Why the Cubs won't win at Wrigley ... ever

The Cubs made the playoffs in 84, 89, 98, 03, 07 & 08. That's six chances to do something in a short series. Two of those times they were only one win away from winning the pennant. I doubt that blaming the ballpark carries any water at all

It's too easy to take out over a century of frustration on an inanimate object.

Because its cursed by an ol'goat

Yes, it's the ballpark... And no team has ever a championship playing in a park without "peculiarities."

What crap. Embarrassing that this comes from The Wall Street Journal.

It ain't the park. The visiting team has to play in the same damn park.

What? This is dumb.

This article snippet is as dumb as Razor Ray, as can be seen in post #6.

It's not a hitters park when the wind blows in. Statistics support that. April, May, September...and that occasional October, the wind is blowing in. However, the Wall Street Journal's premise that the dimensions somehow matter is dumb. Playing over 50 day games....cramped, archaic clubhouse compared to other new state of the art parks....the cute hand operated scoreboard costs them millions in revenue compared to other teams. Landmark status also prevents advertising revenue streams. But how far the fences are...nonsense.

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Originally posted 09:48 AM ET  05.15 by Prayin' Utleys

BINGO.

The Cubs lack of success has mostly to do with talent...but you can make the argument you're at a competitive disadvantage when you have a heavy day schedule when no other team does. You also have to live in a 1930's clubhouse for 81 games a year and all other teams have a country club atmosphere. Is this WHY they don't contend regularly? No....does it matter? I think it does.

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Originally posted 09:54 AM ET  05.15 by NT - The SI account

The Cubs lack of success has mostly to do with talent...but you can make the argument you're at a competitive disadvantage when you have a heavy day schedule when no other team does. You also have to live in a 1930's clubhouse for 81 games a year and all other teams have a country club atmosphere. Is this WHY they don't contend regularly? No....does it matter? I think it does.

It is their inability to win in a short series, period. Once in the playoffs, they play scared and clueless. How do you teach mental toughness? It would take one special team to get over the hump to prove that it could be done in order to change the complexity of the franchise. This is what Theo's big promise is all about. lol.

I think the Cubs now have at least a chance to win since they got rid of Jim Henry. If they had not rid of him number 5 or 28 would be on the team that would have set them back another 20 years with their long tern contracts.

Dumb, dumb, dumb arcticle.