Baseball fans all around the world witnessed one of the sloppiest World Series in the history of Major League Baseball when the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Texas Rangers in 7 games. Game 6, of the 2011 Fall Classics, the game went late into extra innings when David Freese stepped into the batters box. Freese struck fear into the Rangers pitcher’s eyes when he hit a game clinching and series saving home run to give the Cards the win and tie the series at 3 games a piece. The next game in St. Louis was the distinctive blow as the Cards were bathed with confetti, all sorts of alcoholic beverages, and thousands of people cheering! However, teams all over the league have been moving players around to different teams. One franchise that has been making big changes fast is your Chicago Cubs. After firing general manager, Jim Hendry, the Chicago Cubbies made there first impact of the off-season by hiring former Red Sox general manager, Theo Epstein. Theo has been a busy GM lately, sending away names like Sean Marshall, Andrew Cashner, Alfonso Soriano, Carlos Zambrano, Carlos Pena, and Aramis Ramirez (etc.) The Cubs in exchange have received young pitchers and former San Diego Padre first basemen, Anthony Rizzo. Theo has not yet stated that the Cubs have stopped bargaining for Prince Fielder, the Brewer free agent who was one of the two big named players that were becoming free agents this 2011-2012 off-season. Joining that list was Albert Pujouls, who recently signed a 10 year contract with the Angels. If Theo was to come to an agreement with Fielder the Cubs would be so much better because last year they needed a leader who could hit the ball deep at anytime and hit the ball in the gaps. Will having a GM who has won multiple World Series do what no Cub GM has done before and break the billy goat curse?
Andrew Ryan
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