This is a Bold Statement
- New Cubs manager Joe Maddon told reporters at his introductory press conference Monday at The Cubby Bear that he won’t shy away from talking about the playoffs and the World Series.
Even with a team that hasn’t won a championship since 1908.
“I’m gonna be talking playoffs next year,” Maddon said. “I’ll tell you that right now. I can’t go to spring training and say anything else. You have to set your goals high, because if you don’t set them high enough you might hit your mark, and that’s not a good thing. We’re gonna talk World Series this year, and I’m gonna believe it. It’s in our future.”
Aim big we suppose. We'll believe it when we see the owners spend some actual money on talent.
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
48 Comments:
So do you go to spring training saying we're not going to make the playoffs? Well actually maybe you do if you are Robin "Goober" Ventura.
I seem to recall the same bravado when Dusty B took over. All hat no cattle.
--No Cop Here
The Bears have great potential, currently they are semi-awesome.
OT:
The George Lucas Museum proposal looks like the cooling tower of the Michigan City coal & gas burning plant in Indiana. George, a Californian by birth, was tossed out by San Francisco officials cause he wanted 'The' top spot at the Ocean-Front. The Trib says Rahm 'wrested' George from there...not so!! Lucas is a large Egotist...he'll be gone and this 'museum thing' will be left to smudge up the magnificent Lake-front. Move that Lucas Museum to another site!!! And vote, it counts.
another savior that is nothing more than another FAILURE
I'm a die hard cubs been my owe life (23 years old) believe me or not, I say the cubs will win the world series between the 2017 season and 2020 season. Well hopefully all I can do is hope. GO CUBS GO
They say pitching wins game. But it is runners on base who score that put runs on the score board. If the Cubs ain't got the sticks, they ain't got the runs. No runs, no wins. No wins, no playoffs.
Pitching is an integral part of the defense to keep the opposing team from putting runs on the scoreboard.
Combine a team that outscores the opposing team on a consistent basis with a good defense and the playoffs will lead to a World Series Championship.
The Cubs need to invest in people who can hit and get on base to score.
For 2014 the Cubs BA was .239 v. Opponents' .252. The Cubs had a total of 1,477 SO compared to Opponents' of 1,311. The Cubs put a total of 614 runs on the scoreboard compared to Opponents' 707. BA and OBP can tell you a lot about a teams chances of successfully making the playoffs. Based on 2014 numbers and 2013 numbers, the Cubs ain't got a snowball's chance in hell of making the playoffs, unless they change personnel in the off season.
The Cubs will always be the lovable Cubs
I tried to have this press crap @ SLUGGERS,but I got out-clouted....
Yeah if 29 other teams planes are in the air at the same time and all of them crash ! 108 more years at least !
You know the Twins went from worst in 1986 to first in the 1987 World Series. It could happen. But I won't waste a buck at the sports book.
This guy looks like Harry Carry!
The white hair and black rimmed glasses, reminds me of the drunk of Wrigley field!
He even talks like Harry Carry in telling the bar keep to buy everybody a beer and a shot at a press conference!
They will find a way to choke, they always do!
Who paid for Maddon to be led around Rickettsville by our guys?
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Cubs suck! Go White Sox! Remember the goat. A curse is a curse...
You can't count the World series during WWII. These players were mostly subpar draft dodgers. Thus not real baseball.
I laughed so hard, I peed in my pants!!
Go white Sox!!
Same said Dusty & Lou. These managers have no idea of the pressure cooker they're stepping into. But they all find out, eventually. Then leave Wrigley, with that 1000 yard stare
Hahahahahahahahaha
Oh Joe Did you forget the Goat?
as a CHICAGO baseball fan both teams are in position to make shrewd free agent acquisitions.
big contracts to untradeable stiffs hurt both sides of town the last few years.
crossing my fingers for some smart moves.
pitchers and catchers report in about 100 days.
That's the best attitude to have.
Who paid for Maddon to be led around Rickettsville by our guys?
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11/04/2014 05:00:00 AM
That's probably a member of the 019 Dist's Elite Entertainment Detail, led by Sgt A.H., part of Eli's Greek Connection.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
OT:
The George Lucas Museum proposal looks like the cooling tower of the Michigan City coal & gas burning plant in Indiana. George, a Californian by birth, was tossed out by San Francisco officials cause he wanted 'The' top spot at the Ocean-Front. The Trib says Rahm 'wrested' George from there...not so!! Lucas is a large Egotist...he'll be gone and this 'museum thing' will be left to smudge up the magnificent Lake-front. Move that Lucas Museum to another site!!! And vote, it counts.
11/04/2014 12:26:00 AM
Move it to the Richard M Daley Sewage Treatment Facility or right smack in the middle of Englewood. They need jobs. Melody Hobson can do something for her people while she is taking care of George.
Well now, the lust for fame and MONEY can lead any idiot to boast that he can put the CUBS in the playoffs next season!!!! Is he realted to our CPD SUPT ?
what is the new manager going to be hitting in the order?....3.....4? Hopefully he can pitch every 5th day too, and maybe close a few games. or better yet, a suitcase full of steroids that can't be traced.
The same story...they should move da cubs out of here....what a bunch of losers..the so call fans that come and watch them are all from the burbs anyway....
They won't beat the goat…
May they have another 100 years…..
FTC
I always knew SCC commenters were majority south siders. How's Englewood, boys?
- North Side copper finishing his free Starbucks =)
This just in.... The Chicago Cubs sign Jesus Christ to one year deal!! and they STILL will not win the World Series LMFAO!!
SCC,
Please can you post the Thomas Wortham trial information. Jury is being picked today. Opening arguments start tomorrow morning in room 606. ASA is asking officer's be discrete and cover police shirts with outer clothing. They don't want to give dirt bags any reason to complain.
Thanks
Det HB
Just like Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires, Wrigley Field is the graveyard of managers.
Hopefully Maddon can turn things around, but I'll believe it when I see it.
White Sox Fans,
Obama,
Daley,
Madigan,
Jessie Jackson,
and Most the people who get arrested.
Go Cubs.
This guy will be slinking out of town with his tail between his legs in the next couple of years. It's the Cubs, remember.
Yeah if 29 other teams planes are in the air at the same time and all of them crash ! 108 more years at least !
11/04/2014 01:50:00 AM
You sir, are a Prophet.
11/04/2014 02:15:00 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
This guy looks like Harry Carry!
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Naw, Maddon looks like more like Drew Carey! And he's unpretentious....agreeing to manage the Cubs in his RV? Attending the press conference in an untucked shirt? Breath of fresh air. Wish him well.
This just in.... The Chicago Cubs sign Jesus Christ to one year deal!! and they STILL will not win the World Series LMFAO!!
11/04/2014 11:14:00 AM
Well, Jesus has an ungodly curve ball, but he's not a great hitter.
Word is that Joe Maddon & Steve Bartman are related.
Off subject; so Californian Mr. Lucas, hires an architect from China. He designs a museum that resembles Walt Disney's old Space Mountain. Rhambo agrees to put it on the lakefront where everybody can see it. Really Rham???
Take a full 11 Furlo. So when the Cubs are in the World Series and the department cancels it... Ching Ching!
Eli finally got it right, p.o.s. tact Lt. Dumped. Shouldve did it 2 years ago. All you cry babies don't look so arrogant now
Maddon will be another in a long line of baseball people who were successful elsewhere but were failures with the Cubs.
Look I am not a fan of either team here. But I can tell you one thing for certain.
You can take the best of the 1927 Yankees, the Red Machine of the 1970's, the pitching staff of 90's Braves, and put them in Cubs uniforms and they will still lose.
Call it a curse, bad luck, stupidity, or anything you want but you can not go that long without winning a series unless there is some serious shit hanging over that team.
And Maddon seems like a great guy and he will make a lot of money but he will not win a series here.
You can count on that.
As commanders change, usually the tact lt. does also.
019 Tact Lt. managed to be retained by five commanders before now... Alvarado, Yamashiroya, Boehmer. Kenny and Voulgaris, name another tact lt. that has lasted that long.
But somehow you have the balls to anonymously call him a piece of shit.
Eli finally got it right, p.o.s. tact Lt. Dumped. Shouldve did it 2 years ago. All you cry babies don't look so arrogant now
11/04/2014 08:34:00 PM
No way?!! Is he bringing someone in, or is a lt. from one if the watches taking it? What happened, was there an incident?
It finally feels good to be excited about the Cubs. Of course all the white sox fans are gonna talk shit because thats all they can do. I dont care that the sox won a ring. Hell they can have ten rings. They will never be "THE" Chicago baseball team. The sox will always be the second hand, Link card toting team. sox fans sit back and get ready to chug down a bottle of bleach. The Chicago Cubs will take their place as the next Chicago Dynasty Team. (Go Cubs GO... GO Cubs Go... Hey Chicago whata you say the Cubs are gonna win today.... LOL eat ass Sox fans...
The Cubs are making good moves. These past few years really were rebuilding. The entire organization, minor leagues on up. They were stockpiling draft picks. They are in a good position to start having some good teams. They have a good front office. They will have a good rehabbed facility. Good young players. Money for a good free agent or two. You doom and gloom guys, this is it, this is what you have been waiting for these past decades. Watch, I finally am feeling optimistic about this team.
Correction; The Lucas Museum looks like Disney's 'Space Mountain' down in Orlando. Sorry.
It's the uniform.
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