CUBDOOM BEGINS

Welcome! It is now time to document and follow the Cubs in their fruitless endeavor to win the World Series. Of course this will not happen, but this year that failure has added meaning and excitement.

The Chicago National League Ballclub now has the opportunity to become the first professional sports franchise to go 100 years without a championship. Last time the Cubs won the World Series the airplane was five years old and horses were still being utilized for transportation.

The Cubs will fail again this year, for a variety of reasons. The roster is not that great, and more importantly it is not a team of players. The arrival of a variety of castoffs, semi-skilled players and just plain old warriors will not be enough to get the job done.

Also, Sam Zell has only managed to distract everyone with his obsession with money rather than talking about winning a championship. The entire blather about who will get naming rights for Wrigley Field, and how much that will cost, has created a terrible atmosphere in the Kingdom of the Cub. This sad whirlwind of gibberish is so fitting for our times. Instead of working on developing a team and focusing on the great sport of baseball, the Cubs can only talk about pathetic corporate sponsorship and heaping piles of steaming cash. Meanwhile, teams like Detroit, Cleveland, San Diego, the Mets, the Yankees and Boston all are locked-in to fight it out and make it to the playoffs.

So this is the year, cub fans. No, not to win the long awaited championship. Nope, we are going to achieve something even more difficult. The Cubs will lose for 100 years in a row. Quite an accomplishment!

Check back to the Cub Doom blog for constant updates on a team that can't win!