I said the Sox mainly because of the pitching talent, but also because the AL Central is a pretty weak division right now. Tigers are good but look headed for a decline. Indians and Royals never seem to be able to turn good farm systems into winning major league clubs, and the Twins are still years away.

 

I concur. The Cardinals are always good and the Pirates seem to have figured out what the Royals can't.

I went with the Cubs cause I believe the Sox remain a mess. There's a very bizarre mental mindset on our team (yes, it started with the play of the Sox in Ozzie's final year and a half). Robin has continued that mindset - weird way of losing games; very bizarre style of play; inability to win consistently at home for some reason; lift and pull mentality remaining with no bases on balls, even though we have ONE home run hitter on the roster.

Very weird team and I don't see the mindset changing enough to get us in the playoffs anytime soon. We're going to need a special manager to work with these players; don't know who that manager would be. I might try a very old baseball lifer next time. His name?? Tony LaRussa. Beg him to take over the team.

So we're going to go with a popular or famous manager again to solve all of the team's problems? I'm not saying Robin is a great manager, but he's not to blame for all of the errors this season. He's not to blame for some of the hitters crapping their pants when it comes time to drive in a run. I don't care who was managing the team this year, they still would have sucked. Bringing in some famous guy who makes people smile at Applebee's will not solve this team's problems. The team is going to look a lot different next year (hell, it already does), and things will be better. Better enough to get to the playoffs? I doubt it. But I could easily see that happening in 2015. And it won't be because of a popular guy in the dugout. It'll because the right players will be on the field.

I think it will be the Sox simply because the Cubs will have a much harder time getting there. The Pirates, Cardinals, and Reds are all probably going to win 90 games this year and all 3 of them keep churning out good MLBers, the Brewers still have quite a bit of talent (even if that pitching staff is, for the most part, hot garbage), and then you have tough wild card opponents in Atlanta/Washington and LA/Arizona. The Sox wild card chances are not as good with the East and the West, but the only team I worry about year after year is Detroit. Cleveland has a decent team but they are incredibly beatable, and I still don't have much belief in Kansas City. Minnesota has a decent offense with more pieces coming up, but that pitching staff is still just awful.

I think the Sox will win another WS before the Cubs do.

I think the Sox will win another WS before the Cubs do.

That's going out on a limb

I went with the Cubs cause I believe the Sox remain a mess. There's a very bizarre mental mindset on our team (yes, it started with the play of the Sox in Ozzie's final year and a half). Robin has continued that mindset - weird way of losing games; very bizarre style of play; inability to win consistently at home for some reason; lift and pull mentality remaining with no bases on balls, even though we have ONE home run hitter on the roster.

Very weird team and I don't see the mindset changing enough to get us in the playoffs anytime soon. We're going to need a special manager to work with these players; don't know who that manager would be. I might try a very old baseball lifer next time. His name?? Tony LaRussa. Beg him to take over the team.

 

The cubs are paying $60M to a player that they bench every other week.

 

 

I think the Sox will win another WS before the Cubs do.

I made a bet with a friend on the exact same thing when we were in maybe 7th grade and 12 years old . Took me til I was 47 to win that bet. Cubs will find a way to f*** it up .They always do. The Sox aren't much better but we're +1 in the last near 100 years. Sustained sucess isn't in the cards for either team when teams are willing to go crazy with payroll. I'd never pick the Cubs over the Sox when it comes to winning anything. And I'm happy to see the results of the poll indicate this by a wide margin.

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I made a bet with a friend on the exact same thing when we were in maybe 7th graden and 12 years old . Took me til I was 47 to win that bet. Cubs will find a way to f*** it up .They always do. The Sox aren't much better but we're +1 in the last near 100 years. Sustained sucess isn't in the cards for either team when teams are willing to go crazy with payroll. I'd never pick the Cubs over the Sox when it comes to winning anything. And I'm happy to see the results of the poll indicate this by a wide margin.

 

If you go back 100 years we're +2.

What if Castro and Rizzo really are duds? None of Baez, Soler, Almora and Bryant will crack the bigs next year either. This could get depressing fast for cubs fans.

That's going out on a limb

 

I would be willing to bet heavy money on it too. The cubs are perennial losers. Some teams just don't have what it takes to win.