Sunday, March 30, 2014
Pittsburgh Weather Says Sunny On Monday!
Pittsburgh weather report for Monday is sunny and 57 degrees! ALRIGHT!
Cubs At West Side Grounds In 1906!
Ultra cool West Side grounds In 1906. Fans on rooftops but no yuppies! ALRIGHT!
Some Good Old Chicago Punk!
Here's Chicago punk legends The Banhees with their skull crushing 1966 45 Project Blue!
My First Cub Game 1963
Here I am with my Grandfather Bert in 1963 pounding some Bud in steel cans (no sissy craft beer for us) and taking in a Mets-Cubs game. My grandfather said he told me I should be a Cub fan on this day. But it didn't take hold until 1968!
Monday Begins My 46th Season As A Cub Fan!
A lot has changed since my first Cub opener in 1968. My entire family is mostly gone now. The house I watched my first Cub game in 1963 in Bridgeport, Connecticut is now a burnt out crack house. In truth the Cubs are the only constant in my life. The chain has never been broken. So as I sit here with opening day just a few hours away I'm just as excited as I was when I was 10 years old. Has all the suffering been worth it? YOU BET YOUR ASS IT HAS! GO CUBS (NOT CUBBIES) IN 2014! May the spirit of Brock Davis be with you!
Arodys Vizcaino Possible Cub Closer?
Cub reliever Arodys Vizcaino looked awesome this spring and if he can stay healthy he could be the Cub closer of the future. I saw Vizcaino pitch for the Staten Island Yankees of the New York Penn League a few years ago and he was lights out!
Cubs Wise To Stay The Course
Despite what the muckraking media says about spending money on overpriced free agents, the Cubs are absolutely right to stay the course on build from within. I have been a Cub fan since 1968 and this is the first time since the Dallas Green regime that the Cubs are going out things the right way. Let's face it, the old way never worked. Jim Hendry destroyed the Cubs with his awful drafts (Ryan Harvey, Bobbie Brownlie, Mark Pawelek, Hayden Simpson, Donnie Veal, Josh Vitters, Brett Jackson, Tyler Colvin have all been busts.)
The Cubs finally have some talent and can get a lot more by dealing Samardzija at the trade deadline. Building from the ground up in never easy but if you stick to your plan it can payoff for years. Look no further than the Cardinals for proof. Here is what the Cubs could look like in a couple of years.
Catcher-Welington Castillo
First Base-Anthony Rizzo (Mike Olt, Dan Vogelbach)
Second Base-Starlin Castro
Third Base-Mike Olt (Kris Bryant, Christian Villanueva)
Shortstop-Javier Baez (Arismendy Alcantara)
Left Field-Junior Lake
Center Field-Albert Almora
Right Field-Jorge Soler (Kris Bryant)
Now we need to start drafting some pitchers!
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