I thought the fact the White Sox won the World Series last year was a good thing for Cubs fans. I thought the pressure to win would be at an all-time high, thus the Cubs would shore up the clear holes with their team. Kudos to Jim Hendry for addressing the lead-off position with Juan Pierre. Though his stats are not great, I think he was the best available option. Bobby Howry and Scott Eyre have been great. But how could you not address the starting pitching with two injury prone guys at the top of your rotation? Think of how great Kenny Rogers would've been in a Cubs uniform. A free agent that Texas was dying to let go. There are more names that wouldn't have cost us an (arm, pardon the punn) and a leg. Why not a more bold move like Ichiro from Seattle? They were talking about getting rid of him two years ago. Something tells me that if the Cardinals wanted a quality outfielder, they would've got him. Remember Scott Rolen. Nobody in their right mind would get rid of a young golden glove, power hitting third baseman with many years ahead of him. Sounded crazy, but the Redbirds pulled it off! What about Dontrelle Willis? At the beginning of the year why not put some sort of package of young players together to add a quality hard to find Lefty in your rotation. It's only fitting since we drafted and developed him, that we get him back. The Tribune is supposed to be a big, creative thinking corporation. Is there anyone up there creative enough to put the pieces together?

It's clear that more fans are jumping on the Sox wagon, and why not. Any holes they had were taken care of by Kenny Williams. It would have been easy to stand pat, but he didn't. Now I must hear the wrath of all my Sox buddies and basically crawl under a rock and hide or continue to hear it. Yes, it's possible with Derrik Lee coming back in June and Mark Prior, perhaps Wade Miller, and the recent encouraging return of Kerry Wood, this might get the Cubs on track for the second half. That is spoken like an eternally optimistic Cubs fan that we all have been forced to become over the years. My heart however, tells me the season is over. Mark Cuban please HELP!!!!!!!!!