I'm sorry, but LaTroy Hawkins shouldn't be on the list.

Bartman and Broglio on that poll...Instead they should have included "all misguided excuse emakers in the Cubs organization who blame a fan for their own choke" and whoever the General manager was that traded Lou Brock...

The Brock for Broglio deal makes for a good story in Cubs lore, but a little research shows that, in fairness to the Cubs, the end result of this trade really could not have been forseen.  Consider that Broglio was a former 20-game winner with the Cardinals who had won 18 games the year before the trade (1963).  Brock, in two and a half seasons in Chicago, had hit .263, .258, and was hitting .251 at the time of the trade.  After the trade, for the rest of the '64 season, he hit .348 for the Cardinals and led them to the world championship.  Broglio was soon on the shelf with a torn shoulder, and was out of the game two years later, having done next to nothing for the Cubs.  A painful history lesson.  

...Alex Gonzalez.

And Broglio?

Please.

There should be a spot for Larry Himes over Broglio.

The used up Jeff Blauser we got from Atlanta?

I put a bunch of names in my post, but I'm certain some of you can think of more names to add.  

the dishonorable mentions:  Mel Rojas,  Wendell Kim,  Neifi Perez, Don Baylor, Antonio Alfonseca,  Larry Himes, Glendon Rusch, Lenny F. Harris, Shawn Estes, Jose Macias, Freddie Bynum...though none of these guys met the "bum" quotient as they simply were untalented, overused, or both.  They all tried their hardest and were mostly cordial with the fans (except for Bynum it seems!)

I'm satisfied with the choices of Hawkins, The Farns, and Baker; though I could be convinced otherwise.

I seriously thought of Himes over Hawkins, but time has seemed to heal some of those wounds.  Well, no it hasn't but the Hawkins wounds are too fresh to ignore.

Wins this award all by himself.  Good god was he a bum - terrible hitter, bad behind the plate, bad attitude.

In fact, if trading him hadn't netted us Eric Karros and Mark Grudzielanek in perhaps the second most one-sided favorable trade in Cubs history (Lofton and A-Ram for Bobby Hill and other such nonsense being perhaps #1) I'd say his career in Chicago was a disaster.  As it is, his career was a disaster with the Cubs, but his impact in 2003 (god I loved Karros and Grudzy!) was awesome.

I think we're over (or under?) valuing recent busts throughout Cub history there have been many more. A leaderoff hitter acquired in early '70s Vic Harris wasn't the answer (part of a bigger deal?). Willie Wilson didn't work out at all in the OF. Blauser was horrible and contributed to the early exit in '98 playoffs with a terrible AB in critical situation...I could go on and on...who was the big stud pitcher (FA) from White Sox signed to replace Maddux?? There was a long drought between '89 and '98 when the Cubs were bad, bad, bad and had a lot of bad players even though Ryno, Gracie and later Sosa were cornerstones. They never had sufficient pitching depth to contend.

I think this is the one consolation we can take from this train wreck of a season: At least some young arms are developing and looking (somewhat) promising, including a slew of lefties--something the organization has not had in a long time if ever.

but his name should be in bold-faced caps for destroying one of the most productive minor league systems in baseball almost overnight.  

but I was hoping to get some advice for a nice hotel near Wrigley Field. I will be in Chicago on business and thought I would try and catch a game

1.  Todd Hundley (the $24 million man who could no longer catch, no longer hit and had a bad attitude and a drinking problem to boot)
2.  Bobby Murcer (arghhhh)  
3.  Mark Prior (the biggest pussy in baseball I have ever seen in 30 years of passionately following baseball)
4.  Scott Sanderson (the 80's version of Prior, only he worked slower and drove Harry bonkers)
5.  Fred McGriff ("Fred slept here" is carved into the Cub dugout seats I'm pretty sure)

I think its really crappy that people continue to ridicule this guy.  He was a fan sitting in the stands who did what 99.9% of fans would have done if in the same situation.  Alex Gonzalez is the guy who should be hung in effegee.  Lets cut this Bartman guy a bloody break.  Jeez.  

The screw over of Maddux, then acquiring Willie Wilson, Juan Guzman and Candy Maldanado. Himes also had a partial blame for Ryno to retire the first time, at least thats what I got from Ryno's book.
Hundley  and Hawkins.