no. yes. GO CUBS!!

Jimmy’s real, real mad. And Jimmy’s not gonna put up with your crap anymore, Cubs fans.

Don’t mess with Jimmy!!!

well. I still think that letting Woody go is something we will regret. However, I’m not ready to drop Gregg down a hole, either.

Being a fan, for me, means many things including cheering for the team, following the team, and buying and displaying cheesy merchandise that you wouldn’t pay 1/4 for if it didn’t have the Cubs logo on it. Do the Cubs think their fans are stupid enough to pay 20 dollars for “That’s Me Sports Chicago Cubs Personalized CD”? Why, yes, apparently they do think we are that stupid. Or maybe the better word is, overzealous.

Being a stupid overzealous fan, I also think about lineups and trades and all the different things that the Cubs could do differently to eke out another win. Doing so does not mean that I have lost the concept that I am not a professional and Jim Hendry and Lou Piniella are. To borrow your phrase (and type face) being an overzealous fan means being full of it.

Yes, we are all full of it. If ever Jim Hendry were to poke his head into one of these forums and see that we all know better have loud opinions – I hope that his frustration at our arrogance overzealousness might be counterbalanced by the reminder that the same overzealousness expands his budget, when we buy the Jim Hendy bobble-head doll.

You don’t tug on Superman’s cape
You don’t spit into the wind
You don’t pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger
And you don’t mess around with Jim, da do da do…

Use more descriptive titles.

every single year, we would be 25-0 in the last 26 years. And I’d be the 3B coach.

I do feel qualified to armchair fanpost.

You were PRETTY opinionated about the Wood situation…So are you writing this to yourself?

Quite frankly people who watch the games and think all is well and sunny in Cub land are just as bad as those who want Marmol to replace Gregg or DLee moved down in the order after one week of baseball.

Of course nobody on this board or any other board could run a baseball team. That doesn’t mean we can’t criticize or voice our concerns. Its not called ledge jumping because somebody wants the team to have a better bullpen or thinks a certain player can be more productive than another.

If people on here are going to get ripped every time they criticize the team then its going to be a lot less fun to be around here. This is a great community for talking about Cubs baseball, there are glass full, glass half full, glass half empty, and Micah Hoffpauir should start people around here. I don’t see a problem with that.

Obviously Milton Bradley isn’t going to hit .067 or whatever he is batting, obviously Gregg won’t have a 9.00 ERA. If somebody wants to come on here and rant about somebody sucking I think thats fine.

One: I’m exasperated by the deluge of calls for change this early in the season.

Two: To generate discussion.

Marmol vs. Gregg, Demote D-Lee, Kerry leaving, and the trade of DeRo were used as examples; nothing more. I do not advocate any particular position on these examples, they are examples, nothing more.

It was not my intention to say that people do not have a right to criticize, or have an opinion. I measured my words so as not to indicate that.

It seems most here are insulted. If that be the case, I will delete this fanpost.

“My question(s) are these; do you really understand why many moves, (whether trades/signings/situational in-game), are made?”

Answer: I do not, will you please explain the correct answer to me?

Additionally, do you trust in Lou & Jimbo?

Answer: I do not. Will you please explain why I should and or why you do (if you do?)

 have to be honest here… I think many of you are full of it. I think many of you are hangers-on who have no idea what it takes to run a successful MLB franchise, (esp. the Cubs). Lastly, I don’t believe many of you have taken the time to ever study the game, learn the history of the game, or even think about the game on an intellectual level…"

Comment: Does it bother you that others do not think about the game on an “intellectual level” whatever that may be? Why do you care? Are you here to advance intellectualism? Good for you!

1. Some. With the help of the posts on this board, I am coming to understand more of them.

2. Hells yes.

[Note to future self: never get into an argument on the internet. It’s like entering a diet competition; you’re a loser either way.]

But it’s just random, passionate Cubs fans expressing their opinions. And you know, opinions are like a**holes, everybody’s got one. No one is claiming to be a better GM or manager than Hendry or Piniella, and just because those two wear the blue doesn’t make them infallible, either.

I understand your frustration, really, but I think if you’re getting this worked up over the direction of an internet board then maybe you need to relax a bit as well.

Ultimately, your post just adds to the din.

Who has the gun to your head making you read the fan posts that you hate so much by people who you feel are full of crap?

And just because management makes a move (or doesn’t), doesn’t mean that they are right.

….we couldn’t wait for the games to start……..