Comments on: The Cubs’ Curse in the Age of the Auteur GM http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/08/03/the-cubs-curse-in-the-age-of-the-auteur-gm/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Sat, 16 Feb 2019 21:04:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: tom http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/08/03/the-cubs-curse-in-the-age-of-the-auteur-gm/#comment-12829 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 12:43:46 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=13082#comment-12829 Why hasn’t Epstein gotten a contract extension? His contract is in it’s last months.

]]> By: victor19nyc http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/08/03/the-cubs-curse-in-the-age-of-the-auteur-gm/#comment-12804 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 15:49:00 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=13082#comment-12804 If the Cubs go the way of the Red Sox and win three WS in a decade after first breaking their curse, there’s going to be a seismic shift in the fan base. I think it’s already occurring because people do in fact realize that with Epstein things are different. There’s a long list of highly rated prospects that us “old timers” fawned over for years, only to have those players fail and leave the team in its perpetual state as “the lovable losers.” Fans for years have bonded over discussing these players because, well, we never had to worry about how the team would actually win a WS because it was just never going to happen. Our identify is tied to failure. Think about this: one of the most celebrated Cubs teams, and the epitome of failure, the 1969 Cubs, had FOUR Hall of Famers (Jenkins, Billy Williams, Banks, Santo). If the team breaks “the curse” the conversations will be very different. Ty Griffin will be forgotten.

My prediction for 2016, the Cubs meet the Indians in the WS.

]]> By: Admiral63 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/08/03/the-cubs-curse-in-the-age-of-the-auteur-gm/#comment-12800 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 12:05:08 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=13082#comment-12800 The trade off you point to is real, and more than a little unfortunate. There’s something nostalgic about a team drafting players and starting the distillation process. Turning up the heat and effort, while avoiding added ingredients, until a championship team is produced. Prospects, work, continuity, effort, luck, results.

But so much has changed in the game that perhaps the future is to follow your personal all-star team, a few managers and a GM or two, while “your team” wins or loses with an a la carte menu of guys.

The “baseball” is better, no doubt. It is however, a trade.

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