for 100 years now Cubs fans have had to watch statistically good players miss the world series or miss the postseason entirely? what is it about the institution that nearly defines Chicago that makes atheletes simply accept deafeat?
2007-10-11 17:20:26 · 12 answers · asked by Alex 4 in Sports ➔ Baseball
the entire Cubs fan base has obviously come to the conclusion that their losing can be easily blamed on a superstitious "curse" and until the Cubs ball club and the fan base can get past their silly superstitions they will never taste the glory of championship.
2007-10-11 17:25:21 · answer #1 · answered by well hi there 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing about the Cubs that has made any major leaguers accept defeat. Basically, the Cubs have had a lot of bad luck. We are looking too much at the short term. By this, in all of human history, 100 years is nothing. Did you know, as of 1951, the number of Cubs championships i.e. division champions, league champions, etc. was second only to the New York Yankees? The athletes that go to Chicago, or anywhere else, ALWAYS TRY TO WIN. Baseball is a business. What is the incentive for, say, a player whose team has been mathematically eliminated from playoff contention to win? MONEY! Too many incentives in a contract not to perform well, at least on an individual basis. If a player performs well, that player has that much more leverage to negotiate, or even renogotiate another deal. While the fans like to talk of curses, hexes, voodoo, etc., the players take to heart what they must do on the baseball diamond, even if it means sharing an occasional joke or jab from a fan.
2007-10-11 19:33:54 · answer #2 · answered by John H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not the Cubs it's the Cubs fans that are to blame . Call them disloyal if you will but New York fans will not spend money to watch a losing ball club play ball. The positive result of that is that ownership knows that they have to put a winning team on the field in order to make money.Not so with the Cubbies ,win or lose the little band box that is Wrigley Field gets full for every game .
I'm going to predict that the new owner of the Cubs once he gets settled in , will within 5 years demand that the City of Chicago build him a new publicly financed ballpark
It's a lot to ask an owner to give up 15000 potential revenue producing seats per game x 81games in order to preserve an old ballpark
2007-10-11 23:01:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
99 years to be exact. The Tribune company owns them. Its strictly for profit. I think the day that they do win the world series, the Cubs would be playing their home games in a different facility. They won't win in Wrigley.
As far as the players coming here. They love the day games, then they can go out and party!!! Just ask Dennis Eckersley, Kyle Farnsworth, Mark Grace, Steve Tracshel, Dusty Baker......just to name a few that hung out at the bars across the street after games. Some players here look at it as a place to relax or take it easy. The park is a Land Mark in Chicago, people from the surrounding states come by the bus loads every freakin' day! Hopefully things start changing....
2007-10-11 21:09:54 · answer #4 · answered by sebastian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be that once players get to the Cubs they think they have it made and don't have to do anything. Even if they don't win, they are still playing for the Chicago Cubs. These guys aren't taking good care of themselves. How else could the team be so injury prone? Bad luck only lasts so long.
2007-10-11 17:30:02 · answer #5 · answered by Ferocious Love 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same situation that formerly existed in Boston.
Small stadiums and most of the tickets for the upcoming season were sold well before the season started.
Why spend the money to win, when the fans show up anyway?
2007-10-11 18:43:59 · answer #6 · answered by TedEx 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Few major leaguers think it is OK to lose.
The Cubs have made poor personnel decisions since trading Lou Brock for Ernie Broglio and Bobby Shantz.
2007-10-11 18:27:23 · answer #7 · answered by Justin T 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can bet all the day games have something to do with it. Baseball players are creatures of habit. They need to stop doing so many day games at Wrigely. I know it's a tradition but it messes with them.
No one else deals with that.
2007-10-12 02:50:25 · answer #8 · answered by Js_5 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ownership. They arent winners. They put a good product on the field because its a money market, but they dont build to win.
2007-10-11 17:26:41 · answer #9 · answered by josh_huth 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
because winning isnt everything, and if you wanted to win the series, why would you go to the cubs?
2007-10-12 00:34:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋