It’s safe to say that the Chicago Cubs aren’t contenders this year. Just wanted a quick post to recap some of the suckiness going on as of late. So the Cubs sit at 18.5 games behind the Reds for first place in the NL Central. Thank God for their Triple A affiliate, Pittsburgh Pirates, or the Cubbies would be in the cellar this year. The Pirates sit at 28 games behind so there is still chance our beloved Cubs can catch them for the cellar dwellar title of 2010. They just continue to lose, night after night. What an absolutely terrible team the 2010 Chicago Cubs are.

Cubs are Sellers

It became official a few weeks ago that the Cubs were sellers this year. 2010 is officially a waste of time for Cubs players, Cubs management and Cubs fans. They sold Theriot, Lilly and Fontenot all in the same week. Rumblings of Aramis getting traded are picking up. And today there are strong talks that Derrek Lee is getting traded to the Atlanta Braves. What a blessing for these guys to get out of that dumphole team and not have to play at Wrigley anymore. What a sentence of torture. So we’ll see what happens but I’d expect Lee and maybe Ramirez to be gone soon.

Who’s Fault?

So who’s fault is the 2010 season? We put up a small poll on the right asking if it’s more Jim Hendry’s faulth or Lou Piniella’s fault? What do you think? Take a minute and respond to our poll and we’ll bring the results to you later this week or next week.

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Go Whitesox, Cardinals, Brewers, Astros and whoever plays the freakin Cubs.

As much as you Cub fans want to hold out hope for the Chicago Cubs 2010 season.  DONT.  The Cubs are done in 2010 and it’s time for the ever so famous saying, “Wait til next year.”  Sure, maybe you can beat the Cardinals a couple games here or there.  congrats.  Or maybe you might win a series every so often.  But you are still the Cubs.  You still suck.  And you still have zero shot at making the playoffs in 2010.  Move on Cubs fans.  Move on!

Lou Piniella has officially announced he is going to retire as the Chicago Cubs manager after the completion of the 2010 season.  Cya Lou!  We are gonna miss you around Cubs Suck Club.  Your ugly scowl is a staple around here and the sucky managing you do always gives us great content.  We can only hope the next manager of the Sucky Cubs will give us just as much to laugh at.

So the two questions we have.

1) Did Lou actually decide to retire or get “fired” / “forced out”?  Thoughts?

2) Who will replace Lou as the next Chicago Cubs manager after 2010?

Let the rumors begin!  Lou Piniella retires after 2010 – shocking?  Nope!

Articles on Lou Piniella Retiring after 2010:

• MLB.com Cubs
• STL Today
• The Huffington Post
• MLB Trade Rumors
• SB Nation Baseball
• ChiCitySports
• Bleed Cubbie Blue thinks Sandberg will be next.
• Deadspin on board

Joey Votto became our favorite MLB player over the weekend.  Check out this dude.  Votto is a true Cubs hater and we love him.  After Marlon Turd helped the NL win the All-Star game the other day, Votto wouldn’t give him a five or shake his hand.  When asked about this silent treatment Votto commented,

“I don’t like the Cubs,” Votto said. “And I’m not going to pat anybody with a Cubs uniform on the back. But because he made that really cool play, it turned out to be a really cool experience. I’m really glad we got the win today.”

Nice work Joey Votto.  Don’t give the Scrubs any credit.  They don’t deserve it.  Byrd was only on the roster cause SOMEONE had to be on from this worthless 2010 Cubs team.  Joey Votto – you are officially in the “Cubs Suck Club“.

You know it’s bad when opposing players are chiming in on why a franchise “always loses”. Scott Rolen of the Cincinnati Reds had some reasons why he thinks the Cubs always lose. Rolen has played many games at Wrigley Field as a member of the Phillies, Cardinals and now Reds. Let’s hear these reasons Scott…

“The Cubs are very limited facility-wise and that dramatically limits the work the players can do day to day,” he said. “The clubhouse and weight room are significantly below par. They play a different schedule than everybody else in baseball. The day games are very hard to deal with day after day. Plus, when you have so many different starting times from 1:20 to 12:05 to 7:05 then play mostly all night games when you go on the road, I think the Cubs have their back against the wall.

“In Cincinnati we have a track to get loose on and three batting cages that a pinch hitter can use before he comes up to hit. (The Cubs) don’t have anywhere for a pinch hitter to get swings in before he hits.”

Rolen also told us that he believes that to win the Cubs need a younger team because of the grind of day games.

“However, with young players in a great city like Chicago, you have to make sure that you have guys who are committed to winning because the night life in Chicago can keep a player from performing at his very best,” he said. chicagotribune.com.

So there you have it Cubs fans. The reason the Cubs suck is because your facilities suck, your team is old, no committment, and again your facilities suck. Time for a new Wrigley Field. Thanks Scott Rolen for the great Cubs Suck content!