[mclem10011]

I've been a long suffering Cubs fan for close to 25 years. From the scrappy teams with Ryne Sandberg and Leon Bull Durham, Bobby Denier & Keith Morland fro cryin out loud! The the Hawk Andre Dawson, had some great years, then Sammy Sosa was the toast of the town for years. I've survived the horrible trades, such as Lee Smith going to Boston for (Lord Help me) Al Nipper & Calvin Shiraldi for cryin out loud! I also survived the Wild Thing Mitch Williams era, i can't count high enough the number of times that guy would walk the bases loaded, and then strike out the side, talk about heart failure! I wanted it so bad a few years ago, the infamous Bartman Ball game, we were so freakin close i could taste the world series, just taste bitter defeat once again! The Prior thing doesn't suprise me one bit, anyone that saw him attempt to pitch in spring training could tell he was favoring somethin in that arm. I thought this kid 3 years ago along with Kerry Wood, would be a dynamic duo for years. However, in my opinion Prior was burnt out arm wise from the first season, i think he threw way to many innings too soon, and now he may be burnt toast!
As far as this season goes, we've spent a ton of coin, and the starting pitching has been brilliant at times early. The bullpen has been good in spurts, and horrible for the most part! The bats have been ice cold, i'm hoping as the weather warms up the bats will as well. Curse or no curse, i remain a stedfast Cubs fan, i believe this team will hit at some point, and score alot of runs. What i hope is that will happen, before we are too far out of things to make a run later in the season!