When the team needs a stand up guy who will provide leadership and kick some butt in the clubhouse, Farney has chosen to hide inside Ryan Freel’s head instead.

I also blame Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, and Billy Mays just because they’re no longer around to defend themselves.

for not being on our team!!!

I LEARNED IT FROM WATCHING YOU!

You need to fast track this shoulder

Wait, how exactly does this work? Have the trainers been informed of the healing fast track? And if so, why are they not listed here as killing the team by their reluctance to take Rami’s shoulder of the slow track? I demand an investigation!

His faults can’t be measured by statistics, but he hasn’t seem interested or at the top of his game this year. Maybe we could count bad double switches, inability to use a LOOGY, failure to utilize platoons properly (when available), # of players in the doghouse, etc. Singling out his most volatile player for something that a significant number of players have done already this year seems like the icing on the cake.

Not saying he’d be #1, but . . .

Lou Pinella

1) Bill Hartnell
2) Pat Troughton
3) Jon Pertwee
4) Tom Baker
5) Pete Davison
6) Colin Baker
7) Syl McCoy
8) Paul McGann
9) Chris Eccleston
10) Dave Tennant

Is the problem. There is no single person responsible for these happenings. It starts with the ownership debacle, then it moves down to Jim Hendry’s poor off season decisions, then it moves to Lou for not being Lou, and then finally on to the players who seem to lack the “i want to step up” mentality.

It kills me, for a team that has lost for so many years, we always need something or someone to blame for this or that. This is an average team at best right now, did we think we would be here at the beginning of the season, some yes, some no. But to point fingers is just silly, my father in law use to say “it is what it is”, and folks that is this season.

four of your top 6?

Marmol is struggling, but it’s not him who can’t drive in a run or fails in the early innings.

Fontenot is out of position and having to play every day, none of which play to his strengths.

Zambrano is the 14-16 game winner he is every year.

Nothing about Miles puts him in position to kill the team. Talent, Roster spot, salary, etc. Should Hendry have signed him? No, but he’s nothing.

I believe the three muskateers of handcuffs on this team are Soriano and Bradley producing nothing and the No Trade Clauses that keep Hendry from making improvements.

What is killing the team.

10) Goose Gossage
9) Calvin Schiraldi
8) Dave Smith
7) Terry Adams
6) Antonio Alphonseca
5) Dave Veres
4) Kyle Farnsworth
3) Joe Borowski
2) Kent Merker
1) Mel Rojas

you should make a what’s killing BCB- Top 10

As well as people who still write FIRST!!!

And people who never say anything negative about their team other than the equivalent of Darn It! Mindless posters be damned!

the mission statement for the blog then. I presented my opinions and the first comment was about movie theater candy. That’s basically the internet these days.

And what don’t I get? Is there a secret handshake between nerds like you in here?

Let’s face it; he screwed this team up. We had a great team in 2008 that went a little cold in the postseason, and instead of trying to supplement it with a piece or two that might help, he decided to trade away the team’s heart (Mark DeRosa), replace it with a known bad actor (Milton Bradley) and let go of a player who has done nothing over the last couple of years but what he thought he owed the Cubs (Kerry Wood).

Should we have added some left-handed bats? Sure. But not at the expense of losing DeRosa. That was a price too steep, and putting Bradley on the team without DeRo there to balance him out was just emphasizing the worst aspects of the team. And those of us who were for adding Bradley — self included — should have seen it coming.

Hendry is responsible for this mess. If things don’t turn around, in part due to the deadline efforts of “Trader Jim,” it’s time to let him go and find somebody else. Otherwise, it’ll be a while before we see October baseball in Wrigley again.

let go of a player who has done nothing over the last couple of years but what he thought he owed the Cubs (Kerry Wood).

He did owe us!! He cost us season after season along with his buddy Prior. 10 million for a closer?? Insane and the Indians are getting exactly what they deserve for paying that insane amount.

It has been the Outfield, bench, 2nd base and Catcher. And the OF has been primarily the month of June, Catcher in April/May.

Bullpen has been too wild, but perhaps improving.

Managing has been poor. I think the GM has made a couple tweaks to address things, but has to make a bigger deal to improve the roster.

In terms of overall roster makeup I think the GM took a risky approach and his has not paid off yet (maybe it won’t).