I'm so mad at myself for falling into the same old traps.  "The bullpen will be outstanding"..."Soriano is a superstar who will get us over the top"..."No more Dusty polluting and fouling up things"  

Jim Hendry needs to get off his bar stool, walk into John McDonough's office and submit his resignation.  If the man has any shred of professional dignity he will do this.  He has been handed everything a General Manager could want in order to build a winning franchise.  Everything.  And he has utterly failed.  And he has utterly failed multiple times.  

I live with a Florida Marlin fan (yea, I had no idea they existed, either) and the last few days have been worse than 2003. Something has to give.

Someone commented last night that building a new field in liue of Wrigley Field might jump start this team. I have always loved Wrigley and the atmosphere and thought it was absolutely preposterous that such a thought would even come up.  However, in light of the past several years of Cubs failures, I'm beginning to think that this might not be a bad idea.  Other unthinkables have happened: Griffey traded, Gretzky traded, Beckham moving to U.S., A-Rod traded, Joe Montana traded, etc.

Basically, with new owners coming in, I think it is time to completely clean house and start over from scratch.  Building a nice new stadium (with retractable roof!) could give this beleagured franchise new life.  Look at what new stadiums did to the Astros (Minute Maid Park), White Sox (Cell), Brewers (Miller Park), Cardinals (New Busch).  OK, the Red Sox won it all in old Fenway, but they usually are perennial contenders anyway.  Of course, new parks don't guarantee success (Pittsburgh, Seattle, SF), but it can't make the Cubs any worse off than they are now.  Think about it: beautiful new revenue-generating skyboxes (I would buy one), more seats, nice concession stands, clean restrooms, comfortable seats, nice scorebard with instant replays.  Best of all: MORE NIGHT GAMES!!  Don't have to miss work (or school) to catch a game!  We can even keep the ivy for the outfield walls.

OK, ticket prices will probably increase, but if it means winning a World Series, it would all be worth it!

I know I am going to catch a lot of flak for these comments, but I just want to voice my opinion and after all, this blog was created to do so.  Things need to change.  99 years (and counting) is a LONG time to wait.

I would be interested in other people's comments.

(for the out of towners)

  Oh and by the way The Brewers have been playing every bit as bad as we have. If the Cubs take 2 out of 3 against the Brewers ( something they've done before by the way) and one week from today we're a whole 3 games out of first in this shitty division, that ain't so miserable.

   I know, I know, the Cubs just lost 3 in a row, Bullpen, RF, "No heart", Whatever. The Bluemikes, Santoswoodenlegs, Sackman'sand every other doomsayer are ruling the Boards. Whoopee. And I hate watching them play like this. But the truth is there barely worse off than they were a week ago.

 I for one can see them turning it around. Hopefully they can too.

T-H-E C-U-B-S W-I-L-L N-E-V-E-R G-E-T B-R-I-A-N M-C-C-A-N O-R S-A-L-T-Y F-R-O-M T-H-E B-R-A-V-E-S.

Now feel free to walk back to that dream world you crazies live in.

God, do I have a migraine.

I've read that it's Wrigley Field that is responsible for them sucking. It's Hendry's fault, (which I have to agree with). I've read that Lou should be more animated or show some fire, or light some fires, ..or just light himself on fire, I forget. Anyway, I share all of your frustration, especially after watching last night's debacle.

I had the same recurring question pop up in my head though during the game, how can the Marlins trade away almost ALL of the players who were on their championship team, (only Dontrelle and Cabrera remain), and still beat us that bad, and sweep us to boot? (Uggla, is he a product of their farm system?) Their hitters showed patience at the plate for most of the nite. (I did see a few calls where Lilly got squeezed by the ump early on). But all in all, they just played better.

The Cubs hitters, especially Soriano, just came up to bat after that first half-inning and he's got home run in his mind,...you can see it. Let's take a few. (Baseball is all about adjustments. See what that pitcher has. Is he throwing first-pitch strikes? Ok, big deal. Take it. If he is, more than likely the next pitch will be out of the zone. Lay off it. Next time through the line-up, see if he's still throwing those juicy first-pitch strikes. Or is he now seeing if you'll bite on that slider?)  Not the Cubs. They just went ahead and flailed away, swinging at crap in the dirt, low and outside. There's no plate discipline. None. They'd swing at that first pitch and foul it off, then swing at the next one that was in the dirt, before they knew it, they're down 0-2.  

Finally,before I forget, those of you worrying about change, whether it's the GM, or the ball field, or trading away players,.....here's something to keep in mind...ask yourself what it is you're so afraid of losing if they do make changes? Is it the chance that they could have turned this season around? What is it? Because right now, as this season stands, you have got NOTHING to lose.

You can't lose what you don't have.