12/05/2005 01:26:00 PM by Rob

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What a fuckin' weekend.

Actually, in real life, it was good. My wife and I are fixing up our basement, and we did a lot this weekend, and we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. We took most of our family downtown to see the lights, gorged ourselves at Bucca di Beppo, and my daddy bought me a new cell phone for Christmas. Yes, I know how gay that sounds.

But in the World of the Sloth, what? The Great Cheesehead is even WORSE than I thought he was, and the Bears not only won, but covered the seven, without scoring an offensive touchdown.

And you KNOW what happened to the Cubs already. Your general manager had to do ONE thing this winter, kids. Just ONE thing, and he was beaten to the punch by a brand new GM on a dysfunctional team WITHOUT a field manager.

First of all, I don't want to hear any more crap about the Cubs being a Destination because of Dusty Baker. That might have been true in December 2002. It isn't true, anymore. The Furcal fiasco proves it beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Next, I don't want to hear any more shit about "we made a good offer, and the Dodgers overpaid". No shit? What planet do YOU sleep on? The BEST free agent gets the richest contract every winter, and almost always it is too much money. "Oh, but it doesn't always equate to a championship." FUCK YOU, Pollyanna!! Let's try it ONCE, ONCE!!! Then, you can say "told you so" if it doesn't work. Just for once in my entire life, I want to see MY team roll the biggest dice, and have the biggest balls.

SOMETHING is holding us back, somebody doesn't want to do what it takes to succeed. It is time we all resign ourselves to this conclusion.

People, just like 1969 and 1984, in the future, you're going to remember 2003 as the "good old days". That was the peak, it will always represent the summit of Prior's, Wood's & Zambrano's potential with the Cubs.

It just gets worse from here. I guarantee it. Three of the best starting pitchers to come through the system in the last half century, maybe the whole century, and the best we can do is getting to a game 7 of an NLCS. It all goes downhill from here. It isn't so much that Rafael Furcal has THIS much impact as a player, but I see the Acquisition of Furcal as a Concept. You can call it "Plan A"...for sure, the Cubs brain-trust did.

Lack of execution in the basepaths can lose you a game.

Lack of execution in the manager's shoes can lose you a season.

Lack of execution in the front office can lose you a generation.

Save yer pennies, now, so you can buy your Yankees Prior gamer and Braves Zambrano gamer in 2007.

Wood? Nah, we're stuck with THAT brittle fuckstick.

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