5 Suggestions for the Cubs
There are only three teams with less wins than the cursed Cubs in the progressing MLB season and any true fan can’t help but expect it to get worse. As we all know, it always gets worse for the Cubs. Now, I can’t go back to the NL Championship against Florida and blame Bartman but I do have a few suggestions for Jim Hendry and the Cubs organization. In descending order:
1. Spend more money. The Cubs are owned by a billion dollar media conglomorate and their fans have never stopped coming out to Wrigley, even though they haven’t won in half a century. Cubs jersey sales and merchandise are among the highest in any professional sport. The North Siders still have more die hard fans than the South Siders, yet the Sox have $8 million more in payroll. They had a chance three years ago to get Vlad Guerrero and opted only for Maddux. They have the cash, they just need to spend it.
2. Keep your pitchers healthy in the off season. I’m not sure if they do but they really should require their out-of-shape pitchers to do something in the off season. Over the last five years they have had the most injuries to their rotation, more than any other notable team. Maybe there is nothing they can do but it seems like a pro ball club could implement some kind of workout program for the young staff to take part in instead of tearing muscles in their arms.
3. Make a big trade. They need to change things up a bit. I like what they did in the off season by getting Jacque Jones and Juan Pierre but what they need to do is send Wood or Prior packing. Maybe even put Aramis Ramirez on the block. I don’t pretend to be a GM but a big trade could be a substitute shake-up instead of firing manager Dusty Baker.
4. If they fire anybody, it should be Jim Hendry. You can’t blame anyone for the injuries this season but if you must, start at the top of the pyramid. Baker may be out after this year anyway and face it, there won’t be any turn around substantial enough to overcome a 14 game deficit in the NL Central. So maybe give Ol’ Hendry one more year to get it turned around. I know they just extended his contract but it’s worth bringing in someone without attachments to the current roster to maybe turn things upside down.
5. Give Michael Barrett a raise for punching AJ Pierzynski. Now he just needs to beat the crap out of the rest of the hitters on the team. Maybe then the second lowest scoring team in the League can get their heads on straight.
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