Originally Posted by pan6467

I'm not going to deny that Chicago has a good team that will compete next year, because they will.

However, I do think their pitching staff pitched above their heads and as we saw how the Tribe almost caught up to them (and the Tribe lacked a true clutch hitter and run producer) they were weaker after the All-Star break.

I will say your guys came through in the clutch at the end though and won very decisively. But can they win like that again? I doubt it.

Something tells me the crosstown Cubs have been awakened and maybe the old Tribune is gonna put some big money behind the team this year to reclaim the #1 team in Chicago.

I see the Cubs going after Burnett and Millwood heavily, maybe trying to trade for Manny and if Thome can be had cheap.

A rotation of Prior, Millwood, Burnett, Zambrano and Wood/Maddox (trading one or the other) would be the scariest in all baseball. I can see the Cubs doing it and if the Tribune doesn't, they show me they are content living off the name and not truly competing.

(Of course I hope and wish and pray the Tribe gets eithe Millwood or Burnett but I doubt we'll be able to afford them with "no money" Dolan as owner.