Look at what the Cards are going through: Pujols is struggling. They lost one of their best pitchers. Carpenter isn't throwing well ... but it doesn't matter. Friken Berkman is having a career renaissance, with an OBP of over .460. Double friken Kyle Lohse has an ERA of around 2?
They bring up pitchers from the minors, and they are lights out: Jaime Garcia, 1.93 ERA. I'm sorry ... the Cubs are cursed. It's cursed with crappy management, crappy coaches, and a lot of the time, crappy fans.
And luck. This organization has none. Pretty much every top pitching prospect for this team, what happens to them? Wood, Prior, Cashner, Guzman, Harkey, Dickson .... it's getting old. You've got a few long time soap operas being canceled ... pull the plug on the longest running one. The Chicago Cubs.
I think this is yet another low point for the Cubs. There is no real hope for them any time soon. There are NO stud position prospects in the system (I don't think you can call Brett Jackson a "stud" prospect), and Trey McNutt is your only top tier pitching prospect. They spend all this money on a magical hitting coach: how's that working out?
@#$#. Go Cubs!