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  1. And the Cubs are now owned by the Ricketts family of Omaha.

    Genius manager. Cy Young winner as number 1 pitcher. Rest of the pitching staff is good. And very good young hitters.

    If not this year, soon.

  2. As a Chicagoan born in Bronzeville whose mother works at UIC hospital, former grounds of West Side Park where the Cubs won back-to-back World Series (which was a looong time ago), I dearly hope so.

    After losing politically in the past few years and after helping give America Obama (I voted for him in 2008 – I cried when he was elected), I just want something good to happen. Like actually something good.

    And Epstein. Yep. The (young) man’s a baseball managing “stud.” The Cubs got a good one.

  3. GRA:

    At least you didn’t vote for him in 2012 (I take it that you didn’t, anyway).

  4. I am very suspicious, reflexively, of the very young to whom great accomplishments are attributed. Like Epstein. It is almost as if they were pulled from a cradle, and crowned. Who really knows what and how he did as a young GM? And why would a team owner empower the very young?

    The GM is obviously not the coach.

    GMs to my mind are like the ADs at universities. But the Duke AD does nothing to make Coach K a better coach, or the Dukies a better team, other than to stay the hell out of the way and keep raising the monies from contributors. The same is doubtless true at all other universities with successful athletic programs.

  5. Schwarber, 22 years old. Bryant, 23. Soler, 22. Baez, 22. Castro, 25 (is that all?). Rizzo, 26, Russell, 21.

    Contracts tie these position players to the Cubs through 2020 or so. All thanks to Theo. If not now (this wasn’t supposed to happen until next year in “the plan”, but Theo made the move for Lester and Maddon this past winter, and the rest is history…) then soon.

    Go Cubs Go!!

  6. I like seeing a sports post here! Don’t really care about the Cubs, I’m a Rockies fan. We don’t even have a curse to blame it on, we just suck. That said, it would be fun to see the Billy Goat curse broken, as it was the see the Curse of the Bambino broken.

  7. As a northside Chicagoan (I only lived in Virginia for about 30+ years) I relate to those other Chicagoans who remind themselves that any team can have a bad century.

  8. I have not been a fan of any particular team since the 70s, I just like to watch good ball games. I stream MLB games and have been delighted by the cubs all season. Beating the cards in the play off was not just good baseball, it was great baseball. I hope they make it to the world series. GO CUBS!

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