[NU Sports] 50 years ago today

[Scott Zeller, M.D.]

*Heck, we are only a few weeks into the season and the crying towels are
out for the Cubs? *

I actually had been telling my friends before the season even started that
I thought this would be the worst Cubs team of my lifetime. So far,
unfortunately, they have been even worse than I imagined.

They did just trade their lone All-Star of last year, Marlon Byrd, who was
making (for MLB) a relatively reasonable $6.5 million per year, to the Red
Sox for a new janitor and a dozen gross of slightly-used baseballs -- and
even with that robbery they are on the hook for paying a significant chunk
of his salary this year. And they didn't even do it to promote their star
outfielder of the future, Brett Jackson, who hails from my little town of
Orinda, CA (where his proud papa can often be found spinning tales of
professional baseball at the local Starbucks). Latest news is the Cubs want
to give Jackson "plenty of time" to develop, so their
starting center-fielder for now will be determined by a lottery of ticket
holders each day just before the Star-Spangled Banner. First prize will be
50% off a Dominos pizza of lesser or equal value; 2nd prize will start in
center and bat sixth.

I'm still waiting to see the genius of Epstein. Perhaps his ideas don't
work as well west of Beantown.

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Beamsley, Jeff
<Jeff.Beamsley at covisint.com>wrote:

> Heck, we are only a few weeks into the season and the crying towels are
> out for the Cubs?
>
> What about the Red Sox?
>
> They are certainly doing a great job making Epstien look like he was the
> key component in their winning formula.
>
> Biggest disappointment for me so far is the LA Angels. They spent $154M to
> trail Texas by 7 games after three weeks of play.
>
> Biggest surprise are my beloved Sox (the white ones). They've got great
> starting pitching. Bullpen has been lights out. Dunn has returned to his
> old form. He, Konerko, and Pierzynski are in the AL top 10 in average and
> RBI total. Rios is on a ten game hitting streak.  Defense has been better
> than expected  And their #5 starter just pitched a perfect game.
>
> Looks like they have what it takes to give Detroit a run for their money.
> Should be a fun season at least on the South Side of town.
>
> Jeff
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 23, 2012, at 4:18 PM, "hakirsch at aol.com" <hakirsch at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Not a chance will they do worse than 40-120.
> >
> > Harry
> > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Scott Zeller, M.D." <scottzel at gmail.com>
> > Sender: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
> > Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:02:39
> > To: Northwestern Wildcats (nwu-sports at tssi.com)<nwu-sports at tssi.com>
> > Subject: Re: [NU Sports] 50 years ago today
> >
> > I think the 2012 Chicago Cubs have an opportunity to beat the 1962 NY
> Mets'
> > record for worst season in MLB history. In my long-suffering history as a
> > Cubs fan, this may be the most inept squad I have ever seen, even more so
> > than the mid-70s teams where Larry (Two I's) Biitner was their best
> player.
> > For crying out loud, they even have a leadoff man named DeJesus again in
> > homage to those pathetic 70s teams.
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Weinbaum, Willie <
> Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com
> >> wrote:
> >
> >> NU alum Jay Hook was the winning pitcher in the first win in New York
> Mets
> >> history (over the previously unbeaten Pittsburgh Pirates).
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