the_fan Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 The Cubs been able to win the World Series since 1908, or pennant since 1945?I DON'T GET IT! Three biggest disgraces in sports this year:3. Braves collapse2. Red Sox collapse1. Most Canucks fans actions this post-season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Two prior ownership groups that were unwilling to operate a full-scale professional baseball organization, and a current one that can't afford to. They've had heartbreaking luck the few times they've come close, but when you invest in bona fide scouting and instruction, you have a team that puts itself in the conversation so often that the bad-luck years aren't just your best outliers. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Milton Bradley. Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEW.ERA Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Steve Bartman. JETS|PACK|JAYS|NUFC|BAMA|BOMBERS|RAPS|ORANJE| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbean24 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Mark Prior St. Paul Pioneers(GHA) Minnesota Skeeters(CL) Minnesota Lake Monsters(UFL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I'm glad I expended a modicum of effort in explaining for "the_fan" why the Cubs don't win championships. Steve Bartman.stfu ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDynamo Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 The Cubs front office had made some dreadful moves (i.e. Milton Bradley, and Kevin Gregg) over the past few years, and it kills me every single time they do something stupid. They've been able to build really good teams, but haven't built that one great team to push them to the promised land. 2006 was supposed to have been that year, but yet here we are 103 seasons removed from a World Series championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Maybe things will change now under Epstein (I'm not convinced they will), but they've never been able to build a baseball organization from the ground up. Much like the Cubs, the Atlanta Braves were purchased to exist as cheap programming filler for a TV station, yet unlike the Cubs, the Braves were allowed to conscientiously build a comprehensive operation by the blueprint of the 1960s/1970s Baltimore Orioles, where everyone is taught the same way and the right way from day one, so that personnel are always ready to move up to the major league level and contribute virtually seamlessly. This has never much interested the Cubs, because this takes time and hard work to do right. Even the so-called architect of the Minnesota Twins fell victim to this weird mentality, talking about "being competitive within in the division," always being good enough to make a run if everything breaks right and everyone else breaks wrong. I mean, even truly awful teams of recent vintage weren't even works in progress: they lost 96 games in 2006 with a fairly decent team minus an injured Derrek Lee. There's just no patience. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Bunky Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 The Cubs front office had made some dreadful moves (i.e. Milton Bradley, and Kevin Gregg) over the past few years, and it kills me every single time they do something stupid. They've been able to build really good teams, but haven't built that one great team to push them to the promised land. 2006 was supposed to have been that year, but yet here we are 103 seasons removed from a World Series championship.Don't you mean 2008? Because the 2006 Cubs were quite dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolyStroke Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Mark PriorKerry Wood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornettored Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Various animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 All those 80's movies that made it "cool" to be a Cubs fan. There's always a price to pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epper Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Henry Rowengartner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDynamo Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 The Cubs front office had made some dreadful moves (i.e. Milton Bradley, and Kevin Gregg) over the past few years, and it kills me every single time they do something stupid. They've been able to build really good teams, but haven't built that one great team to push them to the promised land. 2006 was supposed to have been that year, but yet here we are 103 seasons removed from a World Series championship.Don't you mean 2008? Because the 2006 Cubs were quite dreadful.I did in fact mean 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zpqmaowl Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 James Loney. the worst helmets design to me is the Jacksonville jaguars hamlets from 1995 to 2012 because you can't see the logo vary wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanB06 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Henry Rowengartner.The Cubs won the WS at the end of Rookie of the Year.Now for the real reason: they're waiting to beat Miami in 2015...*gets handed note*...oh...forget it. Sodboy13 said: As you watch more basketball, you will learn to appreciate the difference between "defense" and "couldn't find the rim with a pair of bloodhounds and a Garmin." meet the new page, not the same as the old page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 James Loney.That Game 1 was eerie. First of all, first pitch wasn't till like 8:45 Central to accommodate west coast television audiences, which I'm pretty sure is the opposite of home field advantage. :censored:in' hospitality house bull . The whole park was oddly quiet from the outset; I don't know if they were discombobulated from the weird time or if they priced out the louder types or if they just knew the other shoe was about to drop. Whatever the reason, it was ominous and weird and crappy. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zpqmaowl Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 James Loney.it was ominous and weird and crappy.No it wasn't. It was awesome. Especially coming from a family of all Cub fans but myself, I had no complaints. the worst helmets design to me is the Jacksonville jaguars hamlets from 1995 to 2012 because you can't see the logo vary wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Because the Cubs have classically sucked. Bad teams are just that, bad teams and the Cubs traditionally have been a bad team. That's like asking why the Clippers haven't won an NBA Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Oddball is classically and traditionally a bad poster. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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