I'm a little surprised Pinella obviously doesn't have this team ready to play Oct. baseball, "tho hes been accused of that in the past". I'm even more surprised they haven't won a playoff game yet. I'm more of a Sox fan but still I "feel the pain" of Cubs fans This year is an even worse one then 1969 was, and I sure remember that one, the choke of '84, the choke of '03, and the total breakdown of '04.
This year they actually have the team that can, and should, go all the way. But coming back from an 0-2 start against a team as hot as the Dodgers? I dont think thats going to happen. They are probably going to lose tomorrows game and then The Cubs ownership is going to have to break up this team. They cant win in Oct. and theres no point keeping it together.
Problem is they are saddled with some big, big contracts. Soriano?? They couldn't give him away, Fukadome too. Dempsters going to want big money as a starter cause his contract is up now so hes gone. Their catcher Soto, whos had a huge year, is going to want a ton of dough. And others coming off of good years, with contracts up too, are going to want big pay hikes. Guys like Theriot, Marshall, Marmol, Fontenot, and Cedeno.
They already have a huge team payroll of 120 million. And for what? For a team that cant win an Oct. game? I'll bet they have 55 million sunk this year into Soriano, Ramirez, Lee, and Fukadome, and not one of them have an OCT RBI this year. Soriano is batting .111 this Oct, Fukadome is hitting .000, Ramirez .250, and Lee .429 but again no RBIs between the 4 of them. Soriano has a playoff BA of .219 with an OBP of .271 out of 169 at bats in his career during Oct. And this is your LOF? An OBP of .271? Ramirez has a playoff BA of .203 out of 17 playoff games. Lee hit a .242 in 22 playoff games.
