Posted by
Ed Lilly on Friday, January 04, 2008 12:21:12 PM
The headline at ESPN.com caught my eye:Cubs will add 70 'bullpen box seats' at Wrigley
From the story:The Chicago Cubs have received permission to add 70 "bullpen box seats" along the third base line and install additional digital signage at Wrigley Field.
First, as we Cubs fans have now hit the century mark for incompetence, futility and losing, I suppose we shouldn't be surprised that the team sees the offseason not as an opportunity to pull out all the stops to acquire a dominating pitcher such as Johann Santana, but rather as the proper time to focus on important issues like increasing the revenue stream, because the biggest problem the Cubs have faced lo these 100 years since they last won a World Series title is lack of money and fan support.
Second, I realized with horror that these new "bullpen box seats" will be down the third base line. Anything of significance ever happen during a Cubs game down the third base line? I seem to remember something happening in 2003...
That's right, the Cubs have in fact found a way to get Steve Bartman CLOSER to the action on the field.
If I believed Lou Piniella actually cared about winning a championship with the Cubs, I'd be worried this coming season will see him stroke out.