The Cubs are the NL version of the Yankees.

Huh? Except the Yankees spend nearly twice as much.

No, they're not anything like the Yankees, except that they play baseball.

Zambrano is their home grown talent. How is paying to keep him anything like the Yankees? You're making it look like if you spend money on your team, you're trying to buy the WS.

Other than that, a high priced Japanese import, a high priced FA outfielder and a trade for an ace. It sounds more like the Red Sox than the Yankees.

Zambrano is their home grown talent. How is paying to keep him anything like the Yankees? You're making it look like if you spend money on your team, you're trying to buy the WS.

Other than that, a high priced Japanese import, a high priced FA outfielder and a trade for an ace. It sounds more like the Red Sox than the Yankees.

manningbowl135

You just hit the nail on the head manningbowl. My thoughts exactly. Plus no one hates the cubs - when a neutral person turns on the tube and a cubs game is on, they'll generally root for the cubs, not against them like if it was the Yankees (or in the NFL the Patriots).

Buying players and spending the big $$$ and trying to buy their WS title. Buying Kosuke, Soriano, the big contract extension on Zambrano, now probably going to have an extension Rich Harden. Not to mention big off season rumors last seasonof A-Rod coming to the Cubs. jharv

So you want the Cubs not sign Harden? Why, because you want him on your team? Anyways, the Cubs are nothing like the Yanks, we actually win sometimes.

cubs spend money on good talented players. yankees waste money. look at the knicks they buy players but they buy bad talented players.

money + talent are a good thing. cubs know how to spend money. and they did this recently because the tribune went up for sale and they wanted to increase the value of the team to sell them.

whats wrong with locking up players especially players you developed. just stfu and gtfo.

cubs spend money on good talented players. yankees waste money. look at the knicks they buy players but they buy bad talented players.

money + talent are a good thing. cubs know how to spend money. and they did this recently because the tribune went up for sale and they wanted to increase the value of the team to sell them.

whats wrong with locking up players especially players you developed. just stfu and gtfo.

xbox360isgr8t

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cubs spend money on good talented players. yankees waste money. look at the knicks they buy players but they buy bad talented players.

money + talent are a good thing. cubs know how to spend money. and they did this recently because the tribune went up for sale and they wanted to increase the value of the team to sell them.

whats wrong with locking up players especially players you developed. just stfu and gtfo.

NetYankEagle

you know the cubs didnt really spend much money until the last 3-5 years. so yah just to let you know that. sure they havent won in 100 years but the red sox won two ws in last what 5 but it was like 86-87 years before that. plus i wouldnt be saying much since philly hasnt done much in a long time either for any sports team since well who cares about afl football.

The Cubs are like the Yankees in that they do spend big, probly the most of any NL team, but are different in that the Yankees have 26 world series wins, and the cubs have 2.ChiSoxBombers

yah. yankees also didnt use to spend money. a lot of the ws wins were before the steinbrenner era(i think not sure but im probably right).

you had what like 5 straight in like the 30's or 40's or 50's im not sure.

you also had the babe, yogi, joe d, gehrig, mantle....

[QUOTE="ChiSoxBombers"]The Cubs are like the Yankees in that they do spend big, probly the most of any NL team, but are different in that the Yankees have 26 world series wins, and the cubs have 2.xbox360isgr8t

yah. yankees also didnt use to spend money. a lot of the ws wins were before the steinbrenner era(i think not sure but im probably right).

you had what like 5 straight in like the 30's or 40's or 50's im not sure.

you also had the babe, yogi, joe d, gehrig, mantle....

It might have been a low amount compared to today, but remember you bought things for a lot less back then. Donctha remember when gas was 5 cents a gallon, youngin??

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[QUOTE="ChiSoxBombers"]The Cubs are like the Yankees in that they do spend big, probly the most of any NL team, but are different in that the Yankees have 26 world series wins, and the cubs have 2.NetYankEagle

yah. yankees also didnt use to spend money. a lot of the ws wins were before the steinbrenner era(i think not sure but im probably right).

you had what like 5 straight in like the 30's or 40's or 50's im not sure.

you also had the babe, yogi, joe d, gehrig, mantle....

tribune bought the cubs for 20 million.

imo if you have a rich owner that wants to spend money then let him.

the royals have probably one of the richest owners in all of sports but he is a just really cheap.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/salaries?team=chc

# of WS over last 100 years:

Yankees: 26
Cubs: 0

Not the same.

Ive always believed that my cubbies were the NL version of the Red SoxGD-1369211121

that's a better comparison

Ive always believed that my cubbies were the NL version of the Red SoxGD-1369211121

lol the Cubs don't break curses. Silly Cub fan.

[QUOTE="GD-1369211121"]Ive always believed that my cubbies were the NL version of the Red SoxEspurs117

lol the Cubs don't break curses. Silly Cub fan.

Prepare to eat your words...

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[QUOTE="GD-1369211121"]Ive always believed that my cubbies were the NL version of the Red SoxWhiteghost09

lol the Cubs don't break curses. Silly Cub fan.

Prepare to eat your words...

Suuuuuure. Haven't heard that one before.

salary cap pleasewhatever9992

Too bad it'll never happen, thanks Yanks

[QUOTE="whatever9992"]salary cap pleaseblackngold29

Too bad it'll never happen, thanks Yanks

It has nothing to do with the Yankees. The Yankees have spent like crazy (trust me, as a Yankee fan I hate it, cause the Dynasty in the late 90's was not "bought").

It has to do with the fact that the MLB Players Union, as well as the owners are very powerful.

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[QUOTE="whatever9992"]salary cap pleaseInterpolWilco

Too bad it'll never happen, thanks Yanks

It has nothing to do with the Yankees. The Yankees have spent like crazy (trust me, as a Yankee fan I hate it, cause the Dynasty in the late 90's was not "bought").

It has to do with the fact that the MLB Players Union, as well as the owners are very powerful.

[QUOTE="InterpolWilco"][QUOTE="blackngold29"]

[QUOTE="whatever9992"]salary cap pleaseblackngold29

Too bad it'll never happen, thanks Yanks

It has nothing to do with the Yankees. The Yankees have spent like crazy (trust me, as a Yankee fan I hate it, cause the Dynasty in the late 90's was not "bought").

It has to do with the fact that the MLB Players Union, as well as the owners are very powerful.

Neither would The Mets, Red Sox, White Sox, Tigers, Cubs, Dodgers, Giants, Angels. You can't pin it on just one team, thats completely unfair.

The league is doing incredible financially, why screw it up? Because your team is doing terrible? Thats management's fault for putting a terrible product on the field. You don't have to spend a lot of money to have success (which is something I wish Steinbrenner would acknowledge).