This is one of my all-time favorite Cubs Suck cartoon images. Thanks to whoever sent it to me and a special thanks to whoever created it!

I’m sick and tired of hearing from Cub fans the following line…

“Albert Pujols sure will look good in a Cub uniform.”

Quit dreaming Cubbie fans. Albert wants to be a St. Louis Cardinal and they want him. The Cardinals will make this deal happen.

“Yeah, but our new owner says he’s willing to throw $30+ million a year at Albert.”

BS. I call BS on Ricketts. He is playing the game. Putting the pressure on the Cardinals and throwing out all sorts of outrageous numbers that he knows darn well the Cubs won’t meet. The funniest thing is, if he doesn’t sign with the Cardinals I kinda hope he DOES sign with the Cubs.

Because we ALL know what will happen if Pujols signs with the Cubs. He will break his arm. Or Pujols will somehow all of a sudden bat .265 for the season. Something bad will happen to Pujols if he joins the Cubs. Guarantee it. Why in God’s great world would Albert Pujols want to subject himself to “the curse”? Tell me that?

So in the meantime, keep dreaming Cub fans, Albert Pujols will not be coming to Chicago in a HOME uniform.

So apparently Chicago Cubs manager, Lou Piniella, loves Mark McGwire.  Recently he has been cited as saying all of the following:

“He worked on his swing endlessly,” Piniella said. “He swung and missed a lot early in his career. He learned how to make contact more and more. With his strength, the ball flew out of the ballpark.” …

Will McGwire have trouble gaining the respect of Cardinals players after acknowledging that he cheated?

“I don’t think so,” Piniella said. “I really don’t.

“He confessed. In this country, they forgive and forget. Who is out there that can’t confess to something? We in this baseball fraternity forgive him.”

Piniella said that since McGwire has been welcomed by Pujols, the Cardinals’ team leader, the rest of the players will accept him.

“Albert Pujols is on his side and that helps him immensely,” Piniella said. “He’s got to look at it as now he has a job to do. He’s got some good hitters to work with. Pujols is the best hitter in the game, so that’s a good start. Give them a little mental confidence and some fine tuning and you let them go. They’re all professionals.”

Although McGwire’s success could mean a few losses for Piniella’s team in its battle for the National League Central title, Piniella wishes the rookie coach well.

“I think he’ll do a nice job,” he said.

Piniella said he does not feel McGwire’s presence on the road will make it difficult for the Cardinals to concentrate on playing baseball.

“I don’t think it will be a distraction,” he said. “It would have been a distraction if he did not have his press conference. That would have been the topic all year long. Now that it’s old news, maybe when he shows up for spring training, the first week or so that topic will be revisited. But hopefully, they’ll leave him alone and let him do his job.”

Another test for McGwire will be how he is treated by boisterous Cubs fans when he visits Wrigley Field.

“I think Cub fans will treat him fine,” Piniella said. “We have a great rivalry. He’ll be accepted well. I think they feel he confessed and it’s over with.” NYTimes.com.

Thanks to some Chicago Cubs blog for pointing all of these out to me.  But honestly, does this sound like a manager of the Chicago Cubs?  He’s talking so positively about the Cardinals.  Worry about your own team buddy  :)  If I didn’t know better I’d think he was the Cardinals GM or something.  If your manager likes the opponent better than your own team Cub fans, you are going to be in big BIG trouble for 2010.

Woooohoooo!  The Cubs managed to score a run yesterday, making it a total of ONE run, over the last two games at St. Louis.  I’m pretty sure this is the scene around Busch Stadium this week.

So the Cardinals are dominating the Cubs.  No surprise.  But can they get the sweep tonight?  Look for MVPujols to do some damage tonight and make the Cubbies suffer through a sweep.