The Pecan Park Eagle

Photo Update: It is now 2016 and the Cubbie Countdown to their last World Series win is up to 108 years old, but moving  clearly to the possibility of a Cubs World Series appearance for the first time since 1945 this fall.

In baseball today …

…. It’s very hard and very expensive to become a dynasty big prize club.

…. It’s also hard and temporarily-to-residually expensive for years  thereafter to become a one-shot-pony big prize club.

…. It’s easier to be a mediocre-talent level club with a good marketing plan for selling tickets based upon strong fan faith that your club is actually trying to win big with a good farm system, good common sense, and a way below the winner’s market-sized team payroll.

…. It’s easier to lose and still draw fans if you can think of a way to market your team as “lovable losers.”

…. It’s easier to lose for decades if you can convince the fans that the condition is due to a “curse” that is unrelated to poor talent assessment and low-ball player salaries.

…. If the Cubs break their “1908” jinx by finally winning a World Series in 2016, they will be forced to surrender all of their 108-year old excuses for being “lovable losers.”

…. It will always be easier for any team to lose a game, if that disappointment is always followed by two wins.

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Bill McCurdy

Publisher, Editor, Writer

The Pecan Park Eagle

Houston, Texas