And it made me think that the writer strongly dislikes Chicago and had nothing else to write about.  I saw on the MLB page of ESPN and it seemed out of place.

The article annoyed me, but then again I had no idea why it was written NOW

let him have his opinion. A city like Chicago, with all it's history and rich traditions, cannot be on top all the time. Yeah, the Sox won in 05, the Bears were NFC champs a year ago, and the Cubs are on their way.

I still like the fact that Chicago is the only city with all of it's sporting venues within the city limits.

can skim the sports headlines the past several months, compile them and come up with that pile.

No insight and no real knowledge of the teams.

He'd fit right in with the Telander's, Downey's and Ladewski's here.

I've come to grips that any "writer" or "columnist" that has an article about hockey will be run through with a fine tooth comb just because there's so many of them that don't know shit about hockey.

But when it comes to baseball and the fact its covered 100x more than hockey in this country, it makes me sad to believe an editor would allow articles with absolutely no substance.

...anyone thinks Chicago is such a great sports town?  Sure we have great fans but our baseball teams have won a total of 6 World Championships (including only 3 in the last 100 years) in the entire 131 year history of baseball.  The Bears used to be dominant and were good from 1984-1991 but they've been to a total of two Superbowls out of 52.  The Blackhawks have not won the Stanley Cup in 47 years and they've only been to the finals one time in those 47 years and they were swept.  They have won only 3 Stanley Cups despite being an Original Six team.  The Bulls had a remarkable run during the Jordan era but otherwise have been an unremarkable franchise.  So tell me why anyone thinks now is really any different?

...I kinda like the guy's writing style. It's gotta nice flow. But, as others have already pointed out, he's offering only broad, rather unimaginative statements that toe the usual "I'm a professional sportswriter; therefore, I have to bitch and moan or else no one will take me seriously" line.

On the subject at hand, our Chicago Cubs, he says in part:

Um, who exactly are these "many" you refer to, Mr. Jackson? I fancy myself one who follows baseball fairly closely and the general consensus I see/read/hear is that the NL Central will more than likely be, once again, a dogfight between the Milwaukee Brewers and those Chicago Cubs you just so summarily dismissed (with maybe the Cincinnati Reds replacing last year's St. Louis Cardinals as a dark horse). So the Cubs aren't "slipping" anywhere -- they're positioned quite nicely to battle for a second consecutive division crown. And I won't even get into "We Cubs fans"...

As much as I love John Paxson he needs to be fired.   He's done an abysmal job of constructing a ballclub.  

Paxson tried to construct an energy team that sweats.   In other words a team that works it's ass off on defense and fights, scrapes and battles for every rebound on both sides of the court.   Invariably, "energy teams" burn out and wind up overwhelmed by teams with talented and sophisticated offenses.   Scott Skiles got every last ounce of production from this energy-built team.   Not surprising, the inmates finally burnt out and turned on the head coach.  

Paxson is also tragically guilty of being in love with certain players.   Kirk Hinrich is biggest example.  

Ben Wallace was an awful acquisition that has turned into poison that is impacting others on the roster.   Ben Gordon is biggest example.  He won't play with a hangnail anymore and there isn't a darn thing Paxson can do about it.    

Tyrus Thomas is a certified bust.   Joakim Noah is as well.  

The Bulls are a MESS.  First order of business has to be to fire Paxson.   Then blow the whole thing up and start over.  

is crap in my opinion. Or nearly anything anyway.  

It does remind me of a funny quote I heard someone say in the late '80's.."Chicago is home of more dog teams than the Yukon."