As a Red Sox fan, it's encouraging to hear that Boston is trying to acquire two-time Cy Young winner Johan Santana from the Twins.Then again, the Red Sox have already won two World Series championships in the past four years. And I contend that anything after 2004 is bound to be anticlimactic.
I don't know if other Sox fans would agree with me—but didn't we all say we wanted to see the Sox win ONE championship in our lifetimes?
Fait accompli.
Listen, I love the Red Sox—but it's not fair for Beantown to hog the spotlight. After all, what about teams in other cities?
And more specifically, what about the Chicago Cubs?
Why aren't the Cubs players in the Santana sweepstakes? Shouldn't a team with such a sorry history do something to correct it?
Yes, I know the Cubs made a huge splash in signing Alfonso Soriano last year. But see, that was last year.
Chicago already lost out in the Alex Rodriguez nonsense this offseason. The team was a joke in the 2007 playoffs. And it only gets worse if you go further back in time.
The 2003 postseason was brutal—for both the Cubs and the Sox. Boston, however, bounced back from their '03 ALCS Game Seven meltdown at Yankee Stadium to win the 2004 World Series.
The Cubs still haven't recovered from the Bartman Incident—much less the so-called "Billy Goat" curse from 1945.
Teams like the Florida Marlins (twice) and Anaheim Angels have won the World Series in the last dozen years. Even the cross-town White Sox have won it.
And yet the Chicago Cubs haven't been world champs since 1908.
That's going on 100 years, if anyone's counting.
And if the Cubs don't get their act together this offseason, the streak is bound to continue.
The Dodgers, who haven't won a postseason series since 1988, made noise in signing Andruw Jones. The small-market A's are rumored to be in the running for Barry Bonds—who'd surely be a huge upgrade over the overrated and over-the-hill Mike Piazza.
Too bad for the Cubs. What a sad-sack franchise. What a sad-sack town.
Look at those 6-12 Bulls, and those 5-8 Bears—a bunch of loser, last-place outfits.
It's nightmares like that that make me all the more grateful to be a Boston fan. Now if only the Bruins could turn things around too à la the Sox, Pats, and Celts...
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Chicago is a sad-sack town? You're from Boston, dude. Boston is a shithole that's one-fifth the size of Chicago. That's right, one-fifth as in 20 percent.
The only people that like Boston are people that are from Boston.
Chicago is a top-notch, world class city. Boston doesn't come close on any sort of level to Chicago.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Here's a new headline for you
Chicago Dedicated: It's Great Not To Be an Ass
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Bgamebawler Bgamebawler about 1 year ago
Are you sure you're a Red Sox fan? You sound like a loud mouth Yankee fan to me.
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John McClory about 1 year ago
I like how the first post uses the "my city is bigger than your city" argument. Grow up!
But seriously, the Cubs will have their day. I remember when the Sox were in the same sort of funk. It honestly seemed like they would NEVER win. Until they did. Then the skies opened and Boston demoted the Yanks to second place in the AL East.
I think a guy like Haren or Bedard would be a better fit for the Cubs. Heck, I'd love to see the Sox go after 1 of those 2. Santana is a machine but has more mileage than the other two.
Oh and it'd be nice for either team to save a few mil., right?
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Theresa Bee about 1 year ago
Kinda funny that this blogger goes from making some relevant points to childish name calling, including dogging out the city of "Chicago". I live in the southwest US and have spent time in both Boston and Chicago; the windy city is one of the most impressive places in the US.
Furthermore you make no mention of the Cubs going hard after Japanese outfielder Kosuke Fukudome reportedly offering up 50 million. Cubs fans are some of the best in all of baseball, its funny how only a few years ago Red Sox fans were in the same boat...now many like this blogger are smug and condescending, not to mention ill-informed.
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Cubby Blue Cubby Blue about 1 year ago
So now Red Sox Nation is mocking the lowly Cubs fan? A sad day.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Kp Wee, you're a dumbass. Say what you want about the sports franchises in Chicago, but go to hell if you want to knock this city. I have yet to meet a nice person from Boston. The few I have met are full-of-themselves assholes, kind of like this moronic poster. Say this in Chicago and we'll toss you in Lake Michigan.
You're a loser man. Get a god damn life you lowly piece of shit.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
And hey smartass, it says in Kp Wee's profile he considers the 90's the last great era in sports. Damn, who completely and utterly DOMINATED the '90s? That's right...the Chicago Bulls did. We had the greatest player in not only basketball history, but TEAM SPORTS history, bring six glorious championships to the Windy City. Wow, what a terrible sports town right?
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Yup, they sure need another hitter, eh? Dumb. And funny how the fans there love to support a losing team.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
That was in response to Theresa a few posts back. Why on earth would they need another hitter?
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
"Why on earth would they need another hitter?"
Perhaps because they were 8th in the NL in runs scored and tied for 10th in OPS last year. But then, that's dumb apparently.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
"Perhaps because they were 8th in the NL in runs scored and tied for 10th in OPS last year. But then, that's dumb apparently."
Oh yeah. All that hitting will help them make the playoffs. Good riddance. It's pitching that wins championships - do they have enough?
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
"Oh yeah. All that hitting will help them make the playoffs. "
All what hitting? They're not the '27 Yankees. They lost in the playoffs while averaging 2 runs per game.
"It's pitching that wins championships - do they have enough?"
I don't know, but why the assumption that they won't try to improve theirs? Fukudome's signing doesn't prevent that.
Incidentally, the Cubs were 2nd in ERA in the NL last year.
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John Fennelly about 1 year ago
I am a Met fan. I grind my teeth in my sleep. I wonder what I would be doing at night if I were a Cub fan?
I feel for these people. They are loyal and they deserve a break. Maybe Mark Cuban will resurface and be able to buy this team....
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