It's true. I've been hearing for at least 3 years about the job Theo Epstein was doing by getting rid of bad contracts and completely rebuilding the farm system. I thought they'd win 80-85 games this year but the plan came together better than I expected.The Cardinals have had a pretty good farm system and the Pirates are for real. This won't be the last time we see these teams battling it out.
I put the over/under at 83 in the Cubs thread I started this Spring. I was way off.
The day Soler came up last year and hit a homerun in his first at bat, I started gushing about how great all the Cubs prospects are to my fiance. I went on and on about how they would be so much better next year and even a dark horse for the Word Series. She well aware of how bad they were at the time (I made her watch a lot of games, even when they sucked) and said she would buy us WS tickets if they made it this year - I don't think she believed me at all. Well she is still holding to her word and seems to be every bit as excited about this team as I am. We may have to push the wedding back a year to pay for the tickets but we will be going!
Must be a special lady. Some wives and girlfriends would file domestic abuse charges if they were forced to watch sporting events. Lol.The day Soler came up last year and hit a homerun in his first at bat, I started gushing about how great all the Cubs prospects are to my fiance. I went on and on about how they would be so much better next year and even a dark horse for the Word Series. She well aware of how bad they were at the time (I made her watch a lot of games, even when they sucked) and said she would buy us WS tickets if they made it this year - I don't think she believed me at all. Well she is still holding to her word and seems to be every bit as excited about this team as I am. We may have to push the wedding back a year to pay for the tickets but we will be going!
Always seems that the Cards always need to play the injury card. The cards got their butt whipped badly by a bunch of youngsters. Which brings me to the Wainwright, Molina and Holiday injuries. This isn't the first time that both Molina and Wainwright have been injured. Don't remember if Holiday has previously been hurt......but the time has come for the cards to really look at these 3. Do they still have the star power they once did? Just asking others opinions. Molina has been outstanding over the years but imo has been slipping. Can Wainwright get through another year without a major injury? Don't have a clue about Holiday.
