And Then There Was One

Another disappointing off-season is about to occur in Cubs land. With Beltran reportedly going to sign with the Mets that leaves Magglio Ordonez as the only option left on the market to dramatically improve the Cubs offense. And gosh golly gee, Scott Boras gets to focus all his attention now on getting Ordonez the most money he can. The Cubs couldn't of just tried to negotiate with Ordonez while Boras was distracted with Beltran, of course that is just silly talk. Let's just wait till Ordonez is the last good player left on the market and try and outbid 10 other desperate teams looking for an offensive upgrade.

So far my little prediction of Beltran and Drew not even coming close to signing with the Cubs has come true. Ordonez I predicted also in that group, is now the sole survivor. I know it is sick, but when I said the Cubs would come up empty handed again in the off-season I certainly never hoped it would come true. But it is just the grim reality of the way Hendry runs the team and how serious the Cubs as an organization are about winning a World Series.

I wan't the Cubs to sign Ordonez now, because who else is left? Don't have much choice now. But I kind of know the Cubs are not even serious about getting him either. Hendry didn't even bother to say one word to Beltran and he has not even said one word to Ordonez yet. And I doubt Hendry will ever meet Ordonez face to face much like Hendry never meets most of big time free agents. Hendry will offer Ordonez a classic low ball offer just like he did with Beltran and that will be the first, last and final offer from the Cubs. Boras will laugh that off and get Magglio signed in LA or NYY. Hendry will shrug like he always does and say, "We offered a good contract, he just wanted more money, oh well." "But look on the bright side Cubs fans we will have more flexibility to deal with free agents next year and beyond."

I don't know Hendry, how bout you get a free agent in the door. Sit down, have some dinner, discuss the history of the franchise, how you have a great chance in the future with the pitching staff. Pump the legend factor of winning a World Series for Cubs fans. Use Curt Schilling as an example. You never know a player might take a little cut in his contract. But I know damn well you will never ever get a free agent to sign if you do not even want to meet them and send out empty offers. If this is Jim Hendry's idea of running a team I can only hope he is fired very soon. Meet and greet, stop sitting on your fat behind thinking free agents will come flooding to the Cubs. Because, last I checked, they havent flowed to this franchise in the last 20-30 years. You might want to do something to fix that. Just a thought.

Hendry will do his best to distract Cubs fans with his shiny pitching staff in one hand while quickly hiding behind his back in the other hand the anemic Cubs offense. Just to put it in perspective the Cubs have added no one to last years offense. And lost Alou's production. The offense has actually become worse since last year which is frightening. I can't wait to watch the Cubs again destroy teams in 1 game 12-2 and then lose 1-0, 2-1, 2-0 in the next 3 games. I have watched this misery for the last 3 years. What is another year of it. We always have till next year to upgrade the offense, what is the god damn rush!