False Hope Springs Eternal

We can all lament the pain and anguish that comes with being a cubs fan and even I pointed to the cruelty inflicted by their Ineptitude in 8 straight games followed by two good performances vs. the league's best. Fortunately for me I had already given up on the season so now it just makes me chuckle. THe unfortunate part is that dusty will probably see those two games as a reason to "stay in the race" meaning he'll be running Wood out there when he should be resting, and he'll still be playing Burnitz and Hollandsworth inexplicably more than they should be playing.

The fact of the matter is, if they lose today, and I have no reason to expect that they won't, other than Prior pitching, the cubs will be in the same exact position as they were before the series with the Cardinals, and mathematically speaking, in worse shape. (they'll have four fewer games to play with)

Unfortunately, Dusty looks at the facts much like the Bush administration, with limited understanding or accountability. While nothing will have really changed in the past four days, the party line probably will be a lot more optimistic than it was four games ago, and foolishly so. Hendry needs to understand that as long as Dusty continues to manage this way, stubbornly and blindly avoiding all common sense and reason, this team could go till the next presidential election before it even sniffs the playoffs, and with a Payroll this big, with two #1 pitchers and two sluggers just now entering their prime, we can't afford to wait two more years to make another run at it, we need to start building for the future NOW.

Trade what you can to get what you can, and let the young kids play. Maybe Andy McPhail is just waiting till the offseason to fire the whole lot of them, I guess we can hold out hope for that.