by Kent Sterling The issue with the Chicago Cubs isn’t about improving over the next four years, but catching the St. Louis Cardinals who manage to win and build at the same time. It’s not about whether Cubs president Theo Epstein is a smart baseball executive; it’s about whether he is a smarter baseball executive […]
by Kent Sterling Current Cubs owner Tom Ricketts has brought unprecedented and unrepentant misery to Wrigley Field is his 4 1/2 years as owner, and I have been critical of almost everything he’s done – minus the mercy killing of Jim Hendry as general manager, which the right thing done a year too late. Click […]
by Kent Sterling Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein would like Cubs fans to believe that rebuilding is the road to winning, and that it takes five years. That the length of his contract is five years is purely coincidental. The St. Louis Cardinals just keep piling up trips to the postseason at a […]
by Kent Sterling Not sure who should be blamed for the continued defensive idiocy of Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro, but it’s not manager Dale Sveum. Click Here to follow Kent on Twitter In today’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Cardinals loaded the bases with one in the top of the fifth in a […]
by Kent Sterling If you want a reason why the improvement of the Chicago Cubs through the Theo Epstein rebuild is an act of futility, it’s because St. Louis Cardinals General Manager John Mozeliak is a really smart guy – smart enough that he won’t allow it. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter After […]