WHYDFML………if he wants out…let him.

Cardinals WILL be better…
Astros WILL be better….

As you can see tonight…you can never have too many runs

Because right now….NOBODY is lending any money……

You say that the two sweeps the past two Octobers are “luck”?

I’d say you’re wrong. The team that took the field at Wrigley on October 1 didn’t resemble the 97-win team the previous six months.

They need to determine what cuased the problem. I agree, the postseason’s a crapshoot. But a 97-win regular season team ought to do better than this year’s Cubs did.

For that matter, so should a 100-win team do better than the Angels did. They have some figuring out to do, too.

There hasn’t been enough time to determine if that move will provide a steady stream of players from from the minor leagues to the MLB club.

who has hit on most of their first round picks.

I think it’s just good business. If you’re trying to sell a business (particularly at top dollar), you would want to make sure the potential owner(s) were on board with any long term decisions you were making.

This makes sense because if they didn’t like them, they could pull out as potential buyers and the less bidders you have, the less likely you will get top dollar for the sale of the business.

The Tribune Co (or Andy McPhail) may have insisted that if they were paying Baker to manage the Cubs, he would fufill the contract.

Maybe if a player makes his home in a city where a big league team is — like LA or San Diego. But lets face it, Boston and NY are on the coast, neither of which are comfortable places to live in the winter. Chicago seems to be a very desirable place because of its central location, it’s a relatively short plane ride to anywhere in the U.S.

JD Drew has 5 RBI’s in 30 at bats THIS post season…our beloved DLEE has 0 in 21 AB’s the last 2 seasons….

JD Drew has 20 RBI’s in 104 Post season at bats..DLEE 8 in 95…….

Cubs need to get some A$$ hole jerks….

I find it interesting that you consider winning a division a failure. (Incidentally, that’s the attitude the Braves fans adopted when their team went to the playoffs every year for more than a decade.) I’ll bet the 22 other teams that DIDN’T make the playoffs would prefer getting in to going home and playing golf.

The playoffs are now an 8 team tournament with the winners of each side of the bracket meeting in the World Series. It’s not very much different than the March Madness the NCAA holds each year in college basketball. March Madness is even harsher as it’s win or go home EVERY game. In the MLB playoffs, at least you play a series in each round.

If you keep getting into the tournament every year, you have a chance to win it all.