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Cubs Official Thread - Dynasty in the making

Hack said:
I'm the number one fan of the Chicago Cubs. They will win the World Series in the next five years. Guaranteed!!

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So many up and coming studs. There are too many to count. Those are pictures from just a few.

Familiarize yourself with my my team. The Chicago Cubs
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Congratulations Number 2 Chicago Cub fan. I will always be Number 1. Not a great opening night. I hope the fundamentals improve as the season continues. Particularly in regards to Soler. Some pretty poor decision making on display by him on opening night.
 
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1) LazyD
2) UGLI baby
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5) trigger
 
UGLI baby said:
5) Marty McFly

Trigger you have been bumped down to #6
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I am honestly glad that there are fellow Cub fans on the board. My obsession with the team is unlikely to be matched IMO. As for the Back to the Future Cubs World Series win prediction in 2015, I don't see it coming true. I do agree it is very possible in the next 5 years with the kind of talent coming through the system and the revenue that will be generated via ballpark renovations(signage) along with the a new TV deal following the 2019 season. Everything seems to be coming together when it should.
 
trigg3r said:
I am honestly glad that there are fellow Cub fans on the board. My obsession with the team is unlikely to be matched IMO. As for the Back to the Future Cubs World Series win prediction in 2015, I don't see it coming true. I do agree it is very possible in the next 5 years with the kind of talent coming through the system and the revenue that will be generated via ballpark renovations(signage) along with the a new TV deal following the 2019 season. Everything seems to be coming together when it should.
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This is my first year as a Cubs fan, but I have Jorge Soler and Jon Lester on my fantasy team (keeper league) and I have been to Wrigley. Sooooo, yeah. I'm the #2 fan.
 
UGLI baby said:
This is my first year as a Cubs fan, but I have Jorge Soler and Jon Lester on my fantasy team (keeper league) and I have been to Wrigley. Sooooo, yeah. I'm the #2 fan.
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Nice. Been to Wrigley and Cubs Park in Mesa. Wrigley is beautiful, but obviously the renovation was long overdue. Good to see it taking its first steps into the 21st century even if there were bathroom issues for fans on opening night. Cubs Park is really top notch if you are ever in the Mesa area during the ST months.

As for Soler and Lester on your fantasy team, depending on where you got them you probably will be happy with both. Soler is poised to have a good season offensively(still needs some work on route running and decision making in RF) and Lester should be good as well as the season goes on. Probably should talk to the in house sports psychologist about his lack of comfort throwing to the bases, but as long as he relaxes he should be fine. Opening night is not the typical Jon Lester. I really hope he doesn't go out there thinking he has to pitch perfectly to earn the big contract he signed. Sometimes guys just try to do too much to justify their contract. Again though, it's just 1 start.
 
trigg3r said:
Nice. Been to Wrigley and Cubs Park in Mesa. Wrigley is beautiful, but obviously the renovation was long overdue. Good to see it taking its first steps into the 21st century even if there were bathroom issues for fans on opening night. Cubs Park is really top notch if you are ever in the Mesa area during the ST months.

As for Soler and Lester on your fantasy team, depending on where you got them you probably will be happy with both. Soler is poised to have a good season offensively(still needs some work on route running and decision making in RF) and Lester should be good as well as the season goes on. Probably should talk to the in house sports psychologist about his lack of comfort throwing to the bases, but as long as he relaxes he should be fine. Opening night is not the typical Jon Lester. I really hope he doesn't go out there thinking he has to pitch perfectly to earn the big contract he signed. Sometimes guys just try to do too much to justify their contract. Again though, it's just 1 start.
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Ya, Soler is gonna be a beast.

Wtf is with Lester not throwing to first ever?? That doesn't even seem possible!!

You were right in a post earlier when you said that everything seems to be coming together perfectly for the Cubs. Seems inevitable that they will win a WS title in the next 5 years, but they are the Cubs. Hopefully it's not a Trailblazers (Oden & Roy years) or a Thunder situation, where the dynasty comes crumbling down before it ever even takes off.
 
UGLI baby said:
Ya, Soler is gonna be a beast.

Wtf is with Lester not throwing to first ever?? That doesn't even seem possible!!

You were right in a post earlier when you said that everything seems to be coming together perfectly for the Cubs. Seems inevitable that they will win a WS title in the next 5 years, but they are the Cubs. Hopefully it's not a Trailblazers (Oden & Roy years) or a Thunder situation, where the dynasty comes crumbling down before it ever even takes off.
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He's not comfortable throwing to bases for whatever reason. I think it's something he and the team are going to have to address going forward. It's really surprising more teams didn't take advantage in the AL the last couple of seasons. The Cardinals sure took advantage of it on opening night. Although if Montero and Ross throw 2 of those balls to the bag on those attempted stolen bases then you have two more outs rather than errant throws that go into center and cost us not only an out but also an extra base.

The sky is the limit with Soler as long as he can keep his hamstrings healthy. He crushed that ball the other night and Matt Holliday who isn't exactly known for his defense was lucky to be right there and to make the play quite honestly. Kind of deflating to see a ball hit that hard on a line caught. Anyway, people on the Cubs MB are saying there could be rain tomorrow night. Hope it isn't the case. I guess we'll see.
 
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