why it's so hard to at least admit that there's something strange about all of it, even if you don't believe in curses. And if the Cubs win in the next 10 years, does that mean that there was no curse or that the curse was broken? WS appearances are great and all, but the only thing that counts is the championship. And there were three teams that went through droughts that you would think would be of impossible length. The only strange thing going on at Wrigley is the long, long history of incompetent management. But that's what happens when you've only had a handful of people running the team over the past 90 years. reminds me of a simpson's line for some reason: "there's no mystery about willie. why, he simply disappeared." you seriously haven't noticed anything weird concerning this run of bad luck? as i said, bad management or not, they should have been able to back into the world series since 1945 at some point. hell, the brewers have been to a WS since then.

who have both won multiple titles since 1917. Just nit picking here..... but the Red Sox have, indeed, won multiple WS since 1917. Namely..... 1918 & 2004. .....and so have the white sox....1917 & 2005. i wasn't asking a question.

and btw- are soriano and lee going to hit any home runs this year? i really hope that lee hasn't lost his power stroke.

i'm a big fan of the sarcastic cheer.

who have both won multiple titles since 1917. The Cubs, White Sox, and Red Sox make it 3 teams who have had ridiculously long droughts. 3 is a pretty significant number, especially when over the majority of those years there were far fewer teams in the majors. While the Cubs' drought seems almost too absurd, it hasn't been a fluke occurrence in MLB. okay, since 1945, the red sox have appeared in 5 world series, the white sox, 2. "strange things continue to happen at wrigley field." i don't know why it's so hard to at least admit that there's something strange about all of it, even if you don't believe in curses.

i've always believed that if the cubs moved, they would win. wrigley is cursed. i've always believed that curses were reserved for children's fair tales and greek mythology maybe someday there will be some sort of physical explanation for the inordinate amount of misfortune that has befallen the chicago cubs, maybe "curse" will be understood as simply the power of attention, of thought, and it's effect on the environment. there have been successful tests proving that electrons behave differently when observed. even a very, very poorly run team should have lucked itself into a WS by now. call that what you will, but it's certainly strange. as for "curses" being a word that's muttered when things don't go your way, well, not much has gone the cubs' way in the last century--in fact, anything that could go wrong has gone wrong for them. you'd like to think that similar things happen to other teams, but they don't, they just don't. I know...Al Gore can come up with a definition for curses! After all, he did invent the internet and most recently diagnose global warming. what does al gore have to do with anything?

i've always believed that if the cubs moved, they would win. wrigley is cursed. i've always believed that curses were reserved for children's fair tales and greek mythology maybe someday there will be some sort of physical explanation for the inordinate amount of misfortune that has befallen the chicago cubs, maybe "curse" will be understood as simply the power of attention, of thought, and it's effect on the environment. there have been successful tests proving that electrons behave differently when observed. even a very, very poorly run team should have lucked itself into a WS by now. call that what you will, but it's certainly strange. as for "curses" being a word that's muttered when things don't go your way, well, not much has gone the cubs' way in the last century--in fact, anything that could go wrong has gone wrong for them. you'd like to think that similar things happen to other teams, but they don't, they just don't. Except for the White Sox and Red Sox. who have both won multiple titles since 1917.

i believe the curse was something to the effect that wrigley won't see another world series after 45.

i've always believed that if the cubs moved, they would win. wrigley is cursed. i've always believed that curses were reserved for children's fair tales and greek mythology maybe someday there will be some sort of physical explanation for the inordinate amount of misfortune that has befallen the chicago cubs, maybe "curse" will be understood as simply the power of attention, of thought, and it's effect on the environment. there have been successful tests proving that electrons behave differently when observed. even a very, very poorly run team should have lucked itself into a WS by now. call that what you will, but it's certainly strange. as for "curses" being a word that's muttered when things don't go your way, well, not much has gone the cubs' way in the last century--in fact, anything that could go wrong has gone wrong for them. you'd like to think that similar things happen to other teams, but they don't, they just don't.

i've always believed that if the cubs moved, they would win. wrigley is cursed.

meet the new boss, same as the old boss, only weirder.

I am gonna see what I can do about putting a curse on the Cardinals when I go there this year. only a card fan can put a curse on the cards. Figures. What if I wear a Cardinal hat? i don't think it will work.