Cubs all the way..........been way too damn long for the North Siders. Amazing how far they came in such a short time. 107 years is too long to wait. Cubs over Jays.... and- don't forget in "Back To The Future II" The Cubs win the Series in 2015.......
Yeah As a New Yorker I'd like to see the Mets get there first WS in almost 30 years but honestly I think its going to be the Cubs & the Blue Jays with the Cubs winning in 7 & after 107 years I'd be okay with that also.
I think at this point a vast majority wants to see the Cubs win a Series. The 7-0 drubbing of the Mets by the Cubs, reminds me a bit of the 88 NLCS, with the Bums losing 10 of 11 during the Season, and we know how that turned out. Believe it or not, I was pulling for the Mets in 88, I could never stand any Lasorda Led Team. I think the entire MLB community was shocked, not only the Bums won the NLCS, but the Series when they were BIG Under Dogs......
Cubbies are not getting past the Mets...IMHO......and for all the rah rah stuff about the Cubs' good young players.....they will have to address their SP in the next few seasons before "we" give them a free pass to post season success in next couple/few years. Be hard for the Cubs to overcome the Mets pitching and hitting in a seven game series. Mets are a better all around team at this point than the paper tiger Cardinals -imo. Something else to consider, Arrieta hasn't done very well in his career vs Toronto and KC, but to be fair, maybe he is a different pitcher now.
I know this couple from Chicago, huge White Sox Fans so they say. Always told me in Chicago that one was a Sox Fan, or Cubs fan you could not be for both. Last night they were giving me shit about the Yankees and pimping the Cubs saying we guess you are now for the Mets. My answer no, I am a Yankee Fan I have no other team. I'm not going to "band wagon" over to another team, buy gear and boast yes I've always been a ___________________Fan. I just don't want to see the championship go to Canada. When questioning their sudden shift from Sox to Cubs the answer was, well the Cubs are in the playoffs, ah well so much for the bandwagon. Really sucks to be a Yankee Fan seeing our team on the outside looking in.
Hang in there 5545, even the Yanks don't (shouldn't) have to feel embarrassed about not winning a WS in 6 (eesh 7?) years especially in this day and age of costly revenue sharing and big TV cable network deals. I admit, time IS getting a bit long, lol. It would be a different story if the Yanks were dregs and non competitive for a bunch of these last years. I also have one team.....willing to face the music and wear my allegiance to one team (Yanks) for all to see. Kinda makes it that much BETTER when they DO win. Better days are coming. Maybe its all in the grand scheme of things....next time the Yanks arrive with a serious WS contending team, those wishy washy Yankee fans will appreciate it more and not have the bullsh!t "business as usual" attitude. The kid fans will always get "excited", bless their hearts. One BIG TIME young SP to go along with Severino and company, (top pick Kaprelian by most accounts is mature and ready beyond his age and is poised to move quickly through the system), and a couple of young exciting everyday players just might do the trick, for now, just to get the next possible multi-championship team heading in the right direction. Seems to be how the Yanks have bounced back from WS title "droughts". Yanks have a couple of good live young outfielders very close to WINNING a starting job (look out Gardy), Beltran soon GONE, and a very good hitting prospect in Sanchez. Jagielo (Trenton) has "Yankee success" written all over him if he continues to progress along on schedule as he so far has....should be a year or two away.....unless he goes backwards in minors. Lefty hitting 3b with good power (good BA, .842 OPS) who has also shown competency on defense.
...funny how some people feel we should be rah rah about the Yanx' young players but not the Cubs'. The Cubs' prospects/young players are light years better than the Yanx. ...and fwiw, the Cubs pitching was every bit as good if not better than the Met's pitching this year and the Cubs offense was every bit as good if not better than the Mets'.
Finally! After 109 years, it will be the Cubs over Royals in 6 games, and the Cubs will raise their World Series flag in the honor of Ernie 'Let's Play Two' Banks. Cubs vs Mets.......................Cubs 4 Mets 2 Royals vs Blue Jays.............Royals 4 Jays 2
Yep, the Cubs' young players have been terrific. I was merely pointing out how "we" shouldn't give them a free pass (and of course presume) they would be legitimate post season contenders for years to come without addressing their SP....and by the way, Lester will not be spring chicken in the next "couple" of years..... My post (#12) you responded to- "and for all the rah rah stuff about the Cubs' good young players.....they will have to address their SP in the next few seasons before "we" give them a free pass to post season success in next couple/few years- Be hard for the Cubs to overcome the Mets pitching and hitting in a seven game series. And furthermore, IMHO, you're appraisals of teams compared to the Yanks is tainted because you obviously are prejudiced against Cashman. One more thing - IMO, the Mets as we NOW speak have the better AND more deeper SP. I trust the rest of the board has read our pertinent posts and replies and will judge it knowing that neither you or I pay their bills or support their families. Lol For all we know, this could be the Cubs best chance to get into and win a WS for years to come.....and before I go, IMO, if Maddon was managing the Yanks from the 2015 off season, they would've found a way to win at least as many games as the Toronto Blowjobs...er, I mean Bluejays.
Better days are coming, they used to make propaganda movies about that during the Depression and the "better days" only lasted until the movie ended. I am pretty much convinced that as long as the Yankee Stadium marquee show Hal, Hank, and Brian the better days will be long in coming. If the Steins don't sell fine, get some knowledgeable men of action in there starting with Jeter in the ownership group for an indication credibility with the fans. Can't win all the time but should the trend of the last three seasons continue, be like '65 to '75. .Right now all I see for '16 is an ALF of old goats taking up roster spots while the youngsters line up to await the call when someone dies.
...my disdain for Cashman has nothing to do with the fact that the Cubs young players/prospects/farm are considerably better than the Yanx',..and I'm "prejudiced"?...well, I could easy also flip your logic around and say that your opinion is tainted because you are obviously prejudiced towards the Yanx. ...the Cubs are a much better constructed team than the Yanx and are positioned to be so for many years...if you can illustrate with actual facts to the contrary, I'm all ears ...and "the rest of the board" has nothing to do with this, so I don't see the reasoning or relevance of that statement.
^^^this...the current Yankees are not a bad team, they're just not a very good one...there's no clear cut direction and no compass, and no one that seems to know how to read a compass if there was one. ...this franchise is floundering and has now gone 3 years without playing in a PS series. and no sign of relief for probably the next couple of years. Blind homers can wave their pompoms and moisten their lips with pinstriped kool-aide all they want but it does not change the fact that Cashman has no idea on how to construct a championship team and the Steins don't seem to care.
